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Well I had my first test ride in 1m, 7 sec, off shore wind; it was a weak wave the sets waves had a small slot to fit in. Buoyancy was a concern it has about half the foam I normally use, but it paddled and took off ok, I use kick board method for paddling and take off. This is the first board that ...

Hi wooddave, I use Polyvinylacetate foam but over here the coloure range is small, you can get Polyethylene in most solid colours from body board supply companies. There is a large stiffness range in PVA foams. Use contact adhesive high temp water resistant general purpose .mask in the edge of the a...

GOPR1470.JPG GOPR1455.JPG GOPR1464.JPG GOPR1467.JPG Here is a pick of the port afterburner been lit, no seriously am trying to show how much leverage is going to be exerted on the torsion box, it might pop on the first drop, also trying to show the angle of attack of the foil, check out the amateur...

GOPR1447.jpg GOPR1443.JPG GOPR1448.JPG Well it is done, it fought ever inch of the way, when I set the leash plug the epoxy heated more than expected and made a bulge on the hull. If asked what it is, I will say it’s a vortex generator. The HR - 72- C – HGD (Hydro Gravity Drive) is ready for its fi...

The marketing of a one of board or a small production run is intriguing, and fare more complicated than building them. My Paipo Forums the first forum I have ever posted on and I am staggered at how much knowledge and people I have been introduced to in 3 mounths.Full knowledge of how the interweb w...

OMG!!!, that will be the end my surf career, flippers will go hard won’t they? Do you have booties with your flippers?, do boards get brittle at low temps like that

It is a very elegant way to build board’s nice use of wood.

Durban surfers start moaning like the ice age has returned when the water gets to about 19c, I never thought about wet suit padding the elbows. Looks like I might need full wetsuit soon .The wife wants to move back to the UK to be near her family

The leash plug is in. Only for a blade and I could surf tomorrow, there is a 1.50 m 14 second swells with offshore winds tomorrow with rain so no crowds

The deck is looking ok? I need the hardware store to get a good blade to trim the rail cleanly, it’s a bit scary if I botch it it’s not like resin or paint you can’t fix it localy it has to all come off

I am turning old surf skies into sailing outrigger canoes, I make the sails and all the attachments myself, it is very echo friendly repurposing old stuff, we look forward to seeing the video,talking about deck pads one of the biggest improvments I ever made to my boards was to put soft decks on. I ...

GOPR1215.JPG GOPR1424.JPG GOPR1427.JPG Here is the polished urethane coat, as you polish more and more defects start showing, and the love, hate relationship of a perfectionist and his project starts developing. Here is the boat project that is supposed to be making money; dreamers are hard to tie ...

What is Paulowina wood, is it the same as Sisal, how heavy is the finished board ?

Wooddave what happened on your water test I was following on Swaylocks

Thanks for the encouraging response, may be Krusher can take one back to the UK after his holiday hear, one problem with my evolving builds is that almost everything has changed inside the board and its like building a prototype every time, sort of like the old Mine and the new Mine they look simila...

Thanks I am supposed to be building boats for sale, this dam board has set me back at least 2 months

I worked in the heavy plant industry but I am the wrong side of 60, it left me with strong hands so I can sand all day, do you think I could sell odd ball boards like this ?

Foam inlays are in and profiled, I picked up on soft foam shaping by watching Discovery channel car shows , You can be creative with soft foam basically any relief profile can be put on a deck, 5mm black foam to the rail edge still to go on

Hi Krusher,
I would like to meet up, I will send my details. I am currently jobless and battling to find work so I can spend lots of time on my board and boat projects

The wing form is basically influenced by the hyper sonic UAVthe SR-72.With a wide base quick taper wingtip, with lots of lift area near the centre of the board.The paint is air craft influenced.Aircraft engineering is one of my biggest influences