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Closing up a Hollow Board-Tasks to Consider
Closing Up a Hollow Board-Tasks to ConsiderCompleting the assembly manual has taken me longer than I had planned and I am hearing from some “CLEARWOOD” board builders that are nearly ready to strip the bottom and close up the shell of the board. So let’s go through the basics of what we need to consider before…
Standup Paddleboard Fin Selection
Selecting Standup Paddleboard Fins I have been thinking about fin set ups for my flat water boards lately…..maybe that’s because I left the last decent fin I had sitting on the tailgate of my truck when I drove away at the end of a session recently. The result is that I lost the fin and have been using a…
Venting Hollow Surf and SUP Boards
Venting Hollow Paddleboards and Surfboards
Atmospheric venting of hollow surfboards or sup’s is critical. Without a functioning vent, your board will be vulnerable to structural failure due to (primarily) the expansion of air inside your board as the board heats up, which it inevitably does when out in the su…
New 14′ Hollow wooden Paddleoard kit at the Season Change
New 14′ Hollow Wooden Paddleboard KitIt has been a hot and smokey summer around Southern Oregon this year and in some ways I’m glad to see the rains come. But this change of seasons is the classical double edge sword. On one hand, the hot days and the smoke from nearby forest fires has gone away for the year,…
Down Winder
Down WinderI paddled my first down winder the other day and what an eye opener that was! I did ok for a first attempt but using my flatwater board for a down wind run was WORK! Not that a proper downwind board wouldn’t have been work but with limited nose rocker in my flatwater board I had to be really quick …
Wood
WoodIn my world, we make things out of wood. But it wasn’t clear at first just how involved our relationship with hollow wood paddleboards would become. Surfboards, paddleboards, and sup paddles have become an obsession. I have always involved myself fully when I commit to doing anything worth doing and buildin…