I'm a guy outside Chicago who spends a few weeks a year in San Diego surfing, am an ok surfer but have never shaped, don't have cabinet-makers skills, and have no nearby surfboard shops to go into to ask advice . . . the last one whose first project should be building a hollow wooden board. I tried it nonetheless and now that I'm done it was awesome. My understanding of board features, characteristics and trade-offs as well as my appreciation for those who actually know how to do this has skyrocketed.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

To Moonlight Glassing

Common advice says that first time glassing should be done with the help of an experienced glasser. The Chicago area is not a hotbed of surfboard fiber-glassing so I've shipped it to Moonlight Glassing in San Diego. They'll glass and install the fin boxes and vent. Besides, temps won't be consistently warm enough to glass outside or in the garage for another month. Looking forward to San Diego next week so I can get in the water again. Will take a trip to Moonlight Glassing to talk thru the work they're doing to finalize the project.
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