Best Board You Ever Had?

CJsurf · Apr 23, 2018

LBCrew said: ↑

Honestly I have no idea... I started back in high school in the late 70s until '91, then got back into it around '99 or so, shaping more than glassing for a while... doing a few boards a week, plus my own and a bunch for friends every year. They say you're not a "real shaper" until you've done 1,000 boards. I've not come close to that.

But I'm a DIY guy... a garage hack. It's how I get my art buzz on, and I like my results. It saves a ton of money, I build them exactly how I want them... in terms of materials, durability, design, color... and there's nothing more satisfying to me than shooting out of a deep tube on one of my own boards, knowing I put myself there.
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Pretty much the same here. Made my first board in 1989. Took some breaks along the way. I'm somewhere in the 30s at this point. Still do a couple a year.

waterbaby · Apr 24, 2018

board I had the most fun on was a garage-made stinger fish made by a friend (RIP). He had only shaped about 10 boards prior to this, so the rails were funky (to say the least) and, since he cut it out of a regular shortboard blank, there was basically no nose rocker. It was a paddling beast and could generate speed even in significant mush...closest thing to a longboard substitute I've ever had.

The best pro-shaped board I ever had for small waves was a Rusty Piranha. Incredible paddler and more wave size range than my homemade board, but not quite as fun in the smaller stuff.

I currently have a Roberts Mutant but it's more of an HP board for better (non-mush) waves.

LBCrew · Apr 24, 2018

waterbaby said: ↑

board I had the most fun on was a garage-made stinger fish made by a friend (RIP). He had only shaped about 10 boards prior to this, so the rails were funky (to say the least) and, since he cut it out of a regular shortboard blank, there was basically no nose rocker. It was a paddling beast and could generate speed even in significant mush...closest thing to a longboard substitute I've ever had.

The best pro-shaped board I ever had for small waves was a Rusty Piranha. Incredible paddler and more wave size range than my homemade board, but not quite as fun in the smaller stuff.

I currently have a Roberts Mutant but it's more of an HP board for better (non-mush) waves.
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Old school love, right there...

fl.surfdog · Apr 24, 2018

An '82 Sunshine by Claude Codgen pretty similar to this single fin of coarse, best Florida board ever

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