As you will see Tadas has build boards of various construction.
Great finish and detail with various woods and cork.
Nice touch the cork wrapped around the legrope plug.
Home foiled fins...
Now it gets interesting. A laminated plywood fish. " I used two full 18mm birch plywood sheets to cut one board. They weigh quite a lot - simply to put it - one person can not carry them. With some carefully designed bracing deck and bottom came out 4 mm thick. The board was glued from around 30 individually chambered plywood strips. "
" Since it was my first prototype, just to be on the safe side it was glassed with 2 x 4oz on top and bottom. It weights a little bit more than solid rail box type wooden board. I will be building 9 more chambered ply boards this year - mostly fishes and several mini Simmons boards. Number of people are chambering wood but I have never seen anyone using plywood - results are rewarding :) I'll keep you updated with my ply board build experience. TADAS "
Great looking board and a very interesting angle on building a board.Glue is heavy and plywood has a lot of glue and then to glue it all together , yes it all adds weight.We look forward to your future projects.
This years Wooden Surfboard Day will be Sunday 7th August
2015 Poster
Poster for 2012
Poster for 2011
Poster for 2010
Poster for 2009
The joy of wood and water...
Wooden surfboards have been around for a long time and it was probably on a simple piece of wood that man first enjoyed surfing waves somewhere in the world. It may have only been a crude piece of driftwood found on the beach that served as a way of catching that first wave, but the joy and connection felt with the sea then is no different from what we feel today. As someone who has crafted a surfboard from wood, taken it out and caught a wave on it, I can tell you that the first time you paddle in and get to your feet, is truly a timeless feeling of joy and achievement. I hope that in assembling this list of talented people will inspire you to have a go at building your dream board and also experience that feeling for yourself.
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