Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:11 pm
PUURRDDYY! 
VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK
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Hollow Wooden Cedar Strip Kite-Surfboard
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Cedar Board with Carbon Ribs
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:18 am
Happy to report that my third cedar board is up and flying! It weighs in at roughly 7 lbs and has a speed tail. I like the shape and will only take about 1/2 " off the width of the front 1/3 next time. Easy to grab and is very strong.
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:29 am
Great pic Greg and must feel really great to sail something you've created yourself. I'll never know that feeling 
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:53 am
ohhh, I dunno, that Bic Adagio of yours you insisted was the cat's meow and was patched so many times you could probably call your "creation"more force 4 wrote:Great pic Greg and must feel really great to sail something you've created yourself. I'll never know that feeling
Builders
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:51 am
Pasta, Wefi surfboards, you may know about him but if not he is on line. Lives in lantzville by Windsurfish. I've seen his boards and they look really nice. Check it out. They are wood boards.
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:53 pm
I didn't know about Wefi - I'll check him out - Thanks!
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:39 am
Chet showed up at the office today with one of his Mud Tractor boards. Nice! http://pacificislandssurfboards.com/
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:07 am
Here's the wefi link:
http://www.wefisurfboards.com/www.wefis ... oards.html
I find it quite interesting that all of a sudden there's at least 3 different people on VI making similar types of boards. Or maybe there has been for a while, and just didn't know about each other? Either competition or potential collaboration, depending on how you look at it.
Only one making kiteboards specifically, but the area between kiteboard and surfboard seems to be getting greyer. Do a Vanguard cedar board and you'd have something pretty unique (and not just chop the nose off a shortboard....got to get that planing hull shape).
These boards sure are purdy....the problem is they may be too beautiful to use and abuse. Wall art or riding devices?
http://www.wefisurfboards.com/www.wefis ... oards.html
I find it quite interesting that all of a sudden there's at least 3 different people on VI making similar types of boards. Or maybe there has been for a while, and just didn't know about each other? Either competition or potential collaboration, depending on how you look at it.
Only one making kiteboards specifically, but the area between kiteboard and surfboard seems to be getting greyer. Do a Vanguard cedar board and you'd have something pretty unique (and not just chop the nose off a shortboard....got to get that planing hull shape).
These boards sure are purdy....the problem is they may be too beautiful to use and abuse. Wall art or riding devices?
What's old is new again
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:22 pm
Ride with wood Juan, ride with wood.
And check out the vid!
And check out the vid!
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:35 pm
don't ride it, provide it....while u still can
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:31 pm
$1800 for a Wefi! Ouch. Beautiful, ridable art though.
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:16 am
as compared to a starboard carbon sup price. 
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:41 pm
Yeah but the materials in that are toxic and expensive to produce!TheLaw wrote:as compared to a starboard carbon sup price.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:20 am
yes the wefi boards are beautiful! I'm not sure if they would stand up to jumping and pounding for kiteboarding. They might. I'm putting the board I built to the test here and landing lofty jumps is doing nothing to it. If anything I'll have to worry about my ankles.
Cedar Board with Carbon Ribs
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:39 am
After a winter LV season of board testing #3 I've rebuilt my shop and have Board #4 ready for layup!
