portugal 2016

what a week! the portugese sea treated us every day with good waves, great food & some cold beverages named after a town in the south of the country. i surfed most of the sessions with my yellow board and had a blast. to be continued next year.

ready for action

the rainy weekend was most welcomed to progress with my latest board. just in time before we'll depart to portugal and test it within the sgc community.

 

 

dimensions:
5'10'' x 21 1/4'' x 2 5/8''

lamination:
1x 6oz bottom, 2x 6oz top lamination (cutlap)

resin:
epoxy (sicomin)

sanding:
up to 400grid by machine & 600grid (wet-)sanding by hand

polish:
machine polish with 'rhino polish'

fins:
fcs system, thruster setup

yellow resin

i finished the bottom lamination yesterday night. happy with the result so far.

portugese stick

the next sgc reunion is scheduled in three weeks. that's why i'm working on a new board for smaller days in addition to my regular shortboard.


5'8 x 21 1/2 x 2 5/8 with a rounded tail. fin setup will be fcs thruster.

river surf season 2016 kicked off

a great way to start into the new week. 

since there was a local holiday in zurich (www.sechselaeuten.ch) i had the day off at work. weather has been rainy and the forecast looked promising for the river wave. so i packed my board and gave it a try. the water discharge at the lower end and cold water temperature (10 degrees celsius) kept the crowds away. i enjoyed a private session :)

thank you

i've just realised that my blog has been accessed by more than 10'000 visitors! very happy to see that some of you might be really interested in the development of landlocked surfboards :-)


thank you!

down under

let me tell you: we had a blast! traveling through nsw and queensland was a fantastic experience for the whole family. although the waves could have been a bit bigger some days the ocean always treated me with some swell. i've also seen a few pretty nice boards which inspired me for future shapes.