CKSurfboards

Hand shaping back in the day. circa 1998 Learning to shape the real way, the old school way. Raw blank and a skil 100 planer. No computer programs, no CAD machines.

Here is the prototype to the new Fish design. This is the same board that was featured in a previous blog “hand shapes still available”. Still playing with a few more ideas to realize my vision for this design.  Powder blue pigment rough sanded for gloss. 

Here is a couple pictures of the Twinkie 4 model. 5′10″.21.2″.2.63″ quad fin setup. 

Final Dimensions: 10′1″.22″.28.5″.20″.12.5″.4″ fin setup: keel twin fin with rear stabalizers

After many month of playing with different design ideas in my head, I finally shaped myself a stand up paddle board. I used a 10′3″ Kingmac stand up blank which i had sitting outside of my shaping room for over 4 months. Since I shaped a few customs SUP surfing boards for my friends, i have been getting many request for “custom” SUP surfing boards. Sure the market is flooded with a ton of leisure and pop out surfing type boards but not much in the way of true customs catered to a surfers specific needs. Soon US BLANKS will be coming out with a few new molds for the SUP boards so look for the surfing level to be elevated. The real problem now is getting a blank that has the correct rocker glued up and not having to cut  down12″-15″ from a blank to get the desired length.

Yesterday this was one of the the hand shapes i completed. From a USBLANKS 93Y natural I shaped this 9′3″.18.5″.22.5″.14.5″.2.9″.  Similar to the old AA model but this one has a bit wider nose area about 36″ back. Overall same rocker and bottom contours. I’m currently working un updating all models and also adding a few new ones so stay tuned… In that last photo you see that ugly sunburned blank on the ground?? Well that was the next board in line for hand shaping which was a 10′3″ Kingmac standup blank. I have been getting so many request for custom standup boards that I finally made one for myself. I will post info soon.

with the correct tools you can shape anything. soft lead pencil, thickness caliper, sanding block, skil 100 planer, mini spokeshave, razor sharp hand plane, surform, tape measure and a center finder. these tools have not changed much over the the past 15 years, i’ve tried some new tools over the years but always seem to come back to what works best. one thing i have changed for the better was my mask. used to use a vented dust mask for about 10 years before switching to a respirator style mask. less hucking up foam mucus after work.