Sawdust!
Finally, after quite a hiatus I am back at the board building. The past year has been the hardest ever, but now I am seeing a bit of time to build. It all started with a visit to the beach in October. One of my surfing buddies played around in the slop on my 7’2″ fish and felt it come alive under him. After riding a longboard period he was shocked and hooked. He asked me to build him a slightly larger version. How could I say no? Building and riding is therapy for sure.
The lowdown on the board: It will be a 7’8″ x 23″ x 3″ twin fin fish. I am contemplating the decking materials, but I am leaning towards redwood with some lighter accents. I have to order the redwood and that will take a week probably so we will see. The board will spend some time in California at some point I believe so redwood will be perfect there.
I drew up the design the other day and I have completed the framework, a.k.a. fishbone. It’s amazing how much material you remove with a forstner bit from the ribs and stringer. It was good to have to sweep up some of my own sawdust and chips for once. It is just fit together awaiting the final approval later today. I had better look into that redwood soon then. Thanks for checking in as usual. I will post pics really soon.
