A wooden fish

The retro fish is quite nice looking. The one I'm making now is for a skinny light man, but I will be making myself a big guy fish at some point. Probably gonna go 6'6" plenty thick.

But the 5'6" is comin along

I'll be laminating the fish soon and the shaping will take place soon after. It's going to have a very slight single concave, maybe a double we will see.

 

Sorry for the strange photo uploads. I think you can still see what's been going on with this little fishy.

 

I do catch lobsters from time to time to earn cash. Some of the most foul men on this planet exist off the coast of Maine on lobster boats

 

The 5'6" rasta fish. Concave is single right now but a double will be applied after the bottom is laminated on.

 

This is where I'm at in the process lol

 

I'm using a wood called paulownia. It's similar to balsa but much better. The little fish weighs 9 lbs right now as seen.

 

Well my boards aren't for sale first of all lol, I have a kick arse furniture shop so I've sectioned a area dedicated to my exploration of shaping surfboards. You know puff puff read surf books and research stuff and cut wood and glue it up... Listen to lots of music.... Chill with buddies and shape.. And surf

The fish in the pic is actually for my brother who is paying me for the board however. I asked for the cost of materials which is 400 $ 300 for paulownia and 100 for resin and some other small items. Then when it's done he will throw me another 400 for my time which is nothing really. The color scheme is rasta so it's neat to look at too. Varying epoxy resin coloring for the intricate component parts in their layup.

You can buy paulownia is the US it's not cheap tho but the best wood for surfboards. Light, mills nicely, sands wonderfully, looks pretty good, it's just the best I think. Cedar is great too, probably better quality wood but it's heavier so I'm willing to sacrifice some quality for light weight.