08/24/2025
Custom 6’2 x 20 x 2 3/8 convertible in wood/cork build (no glass) — I’ve been developing and enjoying this construction for about 5 years now and have really been impressed with the durability and performance. Lively feel under foot and no worries about banging it into something and getting a rail shatter. I went down this path thinking about how to engineer strength and flex into the blank without the need for a shell of brittle glass. The deck panel and bottom ring of wood work together (deck in compression and bottom under tension) and act as a kind of stringer. The wood deck also helps with pressure dings. The blank is closed cell XPS foam so water logging isn’t an issue too. They’re pretty enjoyable to build with no glass job to sand as well! This one got a full kit of birch ply fins to go with it so you can set it up as a clustered bonzer, 2 +1, wierdomaker, twin, or twinzer. The Swiss Army knife of surfboards! 🙌 🙌
