Lloydy @ Leven 07'

I met up with Lloydy quite a bit shooting all over the place from Lynmouth to Leven and a few other secret spots with the goal of getting a good barrel shot. Getting barrel shots in the UK really isn't an easy thing to do and this was one of the 'nearlys' we got.

Part 6 - 6' MR - Leash plug and sand

Just completed the deck hot coat and also fitted the leash plug today and thats pretty much it. The hotcoat is pretty damn smooth so all I'II start sanding with 240 and probably finish it with 600.
I've gotta wait for Lokbox Mik to get some tasty fibreglass fins in stock which will be aroung the end of the month but that should give the board long enough to cure...
I'II add pics of the completed board and give a ride report in a couple weeks. :)

Part 5 - 6' MR - Hot coat

Got up fairly early and decided to do the bottom hot coat before taking the dog out etc.
Well I guess it was a little too early and I wasn't really thinking straight when I mixed up the Cat and resin and smacked the hot coat on went back inside to have my breakfast. Sat there eating my Crunchy Nut I was sure their was something wrong.....I forgot to add the wax in Styrene!!!!
I chucked my shitty clothes back on ran into the garage, checked to see if it had kicked and it was still wet so I just dumped a load of Acetone on it and ragged it off.
I only had 600ml of Iso left so I had to drive all the way down to Seabase to pick up another Kg to redo the hot coat, got back and put the hot coat on again with no probs.

While I was down Seabase I couldnt help but pick up another blank, its a 6'2" Parabolic shortboard blank, best thing about it was it only cost £19.90! Happy days!!
Dunno what I'm gonna do with it though, I'm not really bothered about surfing thruster shortboards anymore so this may be a new board for my nephew.

Part 4 - 6' MR - Instaling the fin boxes

Pretty happy with how the laminating went, I've sanded down the laps and I've just installed the fin boxes.
I'm going to use Lokbox RSC side fins with a RS2 trailer. I marked out the fin box placement and to be honest it looks pretty strange, very clumped together compared to thrusters but everything I have been told and I've read says thats just how they are supposed to look so I'm just going to run with that.
I've added 3/16" toe and 5 degrees cant.

A while ago I decided that the Lokbox system was the way to go and invested in the Lokbox jig. The big selling point for me was being able to move your fin placement forward or back which makes a huge difference to how the board rides. The fin boxs are really strong which means they wont get ripped out like FCS plugs.