LSD said...goatman said...Yeah where do you get a custom for $1000?
Me?...maybe....just toying with the idea
I have tried to give local makers the heads up on this light board stuff, none are interested.
The way I make my boards is the same as eps/epoxy surfboards, so nothing new any board maker can do it, but they dont, why?
What I'm after here feed back on what riders are prepared to accept.
That green flame board dinted on the deck first surf, it will continue to dint untill the paddling/foot area becomes slightly concave.
I had a ride on Dave Pamenter's board last summer, his had done the same.
The plain weave glass goes into tension & the eps compresses to a point were it is happy to support the continuos standing weight. They dont seem to continue to go concave, they stop at 6mm or so. Its not like polyurithane/polyester where the foam cells actualy crush & stay crushed, then eventualy delam, the eps has a memory to a point, delam takes far longer if ever. Do the finger test to polyester & it leaves a dint, eps comes out.
Guys have riden my dinted decks & remarked how it felt good under foot, the surftech site has a bit on their feps, still eps, they talk of the memory effect & how it's nice to surf on.
I have been very reluctant to go commercial, because of the dint issue, it can be minimised in single skin but not eliminated, going to higher density foam they still dint & add weight defeating the pupose, going to sandwich foot patch is an option but increases cost/labour & other probs.
I have had plenty of guys wanting light boards. The reason for this post is to find out what is acceptable.
The condition report on the lizard I posted some time ago is unchanged, the board still floats & will for years to come.
i personally look at them like my shortboards(which hasn't been used much at all). dents and dings just part of the deal. my latest dc didn't go as well as i had hoped- it not bad, just not real good( tried a few things out than the normal model), so i have gone back to my blue tinted dc. this board i eventually creased after putting it into many pits when lacey's lane was on fire. it was something i knew would happen one day. it was repaired well and i can't pick it to ride. also might add, i have been swapping it and the naish 8 10 all week according to conditions- greenmount this afternoon and lumpy, wedgy alley, 13 th ave and some tally ck. the naish with it heavy rocker for the stronger stuff, but also i think it will handle a thrashing better.enjoying the two boards- lighter, a bit heavier,, wider, narrower,,flater, more rocker,, thruster, 2plusone
anyway, reasonable build and i'll cop the dent, dings and whatever. also, no matter how good a board is, after a while, its time to move on
lacey
saw your new shooter an hour ago almost finished,sweet
) will keep sending your sticks back for repair and customers like BP will send you nuts.... 
