spoons!

[dk]

just curious on everyones thoughts on spoons. i've never ridden one, or seen one close up, but they look super fun. have no clue how they are made.

heres a good shot of one i stole from swaylocks..
<img src="http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/uploads/43997velo16.jpg" alt=" - " />

 

[TRI FINS ARE DANGEROUS]

I can't believe the spork never caught on.
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee....

 

[dk]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by TRI FINS ARE DANGEROUS:
<strong>I can't believe the spork never caught on.
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee....</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">so true. but they are universal across all of american schools. showing that we are so cheap we need 1 utensil, instead of 2. the spork was never real effective anyways.

 

[surflab]

You can still find a good spork here

Note read the sign <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
<img src="http://www.lizmichael.com/kfc.jpg" alt=" - " />

 

[TRI FINS ARE DANGEROUS]

<img src="http://captianwojo.freehomepage.com/images/spork.jpg" alt=" - " />

I wonder if I took out a two page glossy ad in Surfer with a spork they would feature it in the design forum?

 

[HBNative]

Sporks are the futons of eating utensils - they don't serve either function particularly well.

 

[Lee V.]

They are kneeboards and are truely amazing rides if (and its a big IF) you are in empty peeling point waves. The one you show was built by Paul Gross and took weeks to build. Check out romanoskykneeboards.com, there is a pictoral on making one.

 

[highline rider]

i was thinking of an easier way to make one. couldnt you just shape the bottom of a blank and glass it, then sand throught the foam to the fiberglass. then glass the top.

 

[dk]

highline, i figure that would work. but i have a feeling we just dont understand how it is made, when actually it is not that bad of a process. if it is hard, they shoulda listened to u years ago <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

 

[highline rider]

there was a picture on swaylocks of a pretty complicated plywood mold. dont know if you saw it but there wasa thread about flex tailed fish on there too, and it shoed a guy with some carbon fiber fish tailed spoons. I think it may have shown the mold and they look pretty complicated. Plus you have to get the flex patter right or they arent as effective. did some reading on 'em a little too and the guys said they last for only a few sessions if your not a master builder. so i figured i know what im gonna do if i ever get my hands on either a free messed up blank or if i ever mess one up real bad my self.

 

[Solo]

<img src="http://www.ksusa.org/Forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=899" alt=" - " />

 

[profkrispy]

The spoon in question started off as a Clark Foam 10'3" blank. After shaping, the bottom was glassed with 3 layers of volan cloth. Then the deck was ground out leaving only the foam along the rails.

 

[dk]

very cool,
can these things ride in crappy mushy waves, or will it just sink.

 

[TRI FINS ARE DANGEROUS]

That wave reminds me of when a spoon gets stuck in the garbage disposal! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />

 

[Solo]

dk,

See comments by Lee V., they`re worthless in junk waves.

Many years ago spoons were often shaped from surfboard blanks and then glassed, the deck scooped out and more glass added. Unfortunately they were high maintenance (weak in repeated compressive flex) ... soon forming point load stress "hingles", usually in the the rails, a precursor to complete breakage. To help resolve that ongoing problem, rather than surfboard foam, end-grain balsa (denser than surfboard foam) was placed in the rails. Very labor-intensive.

A much better idea is to build a female mold over a master shape. Then laminate the spoon inside that. An improvement is epoxy resin with many more layers of 4 oz. fiberglass and hand-pour high density polyurethane (10 to 12 lb./cu. ft. density) foam in the rails.

The best spoons... very strong in repeated compressive flex, resilient memory, sensitive, very light, made with high temp cure epoxy, carbon graphite and hand-pour high density polyurethane. End use for most flex spoons... uncrowded, long, higher quality waves.

 

[hoku]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by TRI FINS ARE DANGEROUS:
<strong>I can't believe the spork never caught on.
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee....</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">oh yeah? What about this? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

<img src="http://www.alexandersurfboards.com/FijiPhoto.jpg" alt=" - " />