6ft 6 ins x 20 1/4 swallow tail

i hav/nt made any boards for awhile but started this one for a friends son , his mum chose the wood which was anigre on the bottom and balsa on the deck ,

the rails are 5 mm strips of balsa and the tail tips are old mahogany stair spindles, i have always wanted to fit some wood in the tips it just looks good and protects the ends at the same time,

the eopxy is a new one i have been trying ,it seems really good as well , low viscosity so it wets out really well,

the fins are polycarbonate, they have a good flexy feel to them , pete

anigre veneer board

this was a board that i made a couple of years ago, its a veneer of an african wood called anigre ,really nice mottled wood ,it only 0.6mm thick so a sandwhich of glass either side keeps it durable , they come out about the same weight as a poly board but are a lot stronger,

the rails are balsa and trhe core is again 1lb eps, i like the veneer boards ,wood is good

the rear fin plug is a fin solution plug ,it takes fcs,fin solution fins or in this case i cut down a futres hatchet fin to use as a rear fin ,

its 6ft 5ins x 20 1/4

new carbon railed board 6ft 1 1/2 x 18 3/4

i thought i would build another carbon railed board again this tine 6ft 1 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ,same 3mm pu hd foam over a 1 lb eps core , they are a bit more flexable than the all balsa boards but not as light ,still about the same as a pu board but a lot stronger

carbon railed board

due to lack of a camera i could/nt take any pics during the build,
the board was glassed with polyester rather than epoxy on the outside, its for bigger waves so a slight increase in weight is/nt a problem , 2 under and 4 over on the bottom , 4 under and 6 over on the deck , 3mm hd foam ,7 1/2 lb ,6ft 6ins x 18 1/2 x 2 3/8 feels good,

firewire type 6ft 6 ins pinny tail

i bought some sheet pu 3mm foam that i have had for a while , i decided to make a firewire type board, rather than use balsa for the rails i have used some leftover foam from and old clark green foam board that i have ,

the rails will be covered in carbon cloth , the fin plugs are surrounded by inserts of carbon to isolate the plugs from the core to minimise any water intrusion,

the core is 1 lb eps which will be vented ,

cherry wood and balsa 5 finner

this is a total experiment on a lot of fronts, the core is an extruded polystyrene, the bottom is cherry wood and the top is balsa wood , the fin system is fcs in the rears but the fronts are the f box system,

f box are compatible with fcs type fins and also future fin systems as well, good idea i think, you could try vectors with h2/s in the rear or any combination that has/nt been possible before,

i have made the rear fins as close as i can to what gregg griffin seems to be doing as well as running a tucked edge from to rear,

5ft 8 ins x 19 1/2 ins spoon nose

this was a board for one of my sons , a copy of one of his boards that he rides when the surf is on the small side,

it has a bonzer type single into double concave that is pressed into the foam when attaching the bottom wood,

the fins are a h2 small in the rear and the sides are a copy of a friends own design , they seem to work really well,

the board is loose but still really drivey