I glued up some pine planks the other day for an 8' alaia with a swallow tail, parabolic rails and a deep concave/channel running from nose to tail. It's coming along well and am hoping to wrap up sanding by the end of today. I'll be oiling it for the next several days and wishing for some waves to take it out sometime this week! Stoked! I'll post some pics of it once it's completed. Here's a pic of my first alaia.
Glue used Hey what was the glue you used to glue the pine? Oh and where the planks grooved or not? Thanks man! keep rippin
Gorilla Glue Wateproof. No tongue and groove. But should've put one in to make it extra sturdy. Stay stoked!
Will do. Split my pine alaia. 3 feet down from the nose. Now I'll be chopping it down an making a paipo out of it. Looks like tongue and grove is a must have. The board hit the sand bar hard and died 24 min into the session. It was a good board to polish up wood working skills. I'm planning on doing the same or very similar shape out of Paulownia.
what dementions were you alaia boards? what kind of wood? how many planks? sizes? kind of glue and oil? how long did it take? I really want to start one as a project and im having trouble finding information on how to actually do it and where to get the materials. thanks
Check out Swaylocks. Search " alaia" and you should get all the info you need to shape one. Good luck.
hi, We have some instructions for making alaias here - http://www.surfinggreen.com.au/How-Shape-Alaia-Surfboard Also have free templates available if you email us through that page. Alaias are really easy to shape. If you can't find a ready to shape blank you can glue them up without too much hassle. For best results, don't use PVA, woodglue or even gorilla glue unless you are going to permanently seal it with resin or varnish. If you are only going to seal the wood with linseed or another oil, you should use marine grade epoxy glue. tongue and groove is not necessary if you use the right glue.
