Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In: Tools

Monday, March 19, 2007

Posted by Wave Farmer at 6:08 PM

~Photo by Craig Stecyk, 1995

SW WIND 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT...VEERING TO W AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 9 FT AT 7 SECONDS...SUBSIDING TO 7 FT AT 8 SECONDS.

There's a certain allure in the simplicity of the a hand crafted wooden board...

A board that is carved, before it's carved.

A board that has solidity and weight.

A board to be reckoned with and taken seriously.

A board that is unlikely to snap or ding.

A board that will hold it's line once it's set.

A board of substance and balance.

pushingtide said...: Amazing pic. WOuld love to shape a wooden board. In fact, trying very hard to find out a way.; 1:34 PM
stiffler said...: not much to it..
find a fat slab of some tight grained wood with a decent strength to weight ratio.... Sitka spruce? get a a jack plane, block plane, handsaw and some sawhorses..
the hard part would be trying to approximate the rocker we've all come to appreciate. you might do better to try and re-create one of the old hot-curl boards.; 9:07 PM