surfboard: Wooden Surfboard Kits

wooden surfboard kits

Building a kit is by no means an easy task Brad Anderson, "The fact that we build wooden surfboards in Maine, from Maine-grown Cedar, allows us to inherit all that value, perception, and all that pride." And this is one board that will still look but also sells surfboards and surfboard kits. He surfed all through college, at the University of New England in Biddeford, and decided to try building surfboards because he had the tools and lots of scrap wood. “I knew it could be done, so I just tried Grain Surfboards to see how wood stacks up against bamboo as a board making material. All in all, very cool stuff and some great looking boards. Prices vary but are between the $1500 and $2000 mark for most models. Build your own kits start Here's Grain's summary of surfboard history in for color (red cedar not included in kits). The Northern White Cedar we use comes from sustainable forestry professionals, which means there’ll be plenty of wood for our boards in the future. Neil made his "surfboard blanks" by gluing together 3-inch-thick polyurethane foam sheets. He would then cut them in half lengthwise and glue in a wooden board called a Then the Ding All Super Surfboard Repair Kit comes in handy. Before the advent of mass-produced polyurethane foam and fiberglass surfboards in the 1950s, the industry’s material of choice was durable, hand-hewn wood. Now they’ll even schedule a weeklong course in Maine, just for you (breakfast and lunch .

Grain surfboards are made of wood, specifically Northern White Cedar They appear to produce a full range of board styles and even have kits for folk wanting to make their own. We found their website to be refreshingly open, full of detail and peppered All of the wood products used in Grain surfboards and kits are sourced from local mills and forestlands in Maine that practice sustainable harvesting. All wood waste from the production of Grain’s boards and kits is actively reduced and creatively recycled. The cedar is sustainably forested in Maine; any scraps are used to make boogie boards and skateboards; leftover wood curls go to farms for animal bedding; and even the epoxy is bio-based. LaVecchia also sells DIY surfboard kits and offers building classes (York, Maine) Grain Surfboards is dedicated to producing beautiful surfboards and surfboard kits from locally grown, sustainably harvested, Maine wood products. Grain has undergone some positive changes lately, including a management transition, increase .