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I just noticed that Josh Klein is building customized classic and derivative Paulownia paipos again. https://xylemsurfcraft.com/ I have two of his boards. He is an old school craftsman and good soul. I have ridden his boards in east coast slop and demanding Costa Rica heavy breaks. He has a new boar...

I was able to vacuum 3mm paulownia with cork in a sandwich and retain the target flex and rocker. However, it got too heavy due to infusing too much epoxy to the cork so was unusable. There are solutions to that problem. By the time I got around to a 2nd shot, the 3mm paulownia source disappeared, M...

Your shaping against batons makes sense especially since you are using two thin foam sheets to make the initial sandwich. If I have it right then the initial lay up is foam bottom, 6 oz glass middle, and foam top. Weights are used on top to push the thin flexible sandwich against the batons. The key...

What adhesive do you use to adhere PE etc. to the internal sandwich structure? The BB builders use heat welding for plastic to plastic but its harder to find an adhesive for plastic to epoxy/fiberglass that is effective but not nasty. Epoxy gets a mixed review at best. Barge contact cement seems to ...

I am trying to build flex into my board as well. I have done a lot of mat riding where you really work shape shifting. You actually turn by twisting the mat (nudge the rail upward on the opposite side of the turn ). The floppier the mat, the more suction to take you down the wave during take off... ...

are your wings added on or part of the core airex core? Do you have any pics or dimensions of the core before adding the soft shell? Which of the airex foams do you use? Its an interesting candidate to address some of my pursuits: * stringerless boards with just the right amount of flex and damping ...

following are the closest boards I could find to your wings. Mostly the wide back. Except that instead of having distinct dorsal fins the entire board has some delta shape characteristics. ' K. The paipo guys at Queens Beach in front of Kapiolani Park (near the Honolulu Zoo), Larry Godard Interview,...

C, Wow! now that is interesting! I would love to see the view of tail from the rear on the same plane as the board as well. I like your approach: build composite for flex control / basic rocker shape and then add PE for buoyancy and shape refinements. That's opposite of convention but makes sense to...

B, Your comments and pics clear up my confusion. Canadian currency does "exchange" to US currency: US Coins Dimensions: https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications Canadian Coin Dimensions: http://www.saskatooncoinclub.ca/articles/02a_coin_specs.html Will do th...

B, Thanks for the Pics and comments! If I am seeing your preferred green board correctly then it could be described as two concaves with outsides swept up to the rail edge more sharply then the sweep to the center. That sharp sweep creates the "wing". The peak of the center is close if not...

B, Thanks for the additional pics. I have a completely different view of the red board now. Here is the 48x19x1" single concave I recently built for shore breaks: IMG_20200514_145721130.jpg Here is my Bonzer: IMG_20200305_101156820.jpg Here is an example of a typical BB with a quad concave: qua...

B, I just reread your Aug 2018 Finless Observations comments. My take home is that the finless board was faster and more natural feeling down the line but you did better when you mounted the 2" fins at a break that required more emphasis on turning, Or, were you simply saying that you decided t...

B, I just reread your Aug 2018 Finless Observations comments. My take home is that the finless board was faster and more natural feeling down the line but you did better when you mounted the 2" fins at a break that required more emphasis on turning, Or, were you simply saying that you decided t...

B, Thanks for the reply. I would love to build a finless that turned and stuck steep faces as well as my Bonzer. I have seen your prior comments with great interest. Thats a great shot of the green board from the rear. What happens to the concaves forward? Is it a single to double concave like the B...

I am getting ready to build a fin-less board. I have been looking at the trend in Body Boards to use quad concaves. The shallower inner set is for turning and taking a high line and the outer set to move water out the back fast and to further help with turning when sunk. Most of the BB makers have a...

My thin, narrow 48" Xylem board also has a convex bottom (side to side). The convex element helps it turn fin-less. Put the convex side of a spoon next to water flowing from a faucet and you will feel it pull in. I enjoy the board much and it is the best of my quiver for duck diving due to its ...

I ride 4GF and G-Mat surf mats in conditions from tiny to OH+. There are fatter mats available for small conditions but I find that technique on an all around mat can do the job in small junky conditions.. Less air (I mean barely any) makes catching waves easier (reverse rocker suction effect) and t...

As I said my board with a cork board core (not just skin got heavy). I circled back to what should have been my first step .. what are the relative densities of materials?: Cork 200 kg/m3 for NL-20 http://www.corecomposites.com/products/core-materials/corecork.html Paulownia 280 kg/m3 https://www.wo...

I guess I could think of this as fairing as in wood boat making .. smooth and seal.

I have been in slow-mo on a cork core project with each step weeks and even months apart. I will give a full report when I actually finish sometime in this decade. I was initially going to use titebond III to adhere cork to paulownia ply but the titebond manufacturer I called raised concerns. I turn...