DIY surfboard - instructions for making dreams come true

In the article we will talk about all kinds of surfers and how to make them yourself. In addition, we will tell experimenters and extremals about creating a board equipped with its own engine.

Boards are different

Surfers are divided according to stability, maneuverability, functionality into several types:

1. Longboards. By their appearance, they resemble a small boat, they are the most stable, so they are well suited for beginners, helping to maintain balance.
2. Minimalibu. They are suitable for the development of surfer skills even more - it is easy to feel the wave on a voluminous and moderately long board.
3. Evolutionary. Already suitable for surfers doing success. They perfectly combine stability and maneuverability.
4. Ghana Their element is big waves. The most functional of the whole series.
5. Shortboards. Short and narrow surf for real pros. Differs in technicality and maneuverability.

How to make a do-it- yourself surfboard

The most convenient in their own manufacture - fiberglass and epoxy surfers.

To do this, you need a polyurethane foam form, polyurethane resin and fiberglass (first option) or EPS resin and a polystyrene foam blank (second option). In both cases, you will need a long wooden plank - the future stringer, thanks to which the surfboard becomes stiff.

Do it yourself with your own hands:

1. Cut the workpiece in half and insert the stringer.
2. Give the board a shape - the shape you need that will affect the "character" of your board. At this stage, the length, width, thickness of the board, its appearance, the shape of its deck and bottom, rails, tail and nose are determined. Do-it-yourself surfboard is made along the contours of wooden patterns. They give form to it with a saw, sandpaper and a plane.
3. Write the size on the already formed board and leave your signature - this is a tradition.
4. Mark fins and paint your creation
5. Put fiberglass on top of the picture and begin the final stage - lamination. This is a uniform overlay with a spatula over the entire surface of the resin board. After it dries, drill holes for the mortgages of the lice and fins.
6. Polish the surfboard with an “emery cloth”, removing the remaining resin, cover it with a glossy resinous coating and let it dry for a day.

All! DIY surfboard made.

Motor surfboard

A do-it-yourself surfboard with a motor is made from simple, one might say, improvised materials:

• graphite foam;
• plywood (3-4 mm);
• adhesive foam with glue effect;
• and, in fact, the engine.

Work Instructions:

1. Such a design is best suited to form a "fish". Fill the foam in the shape of a "fish".
2. Make a recess in it according to the dimensions of the airtight box, where the engine and the PowerBank feeding it will be placed.
3. A flexible shaft (from a drill, for example) must go from the box and the motor, to which a propeller must be attached . You can also build a steering wheel.
4. We advise you to use the engine from the pump no weaker than 200 watts and 2800 rpm. As already mentioned, the power will go to it from PowerBank (you can use either one or a pair of batteries).
5. The engine must be connected to the batteries through a waterproof switch.

This is a simple way to make a surfboard with your own hands. And we hope that this article will inspire you a little to create the surf of your dreams.