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[Sparrow]

Hey guys,

I've finally finished and surfed, my number one compsand.
tested in headhigh to double overhead on the west coast of South Oz.

apologies for the dirty board pics but i finished it just before i went west on a week long surf trip and didn't get any pics of it just finished.
so here it is post surf with wax and crap all over it.

dims are 6'0" x 19" x 2 1/8"

bamboo cloth
3mm paulownia deck
6oz glass
1# eps - endgrain balsa rails
6oz glass
3mm paulownia bottom
bamboo cloth

finished weight with fins in 3.25kg (a tad heavy in compsand terms but bullet proof i think) the fins weighed 250grams alone.
I went a bit overboard on construction but i had a lot of left over glass that i thought i'd use rather then purchasing more thinner stuff.

i hope you like it.
please feel free to criticise it in any way you like, I'm of the opinion that if i can do something better next time round i'll have a superior board to the last.

surf report - The first wave was on my backhand on a wave a little overhead, the very first bottom turn had that twang that everyone has been talking about, now i know how it feels! That surf was ended quickly when someone spotted a big white pointer shark breaching not far from the break. In the big stuff (DOH) it was a bit skatey and i couldn't get it to bite on turns, it would bounce out a bit so the turns had to be slower and smoother to obtain a nice ride. I put bigger side fins in and had a bit better control. I have some pics of me riding it on a mates camera and i'll see if i can get a hold of them to add to this thread.

cheers

[Kit Sidwell]

Man, thats not heavy for the amount of wood and cloth thats in it!
You did really well keeping the weight as low as that.

3mm Paulownia is pretty serious, and with 6oz on the inside!
I'm really impressed with that weight.
And people say the bamboo cloth soaks up extra resin too

I like the tail block, so the plug is set in solid wood?

Really clean build, you'd be stoked with that one!

[Jarrod]

Beautiful outline there, great work for a first one!

[Sparrow]

cheers fellas!

yep, Kit the plug is set into the solid wood.
I had it set up so the vent would also be a part of the tail block(with hole drilled to reach the foam of course), but was unhappy with the vent i was going to use (looked real big and ugly)  so I turned the hole for the vent into the leash plug hole and created the vent up top instead.

yeah pretty happy overall.