She got contributions from everyone in the family as a part of her display.
I sent her a hollow wooden sandia fish, something a bit different for a mountain/lake town.
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Showing posts with label wooden surfboards. Show all posts
Art Show | Sandpoint
My Grandma participated in an art show in her hometown of Sandpoint, Idaho.
She got contributions from everyone in the family as a part of her display.
I sent her a hollow wooden sandia fish, something a bit different for a mountain/lake town.
She got contributions from everyone in the family as a part of her display.
I sent her a hollow wooden sandia fish, something a bit different for a mountain/lake town.
Cherry Inlay Kookumber
We recently did a 5'8 Kookumber with a Cherry wood inlay deck patch, and matching cherry fin.
Our friend, Arnaud, helped us out with the inlay part.
Currently on display here at the shop.
Our friend, Arnaud, helped us out with the inlay part.
Currently on display here at the shop.
Almond Kookbox #001
My Dad and I just finished this hollow Kookbox board. Modeled somewhat after the Tom Blake stuff.
Complete with Diamond-shaped tail block.
Dubbed the "Kook-(box)-kumber"
Complete with Diamond-shaped tail block.
Dubbed the "Kook-(box)-kumber"
Kookumber Project | Hollow Redwood Kookumber
The first board in the Kookumber Project series is glassed, polished, and on display in the shop.
This one is a hollow redwood construction, 5'6 Kookumber.
Complete with nose block and glass on fin.
More info on the process and finished product coming soon...
Photos: Oden
This one is a hollow redwood construction, 5'6 Kookumber.
Complete with nose block and glass on fin.
More info on the process and finished product coming soon...
Photos: Oden
Mike LaVecchia | Liquid Salt
Mike from Grain featured on Liquid Salt. Worth a read for sure.
Mike is a super good guy and an inspiration of mine.
Mike is a super good guy and an inspiration of mine.
Surfing Newport in the 1960's
Bill, pictured below, just picked up a hollow redwood fish from the shop to hang on his wall, next to his balsa longboard.
He sent me this photo yesterday.
Thanks Bill.
He sent me this photo yesterday.
Thanks Bill.
Grain Surfboards
Got to catch up with Mike LaVecchia from Grain Surfboards this weekend at the Sacred Craft.
Super great guy, and one of my earliest inspirations in surfboard building.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for the work Mike and the crew do.
Here's a photo of Scotty Stopnik doing a layback on a Grain fish during his visit to Maine last year.
Super great guy, and one of my earliest inspirations in surfboard building.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for the work Mike and the crew do.
Here's a photo of Scotty Stopnik doing a layback on a Grain fish during his visit to Maine last year.
Redwood Fish
Here's a 6'5 Hollow Redwood Fish that my Dad constructed.
It's currently hanging on the wall here at the shop.
It's currently hanging on the wall here at the shop.
flexibility in parallel profile perimeter stringered wooden surfboards
flexibility in parallel profile perimeter stringered wooden surfboards
The faster surfboard: Skin friction and the 'contact angle' of the surfboard surface
It is well known that the molecular structure of the watercraft's surface can have a dramatic effect on skin friction.Surfboard designers and builders have not often taken advantage of this fact except in the use of temporary surface coatings.What I am suggesting is that the surface of the surfboard ( the resin and glass) has a measurable contact angle which is not particularly beneficial in the drag stakes... this can be improved either by adding a surface coating or by adding other substances to the resin. We have had good results with a graphite resin additive in the past, the board with graphite coating needs to be electrically charged by hand polishing ( no wax!) in order to improve the contact angle.
http://www.ramehart.com/goniometers/contactangle.htmThe contact angle and water sheeting properties of some surfaces are not always fixed, for example there is a titanium coating in use which is activated by uv light to improve its sheeting properties, this process is temporary (or semi permanent ) and needs to be repeated Or to put it bluntly:It is possible to make the surfboard surface itself out of a material which is lower in drag than resin due to a molecular structure which ATTRACTS WATER There are contact angle measurement devices for sale out there I would love to get one to test various resin additives, the beauty of it is that a lower contact angle means lower drag guaranteed so there's no speculation involved . . . if one has the measuring gadget.
http://www.ramehart.com/goniometers/contactangle.htmHere's a board with a graphite coated bottom and fin, it was very fast
http://www.ramehart.com/goniometers/contactangle.htmThe contact angle and water sheeting properties of some surfaces are not always fixed, for example there is a titanium coating in use which is activated by uv light to improve its sheeting properties, this process is temporary (or semi permanent ) and needs to be repeated Or to put it bluntly:It is possible to make the surfboard surface itself out of a material which is lower in drag than resin due to a molecular structure which ATTRACTS WATER There are contact angle measurement devices for sale out there I would love to get one to test various resin additives, the beauty of it is that a lower contact angle means lower drag guaranteed so there's no speculation involved . . . if one has the measuring gadget.
http://www.ramehart.com/goniometers/contactangle.htmHere's a board with a graphite coated bottom and fin, it was very fast
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