Wooden boards are really heavy. I mean, they look pretty nice, and there’s the whole eco boost from natural materials, but, they’re really fucking heavy. When you actually look into the eco side of it, you really have to ask how beneficial they are. Traditional hardwoods have a loooong turnaround from seed to harvest, makingContinue reading “Cork Surfboard”
Category Archives: Watersports Projects
3D Print / Cold Mould Hybrid Surfboard
I couldn’t stop thinking about updates that I wanted to make to my Cold-Mould Surfboard method. Being stuck at home due to a global Pandemic felt like the perfect time to have another go. I’ve been banned from the dining room. Well, not technically *banned*, but my housemates have reached a consensus that it isContinue reading “3D Print / Cold Mould Hybrid Surfboard”
Cold Moulded Surfboard
Wooden surfboards are heavy, like, really bloody heavy. The way I went about it here still weighs a ton, but I think it has legs for another attempt at some point. SO, when you look at the world of boating, the clever sods have figured out a way of making really smooth complex curves outContinue reading “Cold Moulded Surfboard”
Dining room Kite Board version 2
From the fact that there’s a version two of this, you might infer something didn’t work too well with the first one. You would be right. In essence, I learned that you shouldn’t make kite boards out of underfloor insulation. Because they snap. On the plus side, we have a nicely reviewed design. But toContinue reading “Dining room Kite Board version 2”
Dining Room Twintip Kite Board
How do you make a kiteboard when the extent of a workshop is your dining room table?