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Agree the main clown commentating fiji has little idea of surfing. He sounds like an out of season NFL commentator. I lost count of the amount of times he said "x surfer needs Y score" when Y was the 2 wave total the surfer was sitting on. My favourite commentator is Doherty. Turpel is ok, except fo...

ahoy pole, no i have absolutely no links whatsoever to any magazine, book or associated companies whatsoever.

i stumbled upon a copy in a newsagent and picked it up. $20 is a f**king bargain for what you get. It is more akin to a $50 copy table book than a magazine. good core surfing stories, without the womens weekly for surfers vibe most of the other mags have, and not much hipster crap to boot. I picked ...

nothing a rub/blend with a soft pad can't fix on the deck side of your rail bands!

cheers digger.

they are still not perfect, but each one learning something new and getting better.

and what is it with bugs wanting to sit on a board with fresh hotcoat?? I always turn my light off and shut the door once I hotcoat now, got so many bugs in the top of one hotcoat it wasn't funny!

just the new age mother therasa.... MORE than enough time to constantly self promote on public forums... not MORE than happy to share some dims & templates.. dont give me the too busy line... it would have taken you 5 minutes less than the time you've defended yourself on this thread to write "i rec...

... are the same pirate that asked me about fin templates and placements? yeah i am, that is me, i sent 2 PM's both here and on sways, that were both ignored ... thought you wouldn't mind sharing some info to a newbie backyarder on the forums. at this stage in my shaping, unashamedely eveything i d...

not defensive, more frustrated with the same old " its been done before by someone else" comments......if you'd been aware of some previous comments and posts over last few years, you'd understand....plus earlier in the thread, I mention the willis bros several times and give others full credit and...

yeah, but as I said plenty of times in this thread, I am not claiming it to be my design or my idea, I am just playing around with them and they are working great.....full respect to the guys who have done these ...not much hasnt been done.... bit like your blatant ripping off of Tomo's planing hul...

Here's some of my recents. All shaped, glassed, sanded in my bay under my parents house! 1. 5'8 x 22 x 2 5/8 mini simmons for a friend. Colour is rolled on acrylic onto the foam for something different. It came up much patchier when the resin hit it. other than that was pretty happy with it. 58 simm...

my best was tripping over an extension lead, landing on a half shaped blank and snapping it clean in 2.

Might have just scored an unexpected week off work in early october, so might go on a quick trip somewhere. Looking for somewhere within an 8-10 hour flight (or drive) from sydney, warm water, things to do with the mrs also, relatively uncrowded waves. Not fussed on scoring huge waves - 3-6ft would ...

love that template mate.

if you go the twin route, i reckon it would be wise to throw in some plugs for a trailer fin also.

funny, i rang em and they said NO! haha

oh well i'll wait and see what shapers come up with!

thanks for the help guys.

thanks guys - tryed colan and dont think they have it.

it's not actual carbon cloth that i'm after it's approx 100mm sheets with carbon reinforcing strips.

like in this picture:

http://storage.people.com/jpgs/19910718 ... 750-80.jpg

does anybody know the name, or even better where i can get some in aus, of the tape that has the carbon stripes in it, like KS's merricks from the early 90s? kinda like what ...lost has on the nose of the black sheep model, but from memory the strips were spaced a bit wider ..... anyone know where i...

i've read different reports. greg loher on sways says you can hotcoat with additive F (whatever that is). Others say to hotcoat with poly.

Apparently it doesn't "kick" like poly, but just gradually goes off.

Interested to hear from some epoxy regulars.

Hey digger, is john's resin for both laminating and filler coats??. Glassing is hard enough without changing resins halfway,through!! :D i'm interested in the same question. I have only used poly resin up to now (only glassed 6 boards now), but need to switch to epoxy because the odour of poly waft...