Johan working the rails, originally uploaded by steveyb.

Here I am tucking the laps on Steve’s longboard.

Used some tint made for paint coloring from Home Depot, which makes for a nice even color job on the EPS, as well as a new technique for wetting the rail laps out. (flip the laps onto the resin filled deck and let them soak up resin, instead of moving the resin onto the laps = no froth)

All in all this is turning out to be my best tinted board. Stoked!

Both Steve and Pat came by the shop to pay a visit and watched me at work on the last lam layer.

Pic from Stevey

Board Lammed 2, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Way too hot to do much of anything tonight, so why not get more done in the shop?!

Wanted to get both Marc and Jesse’s boards done as much as possible this week, so I put a lot of time in and they should be all done for early next week. Have some repairs on a couple of boards to do in between steps as well, so I am keeping busy.

Both of the boards are coming out very well. I am just as anxious as Jesse and Marc to see them finished.

Repair Before:After, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

My friend Eric hit a rock while surfing in Scotland recently, so he brought his board by to have a little surgery done.

The fin ripped right out of the box, tearing part of it out, and put a nice ding on one of the rails. Definitely a testament to the installation by Harbour, fin gone, chunks of fin box taken out and only a few hairline cracks in the glass at the front of the box.

I very carefully routed out the old box, and then put in a new one. I filled in the rail ding and then patched it with some glass. I also put a patch of glass over the fin box, figuring that I should do it as strong as the first install. Sanded it all and then polished it up.

I’ll have to get a little polyester resin to have on hand for repairs on tinted poly boards like this one. The epoxy doesn’t polish up the same as poly, so you can clearly see the glass patch, which doesn’t show on the white boards I have fixed, but on the red tint…

I use state of the art Epoxy resins and modern 2# EPS foam. By combining the properties of these two materials I can use a stronger glass schedule than most off the rack poly boards and still end up with a final product that is lighter than a traditional poly board. That means that you get a board that is more dent and ding resistant and yet lighter than most of the poly boards out there.
Don’t confuse epoxy with ‘pop-out’ either, all my boards are made in the traditional way with wooden stringers and hand laid fiberglass. When you order a board from Elder Surfboards you are getting a board that is designed and handmade; from block of foam to finished board; by a surfer here in Canada.
I can customize the size, or shape of any of the boards listed. I can also make a board with several different types of finishes; anything from a plain sanded finish board to one with colored resin work.

If you are interested and want some more information you can reach me:

by e-mail : eldersurfboards@gmail.com
or phone : 514.814.3709