alaias

[CCKeith]

tried today. not the easiest thing. still fun prone.

 

[LelandCuz]

Here's mine. It's pretty small so REALLY difficult to catch waves on but super fun for kiting. It's a pretty cool sensation to be able to slide over the reef in only a few inches of water. The way you can make a turn on rail, then release the tail and finish it with a slide feels like snowboarding on fresh corduroy.

 

[LBKpilot]

 

[afoaf]

tried today. not the easiest thing. still fun prone.

I like them with some swim fins for hollow and fast beach break....you can get in to some really deep barrel sections and get spat out

 

[casa_mugrienta]

How do you even start with one of these?

I heard the bigger they are the more difficult.

 

[manbearpig]

I like them with some swim fins for hollow and fast beach break....you can get in to some really deep barrel sections and get spat out

Ok dave rastovich

 

[$kully]

Here's mine. It's pretty small so REALLY difficult to catch waves on but super fun for kiting. It's a pretty cool sensation to be able to slide over the reef in only a few inches of water. The way you can make a turn on rail, then release the tail and finish it with a slide feels like snowboarding on fresh corduroy.
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That shape looks like it could translate as a pow surfer with the proper traction on the top

 

[surf-shot.com]

how many litres?

 

[keenfish]

I'm not going to lie. I don't think I could ride one. Need more liters!

 

[LelandCuz]

I like them with some swim fins for hollow and fast beach break....you can get in to some really deep barrel sections and get spat out

I'll have to try that. My little one should be perfect.

 

[afoaf]

I'll have to try that. My little one should be perfect.

they are a really good bodysurfing cheat....I love it

it teaches you a lot about effective use of your edge....and you can catch waves so fkn early if you put some flex in to the board in the right spots

I need to break out the tools and make another batch of planks and planes for the summer....

 

[casa_mugrienta]

they are a really good bodysurfing cheat....I love it

it teaches you a lot about effective use of your edge....and you can catch waves so fkn early if you put some flex in to the board in the right spots

I need to break out the tools and make another batch of planks and planes for the summer....

Can you make me an alaia?

I pay u

 

[silentbutdeadly]

forget the alaia's how do I get my hands on one of those springers that dude is wearing?

 

[SrPato]

I like them with some swim fins for hollow and fast beach break....you can get in to some really deep barrel sections and get spat out

I've had nightmares about getting sucked over the falls on a beach break and getting disemboweled in the shore line with one of those.

 

[afoaf]

Can you make me an alaia?

I pay u

I make you one real nice for free

I got a biscuit cutter to make them stronger

do you want to stand up surf it?

I have some ideas about binding foam or even a little cork to it to give it more buoyancy

 

[afoaf]

I've had nightmares about getting sucked over the falls on a beach break and getting disemboweled in the shore line with one of those.

I've done more damage to myself with surfboards and fins than the plank, but I don't really give a fook and pull in to everything because otherwise one does not surf in the south bay

I also object to hand straps on hand planes...they are dumb...I rarely loose my plane even when I get hucked

Jon Wegener used to sell raw paulownia...I should check with him.

I really like cedar and redwood because they are naturally good if they lose their varnish and get a bit wet

I got a bunch of really good redwood on craigslist from folks who were tearing out old garage doors


damn, now I'm all fired up....

 

[casa_mugrienta]

I make you one real nice for free

I got a biscuit cutter to make them stronger

do you want to stand up surf it?

I have some ideas about binding foam or even a little cork to it to give it more buoyancy

Yes I would be *trying* to eventually stand up surf it.

Is the biscuit cutter for putting in concave?

 

[keenfish]

Yes I would be *trying* to eventually stand up surf it.

Is the biscuit cutter for putting in concave?

The biscuit joins the boards together stronger between the lams.

 

[afoaf]

Yes I would be *trying* to eventually stand up surf it.

Is the biscuit cutter for putting in concave?

keenfish got it.

there are multiple factors at play, first, thin boards just naturally want to split, especially thin and wide

alaias are pretty thin to begin with...and then you put in some concave (usually with a sander/polisher and progressive grits) you wind up with a board that is even less capable of handling extreme deflection

think...body on top getting slammed by a wave

also, redwood is sometimes spotty with regard to glue-ups...so it can split there. generally speaking, though, the glue line is one of the strongest parts of a layup and boards will split on the grain BEFORE the glued edges come apart.

those biscuits are a cool way to add some additional structure....I've thought about dowels running perpendicular, but that's way over-baked

 

[silentbutdeadly]

edge to edge biscuit joinery was the name of my first soft core gay porno