Ian Moulton just sent through these shots of his latest project.
" The rails are laminated cork. As I am a fan of recycled wood, I kept in mind throughout the build that I wanted a rustic looking log. "
" The board is just short of 9'3". "
Cool looking fin Ian.
Tarik Van Prehn from Portugal has just built this 6ft twin fin with a full to double concave bottom.The deck is Japanese Pine and the bottom Northern European plywood. Rails are Cork , Balsa and styrofoam with Balsa fins. A good looking board and some nice looking timbers.
At Christmas I shaped a 10ft x 24" x 3 1/2" "Pig" inspired old school log for fun. The piggy bit comes from the fact that the wide point is 18" behind centre and that is the thickest point as well.
So I set about building a wooden version with the same dimensions.I look forward to the feel between the two.
I went with the resin tint to give it a different look but still have the wood grain come through.
Brothers or cousins ? I look forward to the glide. All built from Paulownia. 6mm frame , 8mm deck and 6mm bottom. Plenty strong enough even unglassed and weighing it at just under 10kg I could have oiled it and surfed it like that it felt a great weight and strong as. But ended up with 4oz top and bottom to toughen up the surface. Not sure of the finished weight but it feels fine.
This is a Future Fins " El Capitan" at 9.5" . I tried it in the foam Alley Slider and it was loose , but I like the stability of the Hatchet fin , so "Wiz" is making me a 10.5" Hatchet and a 11.5" flex fin for it in beer colour tint.
These beautiful wooden fins are for a 11ft x 23 1/2" chambered Balsa and Redwood glider John is building.
All clamped up and ready to finish shape. A big job ahead of him, but what a great looking board.
Chambering all the pieces is a delicate operation at any time.
I showed John my wooden version of the Alley Slider and how it turned out. He then sent me these shots of one of his favorite boards " I didn’t want to beat up my Phil Edwards model, but I still wanted to ride it. So I built and shaped this chambered balsa for myself (with Phil’s blessing)."
Nobuhito Ohkawa from Japan has been very busy trying to finish his board to get it down to the Gold Coast next weekend. He flies in next Saturday with his wife and a couple of boards. All Paulownia , all from the same tree. He has a very detailed approach to building his boards.Come and check them out next weekend if you are able.
John Sutcliffe from New Zealand has just finished this great looking New Zealand Kauri board to bring with him next week . He is looking forward to some warm water at The Alley and to slide a few waves at the point.
David from Paulownia Paradise in Melbourne just sent these pics and the following story to share.
" We were often asked how a solid Paulownia surf board would perform so we used 3 lengths of 2”Paulownia timber that were quite bowed and just glued them together then shaped a 9’10” long board from solid timber with no holes drilled not chambered at all and weighed in at 12.5 KG and just a linseed oil finish."
" We laminated a D fin out of 6mm Paulownia and gave the end result to Ken Reimers of KR surf to test it with an honest result ."
The result - "Not enough rocker , not enough buoyancy and the fin buzzed so we have proved that this is not the way to go."
Nobby and Paul Jensen at last years Wooden Board day in the Gold Cost Sun newspaper.
The Gold Coast Surf Museum is not far from the Alley right opposite the entry to The Currumbin Wild Life Sanctuary in Tomewin Street. Look for the big surfboard.Saturday night at the Surf Museum to meet a few people and a few beers , put faces to names and all that.Great venue and some great boards and memorabilia to check out as well.
Bobby Crisp from Deluxe Industries in New Zealand has been busy building more beautifully detailed balsa boards. He loves fine inlays and wood details. He used to be in windy wet Wellington , but has moved as far south in the even colder South Island as you can go before dropping off the end of the world. The cold hasn't cooled his passion for these great boards.
Nathan Grey from Sydney has just finished building this great looking wooden Mini Simmons.
5ft 6" Jet Tail 18" , 21" , 18" x 2 5/8" with a hull entry which blends into a subtle rolled V then blends into the channels.
Nathan says that the board is glassed with epoxy 6oz on the top and 4oz bottom.Then sprayed with satin auto acrylic.
Mike Connor has finished the "Bush Pig" and headed for the Gold Coast for glassing. The board is all made from Paulownia , frame, skins and rails. A classic shape that is well suited to this construction method and should be a great ride. Mike will be one of the speakers at the Gold Coast Surf Museum on Saturday night 7th of August. The board will be there as well for sure.
Robert just sent me these pics of a couple of boards he will bring along to the Wooden Board Day.
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