Personally I’ve made a few, it seems their is a lot of jive back and forth about their place in surfing. Is it all hype and marketing or are green boards really something to strive for???
I can say that while both of these boards are green, I’m not 100% certain they outperform say a red or blue board or if they are infact any better on the environment...
I would like to hear a bit more about your "green" process. From what i have seen, it is a bit more expensive than standard board building techniques, so it is probably a long way from major brands using it (which os where it would have the most impact). But as far as the backyard guy goes, i'd like to try and be more environmentally responsible as i can.
Really digging the twingle btw.
Here's a few green boards I've made. 2 are reshapes from older boards, one was an EPS that I streamlined, the other an old windsurfer I got for $20. The really green ones are the ones I made from EPS packing boxes I get mailed to me every other week. That foam would have been trash, but I made boards instead, and one is currently my best performance short board.
I'm currently making boards from blocks of EPS foam that used to be a floating pier. I can get 3 boards from a single $5 block.
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The packing box ones are awesome. I have been loving the old reshapes lately.
And the Eps wall panels used for buildings and architectural features, offcuts from this have made great boards.
Im a big fan of what Tom Wegener is doing. His "corky" build process is rad.
HD EPS core, Paulownia stringers, depending on what he wants with flex, vacbagged paulownia veneers on the bottom, oiled. then cork rails and deck, sealed with a waterbased acrylic. No glass at all.
http://www.tomwegenersurfboards.com/blog/shaping-classes-learn-make-corky
His instagram is awesome.
he has worked with ryan lovelace and tom curren recently.
Skatement (Adam)
Sunshine Coast (hoax) Queensland Australia
I've made a few green boards in my day but my personal opinion is that red boards go faster.
I nearly spewed my drink laughing.
C'mon guys. Please give a little warning or something.
(That twingle looks wicked fun, too.)
Bill Thrailkill
SHAPER SINCE 1958
Thanks guys!
Board was made for a good friend (we made it together, it was his first board shaping/glassing experience) - he was primarily a longboard guy but got sick of seeing me with a twingle and said I gotta get one.
Waist to head high he is having a blast and it’s really allowed him to open his wave positioning. He really digs it.
Back to green boards!
"We ain't on our way to Wembley,we ain't gonna win the league. No matter how much they let us down - Westham's still our team"...
Bill Thrailkill
SHAPER SINCE 1958
Never made a green board , there,s no demand . probably because green is associated with starbucks .
Cause no one goes to Starbucks?... probably why they are everywhere.
"We ain't on our way to Wembley,we ain't gonna win the league. No matter how much they let us down - Westham's still our team"...
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