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These 2 boards are made from Paulonia boards and joined with 2 inch carbon dowels. Both just under 42 inches long, 18 inches wide and 1/2-3/4 inch. thick. I used wood dye to color the tops but left the bottom stained. Drilled leash cord holes at nose angled from nose to tail/top to bottom. Sealed with spar varnish. Both fast and light. Fun to ride.

Heres another design. 3 woods in this one...paulonia on the outside, poplar in the middle and basswood inlay between. Leash and center fin plugs on this one. Conditioned with tung oil. 4 feet long, 20 inches wide and 3/4 thick. Used biscuit joiner on this one.

Hers another...fun one. Its my Eddie Van Halen board. All poplar...finished with spar. 4 foot long, 20 wide and 3/4-1 thick. Cut grooves in bottom to channel water and installed side biter fin plugs. I may cut it down to lighten it up...maybe change tail into a fish.

My first boards...made them for the Family...different sizes. All balsa and basswood...colorful. Fun boards. Joined with carbon pieces, dyed and finished with spar varnish. More pics of other styles to come!

Nice woodwork there. They are a long way from that paddleboard in the background. How do you find these short boards to surf?

This was the second style I made...balsa and basswood. maybe 18 wide and 28 long. I used hardwood dowels all the way through all of the boards to join these. Spar finish.

Another version of the Eddie Van Halen stripe...this time a fish with side biter fin plugs...all poplar and spar finish. "Slide Fast...Wear Stripes"

My Yin Yang board. Poplar, paulonia and basswood. Tung oil finish. Leash and center fin plugs. Wood dye again for the color.

Slightly different shape...paulonia and poplar...tung oil finish with center fin and leash plugs.

Last one for now...all poplar with spar finish. Wood dye front. Grooves cut into tail. 48 inches by 19 inches.

Cool boards. Nice work.

bgreen wrote:Nice woodwork there. They are a long way from that paddleboard in the background. How do you find these short boards to surf?

They are very light and floaty...lots of fun. Not that different from a boogieboard really just the wooden version. I made one for each of my kids and my Wife...so different sizes with the biggest one on the left for me. Definitely a long way from the board in the back of the pic. Thanks for commenting...wasn't sure I was posting these so that anyone else could see them!

davehahn wrote:Cool boards. Nice work.

Thanks Dave!

very cool boards--where do you get all the different woods?

flojo wrote:very cool boards--where do you get all the different woods?

I get the poplar from a local wood company and mill...get the rough boards. The paulonia comes from a place in GA. 199.00 for 3 boards... 8ft long 6 inches wide x1 1/8 thick. Ready to work with...planed and smooth. That's the best price for paulonia I have found. Basswood and balsa from an the cheapest online company I can find at the time I need it.

I like the way you use the color stain I also have used some. nice boards