Hollow wooden surfboards:
fish, bonzers, quads, mini simmons planing hulls, alaias, paddleboards…
The surfboards I build are inspired by shapes and ideas from the past, but have modern refinements to the rails, concaves and fins.
I’m always experimenting to make lighter, stronger faster, fruitier shaped boards.
I’m interested in making more sustainable surfboards that last years instead of a season or two. The average price is around Au$2500, but if you look at how long the board will last you, it makes it a bargain.
I use a mix of Western Red Cedar, Balsa and Paulownia and glass with epoxy resin, which has less volatile organic compounds (VOC) than polyester and is 30% stronger.
They’re a bit heavier than your average surfboard, but when they’re in the water they feel lively and very fast in trim.
If down the track your board is looking well loved, you can always sand off the old finish coat and apply a new one.
To check out my quiver or to take a board for a test drive, give me a call on 0404 615 847 or drop me an email.
Balsa handplane
Finished with auto acrylic clear finish
Paulownia and red cedar handplane
Laminated with 6oz carbon fibre and finished with an auto acrylic clear finish
Paulownia and carbon fibre handplane
Laminated with 6oz carbon fibre and finished with an auto acrylic clear finish
Paulownia and western red cedar handplane
Finished with an auto acrylic clear finish
Paulownia moontail handplane
Finished with an auto acrylic clear finish
Striped timber handplane
Finished with an auto acrylic clear finish
6′-19″-2′ Alaia fish hybrid
Paulownia with queen ebony fins, finished with tung oil
10′-30″-4″ Stand up paddle board
Paulownia, balsa and western red cedar, glassed with 6 oz epoxy with a satin auto acrylic finish
5’6″ Mini Simmons / Jet Tail Channel Bottom
Paulownia and red cedar
Hull entry blending to rolled V then blending into channels
5′ 9″ Fish
Paulownia and western red cedar
Bottom shape is flat to single concave
8′ 10″ Alaia
Paulownia, finished with tung oil
6′ 4″ Rocket Fish
Paulownia and balsa
Rolled V through the nose, then blending in to
a double concave
Hand planes
Large hand plane, paulownia, 20″-9″
Small hand plane, balsa, 15″-7.75″
5’4″ Simmons-style fish in balsa
Subtle displacement hull through front half, blending to a double concave though the back
7’4″ Alaia in paulownia
Subtle rolled deck, bottom has subtle hull through first 2′ blending to a single concave to the tail
Finished in natural oil
6′ Asymetrical Fish
Paulownia with queen ebony fins and fin boxes
Unglassed board – finished with natural oil
Subtle displacement hull through front third of board, single concave though the back
5’9″ Twin Keel Fish
Cedar deck, balsa rails and bottom
Subtle displacement hull blending to single concave between the keels.
5’9″–20.5″–2.5″ Fish
Western red cedar with solid balsa rails
V through to flat to single concave
5’7″–22.5″–2.5″ Mini Simmons Fish in balsa
Hull bottom blending into single concave between the twin keels
5’10″ Flex tail fish
Marine ply, balsa and western red cedar
Double concave
7′ Alaia in red cedar
6’6″ Bonzer
Balsa and western red cedar
Deep single concave to double concave
14′ Paddle board
Replica 1937 Tom Blake paddle board
5’8″ Displaced Bonzer Stubby
Western red cedar – tri plane hull to double concave
5’10″ Fish
Western red cedar
Single concave running between the fins
5’7″ Fish
Western red cedar
6′ Bat Tail Twinszer
Western red cedar
Single to double concave
