I guess we're in the middle stages now...we've got all the prep work done and have ourselves some great looking blanks, and we're in the process of ordering all the stuff we'll need to finish the boards. So now we have a bit of waiting.
We're hoping to move in to the space we'll use for shaping and glassing starting Monday, and get into the actual shaping stuff the rest of that week. Then, once our fins and fin boxes show up, we can start readying everything for the glassing stage, including doing the artwork and stuff.
On another note, I had the strangest dream last night - one of those ones you still think is real for a minute when you wake up. We had just moved our boards into the shaping bay and were uncovering them, when I saw that mine had snapped in half and had a bunch of holes in it. Talk about a rude awakening! I couldn't believe all my hard work was down the toilet. Andrew was trying to convince me I could make a (very) short board out of the 4ft piece I had left over...
Exciting times ahead, and hopefully no broken boards!
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Following 4 East Coasters as we build our first surfboards...
What the heck?
In case you just stumbled on this site...Yes, we're probably crazy, but here's the deal: We have a crew of 4 or 5 people who love to surf, but live on an island with no real surfable waves. We drive 6hrs most weekends during surf season for one day of decent surf. The water temps here in winter hover near freezing, so we've decided to pass the surfless season by attempting to build our own boards. Our goals are to keep from going crazy with no surf, pass the time quickly until spring, and maybe even come out with a new board on the other end. Cheers and thanks for visiting!
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