Wooden Board Day - 7th of August 2016
Namaste Fellow Woodies. This years Wooden Board Day is planned for Sunday the 7th of August, If you are building a board, now is the the time to make sure you have it finished to come and join us in...
View ArticleWally and Pete's 9'1" Longboard
Namaste Wood Peckers and welcome to this latest instalment of Wally and Pete's 9'1" Longboard.A little while ago, Wally called me up."Hey Wood Buddha" he said. "Can I get a copy of that absolutely...
View ArticleWooden Board Day 2016
This years Wooden Board Day will be Sunday 7th of August and we will have an open forum discussion with guest speakers Tom Wegener and Stuart Bywater at around 11am so that we can find out what Tom has...
View ArticlePalang Belly Boards - Papua New Guinea
Namaste Belly Boarders. For the past decade I've been travelling on and off to Papua New Guinea for surfing safaris and I've been fascinated by the traditional belly boards used by the kids up there....
View ArticleMake a Wooden Surfboard in 4 Days!
My good mate Stuart Bywater will be running his next wooden surfboard building workshop at the end of August 2016. It's a 4 Day Wooden Surfboard Class run on August 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th.Each day...
View ArticleWooden Board Day 2106
Namaste Woodmeisters. The 8th Annual Wooden Board Day this year was a huge success. Gaia, the primal goddess of the earth was kind to us by bringing on the perfect weather with blue skies and light...
View ArticleSurfrider Eco Challenge - Mudjimba
Come out to Mudjimba SLSC this Saturday for the Surfrider Foundation's ECO CHALLENGE. A FREE community event of Wooden Surfboards, Live Music, Eco Village market stalls, water refill station, guest...
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Namaste Fin Fondlers,Here's a glimpse of my latest creation from the Ashram. An elliptical seven inch fin for a standard fin box. Designed in FreeCAD and machined on my Stepcraft CNC machine. This is a...
View ArticleSingle Fin Mellow - 7'6" Classic Single Fin
Namaste Sea Spray. It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog so I thought I'd better pull my finger out and splash a few photos up on the site.This is my latest creation. A seventies...
View ArticleByron Bay Surf Festival 2017
Namaste Woodies. Last weekend, the organisers of the Byron Bay Surf Festival hosted the "Woodshed" an invitation to wooden surfboard builders anywhere to exhibit their latest creations. It was a great...
View ArticleSteve Hann's ETC Boards
Namaste Wood Fiends. Recently, at the Byron Bay Surf Festival, I caught up with fellow wooden board builder Steve Hann from Noosa and got the low down on his latest wooden board projects. Steve is...
View ArticleDanny's First Board
Namaste Woodies.An email from Danny of Buderim on the Sunshine Coast dropped into my inbox this week. Danny has just completed his first wooden board and I think he's caught the wooden surfboard bug....
View ArticleDylan White's Addiction - Charity Boards
Namaste Woodies. This is Dylan. Dylan is addicted to making wooden surfboards. Dylan blames me for his addiction. I get blamed for a lot of stuff particularly by Mrs. Wood Buddha. I get blamed for not...
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Namaste Woodies. This is my latest creation. A 9'6" version of the elliptical board I made for Mike. It's called the "Big Dog". Dimensions are 9'6" x 23 3/4" x 3 1/4". A nice flat rocker for easy take...
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I sent a couple of "fin kits" to Lance at Woolgoolga. He's glassed them and finished them off, ready for a test run on two of his boards.
View ArticleCorky Boogey Board
Namaste Corksters, I've always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with cork. On many occasion it has been my nemesis, standing between me and the delectable contents of many a bottle of wine. Smugly...
View ArticleDuncan's Cold Water Fish
Namaste Wood Peckers,I received an email in my inbox from Duncan, a woodwork teacher from Canada. He's just finished his cold water timber fish. Great effort and beautiful board to boot. Duncan used...
View ArticleTom Wegener's Corky Surfboard
Tom Wegener talks about the evolution of the "corky" surfboard. Kudos to Grant Newby as well.
View ArticleWooden Board Day 5th of August 2018
Namaste Woodsters,Put this date into your calendar. Hope to see you there.WB
View Article2018 Wooden Board Day
Namaste Woodies, This years Wooden Board Day was a huge success. A great turnout from board builders and punters alike. Awesome weather and a few nice waves in the Alley to top the day off.Grant Newby...
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