gezmond

pm'ed you..

I'm having some people round at the weekend to help me burn this thing unless anyone wants it..

Moving house soon, so various things need to go including an adjustable kiteboard rocker table/jig. Not really sure if this would be everyone's cup of tea, but if you can't be bothered with vacuum pumps and resin, or can't get those bricks to keep all your ply in contact, this thing seems to work. I made it about 2 years ago and have made a few boards with it (one glass/epoxy, and a couple of ply boards) - all have turned out pretty well and are still in one piece (although probably more from lack of use. humph.. ) It's not quite as clean and shiny as in these photos, as it's had a fair bit of resin spilt on it, but stilll works. Seven independant adjustable mono-axial compression nodes allow you to set a range of asymetric rocker contours (oh ok.. the wingnuts and wooden slats mean you can set the shape! ) and hold it in place until your resin/glue has set... you can crank it down pretty tight too.. and shove in some form of mould to get the base concave if you're working with foam.. http://chinook.hope.mediaisotope.com/temp/108_0868.JPG http://chinook.hope.mediaisotope.com/temp/108_0871.JPG It's in Bath, and I can deliver it to bristol or even croyde/wooly (or between) if anyone does want it.. otherwise it's bonfire time..

does anyone surf on Axbridge revevoir, Cheddar, Somerset?Would like to have a look next time the wind's not on at weston.. Has anyone looked or been out on that water?

hi all.. There's a couple of us over in Bath too, tried to go to weston many times last summer but kept missing it and ending up at saunton... what is weston like? which beach is best to go to? (brean sands??) any advice on timing with the tides & the mud?? gez

thanks for the posts - I wasn't suggesting I'd try to kite down valle blanche whilst wrestling the 18.. but maybe in a few years (and certainly with a guide) - sure it would prove useful for getting out of all those crevasses We will have a car and we're there for 2 weeks, so anywhere nice and flat and open within an hour or so would be great.. yeah, live and work in Bath.. have been kitesurfing a handful of times (on a home-made board http://www.flexifoil.com/community/forums/showthread.php?t=52344&page=4&pp=15 ).. occasionally go up to lansdown, but mainly down to N.devon in the summer.. you?

Going to Cham for 2 weeks this year and we're taking the kites with us - does anyone know of any good spots nearby (we'll have a car)? Ideally somewhere fairly flat for a first session on snow

The jig didn;t take that long.. it was the 3 hours doing up the wing-nuts that killed me...

not sure if this has been addressed, but WPB external ply is almost as good as marine grade ply, usually less than half the price. a good bit of varnish and you wouldn't know the difference...

It's taken me a while to get round to posting this.. finished this baord a month or so ago (yet to get the fins in.. has been fun trying to ride finless.. but don't think we'll ever get the hang of it!) it turned out to be a bit of a monster.. 145x45 with quite a serious rocker (~50-60mm). I originally intended to use some ply in the core, hence the overkill jig, but ended up just laiminating up a foam core instead. 2 layers of 6ox glass in the core, 2 layers of 4oz on the deck, with a bit across the feet for reinforcement, but only one layer of 6oz glass on the bottom, so it's got a couple of spreader bar dents in it already. pics of the board and the jig: http://chinook.hope.mediaisotope.com/board/board.jpg http://chinook.hope.mediaisotope.com/board/board_jig_1.jpg I think we're going back to the drawing board to make some ply boards before getting sirty with the glass again...

I went for 40mm between the holes in the end. going to make some fins in any case (after trying finless ) so shouldn't matter, but still curious to know what the standard spacing is..

Just about to drill some holes in by yet-to-be-glassed foam blank, for fin reinforcement - just realised that I don't have a fin to hand and don't know what the standard spacing of the bolts are - anyone got a ruler and fin handy? thanks!

I'm sure I saw a good list of UK marine/GRP material suppliers on this thread or somewhere else.. I can't find it now though. looking for a supplier of resin, glass and formica (ideally near Bristol). I have come across these two: http://www.resin-supplies.co.uk/ http://www.connexiontechnology.co.uk/products.htm Also, is there any particular properies of the formica that some of you have mentioned or would general purpose (kitchen surfaces, etc..) do the trick just as well?

Great thread that's been running for some time... Lots of info from lots of people.. HERE... http://www.flexifoil.com/community/forums/showthread.php?t=32826

I'm not suggesting that this is really the case with KS, but snowboarding has certainly gone downhill & become far too image-concious - have heard of riders losing sponsorship deals because they refuse to ride/be photographed without a helmet, following serious head injuries the season before. I don't remember who now, or more to the point which company... but it's the fact that a manufacturer would actively seek to the danger above all else (they sacked the rider because he wanted to wear a helmet, not because he couldn't ride) that's not quite right...