Ready for glassing...

Finished the 9-1 yesterday and placed it in the glassing rack.

 Board features shallow nose concave with double concave through moderate tail-V. Dimensions are 9-1, 18x22-3/4"x14-1/2"  3-1/8". Board will be finished with a tri-tone rootbeer resin tint tail, topped with beige opaque band, and then clear in the forward 2/3 of the board. fin set-up will 2+1 with Future boxes.

Back to SUPs....

A new longboard...finally

After doing way too many SUPs and Mini-Simmons boards, I have the opportunity to do a cool little LB. This one will be a 9-1 Nova Speedster 2+1 with some trick rocker and bottom contours. The customer selected the cool T-Band using 1/16" Cedar-1/8" Basswood-1/16" Cedar.

Here where I left off. The blanks has been skinned and about 90% foiled. i still need to tweak the rocker in the nose and tail, and then adjust thickness at both ends as well. At this point, I'll  lay out and cut the template. After that I finish the bottom contours, do the aforementioned tweaks and then  turn the rails.

Waaay too many SUPs...

The shop has contracted with three different manufacturers to build SUPs, and I've been up to my eyeballs in   finish-shaping.

I've done maybe 10 of these in the last few weeks and still have another 10-20 to go. Most are pretty straight-forward, but some (like the one above) arrive with a ding or two that needs to be "fixed". Just part of the gig. EPS foam is much harder to finish than polyurethane foam due to its bead-like structure. Impossible to get that polished satin finish, especially along the stringer. Its factory production work, for sure. Not very rewarding, but it has given me a ton of experience with EPS foam. My summer board this year will be an EPS longboard in the 10-ft range. A cruiser to challenge the SUPers on small days in the cove. Can't wait...