Sunday 3 August 2014

Wooden Surfboard Day 2014 - Currumbin Alley

This year's annual Wooden Surfboard Day at Currumbin on the Gold Coast was outstanding. With over 60 wooden surfboards on display from local and overseas wooden board builders, the event was a resounding success. Everything from Toothpicks to hand planes - longboards, fishes, kook boxes and stand up paddle boards were out on show. It was great to see such a variety of boards and building methods.

wooden surfboard day
 The Ying and the Yang having a little rest in the shade.

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wooden surfboard day
 Grant Newby doing the rounds on the day.

wooden surfboard day
 A Dovetail hand plane.

wooden surfboard day
 Geoff Moase from Dovetail Surfboards had a full rocker jig set up in his tent complete with board.

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 One of the Dovetail hollow wooden surfboard kits.

barry regan toothpick surfboard
 A few classic shapes from 85 year old Barry Regan. Still going strong. These boards are built from Paulownia and Gaboon marine ply.

barry regan
 Barry Regan and Grant Newby chewing the fat. Barry is a wealth of surfboard building knowledge.

barry regan toothpick surfboard
 In case you were wondering what those numbers mean (4B), they are an indexing system that Barry uses to document and reference all of his boards. 

wooden surfboard day
 A pintail and simmons style longboard from the "Purveyor of Salty Sleds" (AKA Grant Newby).

charl benckendorf surfboard
Charl B. with his hotcurl and wood booger.

wooden surfboard day
 A classic.

wooden surfboard day
 Some boards from Jason Oliver. Jason recycles old timber from pallets and other sources to create his boards. The SUP is the biggest I've ever seen. 11' long and 33" wide. Foam rails wrapped in paper bark.

wooden surfboard day
 Another Jason Oliver creation. These boards have a unique rustic look to them.

wooden surfboard day matt brady
 A couple of SUP's from Matt Brady of Mackay. He drove for two days to get to the wooden board day. An absolutely awesome effort. 

wooden surfboard day
 This board reminds me of the traditional Japanese "naminori furouto".

wooden surfboard day


wooden surfboard day


wooden surfboard day
The guys from Bywaterdesigned had a shaping demonstration set up in the shade. 

wooden surfboard day
 Discussing the finer points of wooden board building.

wooden surfboard day
 Lots of different shapes and sizes on display.

wooden surfboard day


wooden surfboard day
 A beautifully hand crafted Alaia.

wooden surfboard day


wooden surfboard day
 Some boards from Sergi Galano of Flama surfboards in Barcelona, Spain.

 wooden surfboard day
 This board is made from Bansia. The grain is amazing.

wooden surfboard day
 The Dovetail logo. 

paul joske wooden surfboard
 This board appeared in the Nathan Oldfield surf film "The Heart and the Sea" as created by Paul Joske of Valla surfboards fame. Paul grew the paulownia on his property, milled it and crafted it into a chambered surfboard.

paul joske wooden surfboard
 Geoff Moase and Paul Joske proudly showing off their creations.

paul joske wooden surfboard

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