Curtis Cromwell, who does all the glassing here and works in the shop, likes his boards a little different than most people. He really likes the raised deck idea ( having had several of them), so this one is no different but this one comes with a much flatter and fuller raised deck than his [...]
Ross Byrd who runs the Goodtimes Surf Camp in Rodanthe brought me an old board that I built probably in 80 or 81. He said it is one of his favorite boards and rides it a lot in the summer when the waves are small. This one had a pretty boxy rail and even had [...]
Hey this board is not red, it’s green. It’s a surf shot of Joey Crum on his old green fish. We built this one for Joey about 5 years ago and last year he finally retired it “last” summer. Many hours were logged on the green fish and it has seen all sizes of waves [...]
EPS or Expanded Polystyrene is associated with Epoxy surfboards. There are 2 types of EPS blanks being used today. EPS that is extruded (XPS) and tends to look more like Polyurethane foam and the Bead foam which is more commonly called styrofoam. Even though most people call it styrofoam it is actually a trade name [...]
Eric Holt from Michigan came across this old Velzy and sent it down here for us to fix up and refurbish. When we saw it there was something that puzzled me about the board. First off I had never seen this particular Velzy logo ever on a board before. I also noticed that this board [...]
There are not a lot of kneeboarders out there, but I have always managed to build one or two of them each year. The hollower waves of Hatteras are the kind of waves that kneeboarders are attracted to. I’ve known and ridden with many of them over the years, Robert Finchem, Danny Burrus, Danny Couch, [...]
The traditional urethane foam has been around since the 50’s when blanks switched from balsa wood to foam and gained in popularity with the lighter weight surfboards. It is a closed cell foam that is poured liquid into a heated concrete mold. The liquid expands rapidly filling the mold and after time the mold is [...]
