Sweet Potato Shaping

Ryan and I have been surfing together since we were in kindergarten and now his dad Scott is starting to get into shaping. His first project was a beautiful wooden fish he spent months on. He has taken his woodworking skills beyond surfboards, constructing hand-planes and a skimboard out of wood. Now Scott is working on a 4'8 that will hopefully come out like a sweet potato, for the outline he used Crowley's potato. The board is being made out foam insulation which is a cheaper and very similar alternative to the standard foam blank. It will be glassed with epoxy resin(normal polyester resin eats away this type of foam) epoxy is better for the environment and the shaper as well as being light and tough. Take a look at Scott and Ryan's work in progress. -lars