Brothers

That’s what I’m calling these two boards.

“Big Brother” is a 9’0 longboard, full and thick, for my oldest brother.

“Little Brother” is a high-performance 6’5” shortboard which will be my winter board.

Since they both are new shapes I’m starting by cutting the templates out of 1/8” ply:

Finished

Came out nice, with the exception of a few air bubbles under the glass on the deck. Otherwise it's good to go. The wahine who received it was stoked!

Grad Present

This board is a "customer board" for a recent H.S. grad. It's going to be crazy. 8'6", single-to-double concave/slight vee, and a color job that is turning out insane.

 

  

Time Lapse Shaping: Fish

Here's a fish I did recently from a 6'2" EPS shortboard/fish blank. Making a board from a foam blank is like sculpting, where making a wood board is more of an exercise in engineering. The wood boards are more satisfying...but a hundred times more time consuming.

This fish is essentially ready for glass after less than 2 hours work shaping (I'm going to put color, fin plugs and a leash plug in).

Time Lapse Fish from rotorhead guy on Vimeo.

The Biofoam Board Chronicles: Art

Art:

Biofoam Chapter 4 from rotorhead guy on Vimeo.

And glass:

Glassing from rotorhead guy on Vimeo.

The Biofoam Board Chronicles: Shaping

Working it over top and bottom:

Biofoam part 2 from rotorhead guy on Vimeo.

Shaping the rails and finishing:

Biofoam part 3 from rotorhead guy on Vimeo.

Next up - Art!

New Paddle

In Action:

Early Season South Swell from rotorhead guy on Vimeo.