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And 4ft version.

Here's the 4ft6" x 18" version

bgreen wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:34 am How does it ride compared to your earlier boards?

Being solid they don't have the buoyancy of the hollow boards. But being thin they duck dive like a dream and cut into the way face really nicely.

Uncle Grumpy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:22 am Very Nice.
FWIW,
Boat builders have a long held superstition against using walnut in watercraft.
It's known to them as "coffin wood".
I wouldn't worry about it tho'.

Funnily enough my Grandad's sister was married to the guy who developed the original coffin lid bellyboards...

Merci!!

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