8'8" Mid-Simmons

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A mid-size Simmons, my best guess at the original template. It's 8'8" x 24" x 3". XPS core from recycled sources, 2x6oz s-glass on both sides, lam with C3D epoxy, hot and fill coats with Resin-X, finish with 1K poly spray (a strange mix of toxic and recycled sources). The keels are G&S glass-on, classic fish. Next time, I'm going make myself a pair of Simmons keels. It's a short Simmons, not like the Casper or mini-Simmons boards. The template comes from images in TSJ and the book of Greg Noll surfboards. How does it ride? Super-early takeoff, very fast down the line. Get the whole rail in the face right away and you have it all; needs clean waves of any size; competes with any log; can be ridden on the nose.

Coming Soon: Mid-Simmons Board ...

Hot on the heels of my 11'6" wave eater, is this 8'10" mid-length Simmons longboard thing. A little more fussing, art, then glass (with glass-on keels). Like my last two boards, the lam will be epoxy (C3D), the hot & gloss will be Resin-X (also C3D). The foam is XPS, built from a recylced source (http://www.conigliaro.com/). The stringer is plywood, selected from a dumpster in Cambridge.

For those who haven't tried Resin-X (and that's almost all of you), it's worth experience. For the artist, garage or low volume builder, it is clean and easy to work with. Most of the learning curve is in deciding how much to thin out a particular layer.

For those who have been kind enough to ask, this one is also not for sale.