I made another deck today. This time I used poplar wood. It was pretty thick so I planed it down a couple of times. Not the flexiest of boards but it’s made for cruising. This is probably my cleanest board yet.
The default four stripes that rep SCO! Took out the dark blue and replaced it with a light brown.
Not sure how I’m going to grip the top yet.
Since I stole Matt’s griptape yesterday when I was making my skateboard deck, he made me build him a deck. I’m super stoked with the outline and the graphic on the bottom.
Sorry for the blue drips.
Angular tail.
Awesome colour palette.
Matt seems to be pretty stoked with his new board.
Turning.
Turning.
Slide.
Matt show his skills.
My board was just chilling in the grass while all this happened.
This cardboard box is where most of the deck construction happened.
Since Mitch started his deck today I moved over to this station.
I skinned the blank, shaped the board and glassed the bottom. Pretty stoked with the shape, not with the glass job but it’s all good.
Bottom.
Tail.
Tail Viewed From Top.
Blended.
Blended Bottom.
Glassing Time.
The start of failure. Taken By Caroline.
Going low. Taken By Caroline.
Curing but not really since you need some UV.
Welcome to Mitch’s very clean and organized shaping bay.
Today I finally started to work on the foam. I’m pretty happy with the outline of the board. It’s too late to plane off the crust since it’s 9pm and the electric planer is so loud. I’ll have a go tomorrow.
The blank was 7’9 so I took off 9 inches from the nose and tail combined.
Mitch hiding under my blank.
Laptop set up so I can listen to some shaping muzac.
Flipping foam.
Mowing foam.
The final outline.
The tail.
The hands on construction of any surfboard usually starts with making a template. This one is mine. 7 feet long, 23 inches wide, it’s gonna be a sick board.
Board number 3.
