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April 19, 2005

plowing foam

after a coupla brew's the bishman & i have determined that its time to make our own surf board. we've both always wanted to shape our own board so what a better situation then now. kind of like the same feeling one has when building up their own bike just from the naked frame. anyhow, we have some idea of what we are getting into. not to mention lots of people have given us some backseat advice & encouragement. as in anything in life until you jump into the deep end of the pool....you have no clue as to what the hell is going on. so for now we're armed with some ambition, ingenuity, a coupla cases of beer to assist basic w/ engineering, a few good local resources, the internet, some basic mechanical tools & a heavy dose of old fashion passion to surf.

this spring we'll be converting our downstairs storage area into a make shift shaping room. the hopes are to have this prototype in the water by summer? maybe? sorta?
we determined that we have tons of ideas we could make. which in a way is super funny since we ideally just want it to float and lack skills to refine the sweet ideas of a retro board. maybe a second set of ambitious goals could be to carve & not break. i'll take 2 of the 3 with the hopes it rides a set or 2 before falling apart.

i think we need to name it? anybody got an idea? if the name sticks i'll send you a chunk of foam from the board as a token of design influence. :-}

Posted by Single Fin at April 19, 2005 02:29 PM

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Posted by: Kay at April 19, 2005 06:05 PM