Blood Sweat & Tears

5’11 x 20 3/4 x 2 7/16 Kevlar/carbon, wood, eps FreakFish.

This was a prototype – lots learnt through blood sweat and tears. Pretty pleased with the end result. Learning points are all visible and will make the next one lighter with a more perfect finish.

It will be super robust with the tulipwood rails (beautifully thicknessed to 3.2mm strips by Beech Bros of Exeter), birch ply deck, Kevlar carbon bottom. Weight is more than a PU or EPS conventional but it is still a spritely 8lbs and the added weight should give it loads more flow and quicker take offs.

         

This one will be ridden a few times and then for sale. It is a prototype so it’s imperfections will be reflected in the price at £450 ex fins.

Custom orders will be £700 inc fins.

Fried

Frying time

This is the board I am working on for the Fry BUT epoxy cure times are now totally stuffing me and with 2 days left and 3 days curing time required it’s not ,looking promising… so it is touch and go if it will be showing, if so probably without fins!

Nose & tail blocks

  

Parabolic

Glued up and ready for nose and tail blocks before rail shaping.

Weird things a gwaan

This is the 5’11 Freak Fish with kevlar/carbon bottom. Wood parabolic rails, wood deck with an epoxy wrap. Here i had just glassed a strip along the rails and deck to give the parabolics something firm to adhere to. Next week I get some wood on.

Kevlar Carbon Freak

Back on track… rails glassing tomorrow… then we get woody