What is a ''restoration'' and why does your EPS board suck?
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2024
- In todays adventures, we discuss what defines a surfboard restoration vs repair and we look into the future of EPS and where it will lead surfboard manufacturing in the years to come. All this while ''restoring'' a 1965 LAND surfboard.
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I should state that there is always an exception to the rule and this video is not to say that there are not very well built, strong and well glassed boards using EPS foam. No offence is intended towards any shaper who chooses to work with EPS! These are my personal opinions only and there are many angles to the discussion to be considered. 🤙
I completely agree with your sentiments about restoring old boards. You want to see the history that the board has been through, it is part of what makes it old and interesting.
I work in the surf tourism industry. 90% of my boards are eps. It’s a horrible material, but these have “become” very sustainable. Some of them are 10 to 15 year old and still look and perform great. Still as much fun to ride like on the 1st day and each board shows it’s history in the drawings, signatures and messages customers leave on them.With proper maintenance most things can last a long time. That’s way more sustainable than buying the next new eco board every year that you think you need to satisfy your ego. Surfers in general buy way to much shit they don’t need for their hobby. Rather give my money to the local repair professionals, than to the big industrial production every year.
I am in the camp that likes to see the scars and wear over the years, but protected in a watertight shell 👍 great video, interesting thoughts 😎
So what you are saying is, I'm in for a world of hurt trying to fix a badly neglected and damaged EPS SUP I got given to me? 🤔
Great vid. Sustainability; I had an old Atlas Woods, that was stored in a pool shed. Small landslide destroyed the shed, and a concrete block retaining wall landed on it . Wrecked and squashed an adjacent lawnmower. After I dug it all out, the board had some deep scratches and chips from the blocks, but all only surface deep, hardly even penetrated the really thick glass and resin. Easily fixed, and as good as it ever was, but with a few more visible scars.
I suppose that old school is gold school compared to most things, made with care by hands and to stand the test of time. Fibreglass boards surf with more feel, like the guy that made it.
Like my face it shows the passage of time, the injuries and scars from hard use. I’m not going to cover it up with cosmetics or plastic surgery. It is what it is. I call it patina 😁
As a big fan of epoxy boards which I’ve owned from the inception of “Tuflite” & Surftech, I can say the original ones still hold up very well to this day. But I don’t leave my boards in direct sunlight & I’m not out there every day either. I’ve always wondered why the combination of PU foam & epoxy resin has never really caught on, considering the obvious strength advantage epoxy has compared to polyester resin. In fact I’m surprised that they haven’t developed even lighter & stronger boards out of carbon fibre when the process has been going on now for decades successfully creating lightweight parts for the automotive & aeronautical industries. Surfers and shapers definitely love to stick to traditional methods.
in my experience, my pu boards last 6-12 months when ridden regularly before loosing their spring, while eps epoxy last 12-24 months depending on make and construction.
In 1975, I was 10 yrs old, my best friend and I, he's still one of my best friends and he still surfs almost everyday and lives two blocks from Manhattan Beach Pier in SoCal. He and I bought our first surfboard from a neighbor's garage sale,(they happened to be the owner of Dive n Surf or more well known as Body Glove.
Sorry I have no idea what is the best way to restore an old board but I just love to see a true craftsman at work, thanks for another great video.
Sensational content sir ! I have been making surfboards for 35 years . Worked in the industry shaping for most of that time . Ironically my first board was epoxy / styrofoam back in 1989 . We used R180 from Nuplex . Most of those boards we're "dead" within 18 months . PU will outlast any styrofoam blank - FACT . My blank supplier can supply me a "pink" grade PU blank , glass that in 4oz s-glass with quality lamination , follow that up with a warm gloss coat , sand that and there you have a HPSB weighing in at around 5.25 llb or 2400 gms . That board will outlast any epoxy/styrofoam board .
What a wonderful thought provoking philosophical video. I found the craftmanship on display, combined with the timbre and meter of your voice almost hypnotic.
I just found your channel and watched a load of them videos. I am finding them super helpful and full of info. Thank you very much.
A masterful and respectful resurrection of a beautiful vintage long board! I'm 80, and started surfing in Southern California in 1959, on a glassed balsa board on loan from a friend. My first new, custom ordered board was a 1963 Joe Quigg, 9'-2", single redwood stringer, reverse laminated fin. Followed by many others from various local shapers. Needless to say, I love long boards, and vintage long boards in particular. I'm fully in agreement with your approach! Aloha from O'ahu!!
Fantastic! Was enjoying watching this but the icing on the cake was that I have a 1964 Roger Land that was restored by a friend of mine 7 years ago. You can still see all of the ‘left outside in the weather’ damage, but it is at least safe, dry and watertight. I had bought it from the original owner in the late ‘70s. In NZ btw.
Just another take on EPOXY resin . A skin specialist here in Sydney Aus was telling me he has multiple workers compensation cases going due to workers from building industry (marble/granite benchtops ) silicosis disease due to epoxy dust . Epoxy resin is most dangerous to human health in its DUST form .
When I was kid growing up in New Zealand, Roger Land was a close friend of the family and related to me in some way. At that time he was building fiberglass yachts. Him and my father built a Young 88 yacht which became very popular and I believe around 2-300 of these yachts were built. In my teens I spent my summer holiday on cruising trips around the Hauraki Gulf with Roger, my father and others. We spent summers scuba diving and sailing. Once Roger retired I believe he went back to shaping the occasional board. Great to see one of his old boards being given some new life.
Account for the usable lifespan of a board when calculating its sustainability! That's a revelation. Thanks for saying it. Many of us think that way with shoes, tools, camping gear... but somehow not surfboards. I did not, until now. Cheers.