Damn Pesky Longboards!

by **kitesurfer** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:15 pm

Just finished glassing the bottom phil. Went well, neatest glassing job i've done yet. Had to be though as due to the paint on the deck i can't sand it until the decks glassed.

KS

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by **Otter** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:23 am

The birth of a new Surfboard... how sweet. Where do I send flowers?

by **Phil** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:14 am

give me a ring tommowos wihen im soer board does look rather sweek though done a fantasti job on it

by **kitesurfer** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:39 am

Here are a couple of photos of the glassing action!

Your getting as bad as jo these days mate, you been taking lessons??

by **pault** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:13 am

Thats looking fantastic Kitey!

Was wondering when you are shapingyour boards, how do you keep things symetrical? Do you use a template laid onto the blank? Or is it done by eye?

by **kitesurfer** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:16 am

For the outline i cut one side of the blank first, fair it in then make template from that to do the other side. Then you just make sure that when shaping you allways do the same to one side that you do to the other.

by **kitesurfer** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:43 pm

The boards all finished now.

Photos are in the camera but probably won't get a chance to upload them till the new year. Hope to get some photos of phil and me surfing with the board on new years day though.

Watch this space.

KS

by **northswell** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:01 pm

could be a fun watch if those charts stay the same

by **kitesurfer** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:40 pm

Indeed, i'm down in north devon for 4 days over the new year and am eagerly anticapating some awesome kitesurfing conditions in the waves.

by **tomcat360** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:13 pm

very nice glass work, KS!

Liking the full body suit.

*chanting* hot coat pics, hot coat pics! *chanting*

by **kitesurfer** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:39 am

It's nice isn't it. What you can't see are the very fashionable plastic bags i have taped on my feet to go with the outfit!!

There aren't any photos of me doing the hotcoat but there are some of the finshed board and some of my techniques for fitting the fins.

KS

by **tomcat360** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:32 pm

Is this your first log? Lots of glass to wet out on there.

by **Dec** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:09 pm

ooh Kitey..I stole your *design* (Sal!) for Lex's rising sun and put it on a skimboard. It looks awesome except for at the bottom I spelt Designs wrong..and put Desgins....gutted!

by **WooD** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:20 pm

Damn nice job KS. I really like the paint work. Nice to see a kinda old school looking board when so many are going crazy with the paint. Seems like most boards now days have a bad acid trip look to them.

by **tomcat360** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:52 pm

Yeah, definately got that acid trip look goin on mine.

by **kitesurfer** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:13 pm

WooD wrote:Damn nice job KS. I really like the paint work. Nice to see a kinda old school looking board when so many are going crazy with the paint. Seems like most boards now days have a bad acid trip look to them.

Yeah wanted to go for something simple as it was my first spray job as well as being the first longboard i've shaped.
Glassing went really well actually tomcat got away with 1300ml of resin for the bottom lam plus it's cold here at the mo so plenty of time to glass.

KS

by **Phil** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:52 am

now if only we had some swell so i can get it in the water for a proper surf

by **kitesurfer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:43 am

What do u reckon, love at first sight????

KS

by **kitesurfer** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:44 am

And some more.

Cheers KS

by **sal** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:27 am

stunning board Kitey! :lol:

Damn Pesky Longboards!

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