Board 8 - Winged Quad Fish

So... whilst waiting for the stencil for the art work on Josh's board I made a start on my own new board.  It started out with a 6'4" Simon Noble Surfboards Stencil but after cutting it out I wasn't keen on the nose.  I used the rocket template to shape a new nose chopping the board down to 6'2".  I wanted this one to have plenty of volume so I'm making it 2 3/4" with full rails.

Josh's New Stick - Part 3

The rails have been shaped now so just a bit of polishing to be done before installing the fin boxes.

Josh's New Stick - Part 2

I've now got the board down to the right rocker and foil measurements so all that's left to do are the rails, should be ready for the fin plugs to go in by the weekend.

Board 7 - Josh's New Stick!

Just made a start on board no.7, my second commissioned board.  This is josh's 5'10 round tail.

 This was the first time I'd used a Clark Foam Planer and it made a big difference.  It's got so much more power than my last planer and it's also a lot easier to use, it might even speed the process up a little bit?

I've got a couple more passes to make with the planer before smoothing it out by hand and adding the concave.

Board 6 - Scott's Rocket

Whilst Ethan has bought some of the materials for 2 of the boards I've shaped him, this was my first real comissioned board.  I did feel under pressure on this one especially as it was to be a christmas present for Scott.  The freezing conditions didn't help, it took 3 heaters to get the shed to the minimum temperature needed for glassing.
This was 5'8 x 19 5/8 x 2 5/8 with a rocket tail.  Scott designed and cut out the stencil for the art work and I did the airbrushing.

In the background of this photo you can see my 4th board.

The working conditions were a little bit chilly.

Board 5 - Ethan's Grom Rocket

This is Ethan's Grom Rocket (I think the lad's got too many boards), it's 5'3 x 18 x 2 1/4 with a deep single concave running the length of the board.

Bodhi's got his eyes on this one for the future!

Board 4 - Round Tailed Single Fin

I seem to be missing photo's of my 4th board, if I find some I'll add them later. 

I decided to try out a single fin for my 4th board with an outline based on the Mark Phipps Plonka.  

Board 3 - The Magic Carpet

Having been kicked out of the loft I had to find somewhere else to do my shaping, hence the birth of the shed in the yard.  This was the first board shaped in the shed and the cold caused a few unexpected problems when it came to glassing,  It all came good in the end though.
This board was originally intended to be mine but Ethan convinced me otherwise so I chopped about 7" off the tail, narrowed it down a bit, and thinned it out. It was now perfect for Ethan.

Board no.2 - Ethan's Quad Fish

I enjoyed making the first one that much that I decided to have another go.  This one was for my son's birthday present.  Again it was shaped in the loft and due to the resin tint I was experimenting with the loft got really messed up.  This could have been why I didn't make anymore up there and it got turned into Ethan's bedroom just to be sure.
This was the first board with the VisioNary logo on.  It was my lovely wife Claire that came up with the name and it seems to have stuck so far.

Just Unwrapped.

First time out.

This board looked a lot better than the last one.

Surfboard 1 - The Ugly Fish!

 I first decided to have a go at shaping a board because I wanted to try something other than my longboard. I couldn't afford to buy a new surfboard and after looking into it I decided it couldn't be too difficult to make one and it had to be cheaper than buying one from a shop.  In retrospect I think I was wrong on both counts.  This board was built in the loft of my house as I didn't have anywhere else to do it at the time.  Anyway this was it...

I decided to go with a fish so that I'd have plenty of opportunity to make mistakes!

Decided to go with a twin fin and to make my own fins to save a bit more cash.

The name and logo I used for this board was different to future boards. 

I only really put a logo on it to see how difficult it would be... and maybe a little idea of having my own surfboard shaping business?