How good are these photos of Hawaiian Stewart Ferriman on a Paddle Surf Hawaii 9'3" Ripper model?
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A whole container load of various sized PSH boards should be arriving in Australia soon. I've got dibs on a 9'3" Ripper like the one above.
Yep I commented on these pics last night on stand up zone and to me this is the ultimate in surfing , this guy is no nimble 19 yr old and riding the pit like a true style lord, my fav pics too
Yep I have adde them to my screen saver too. But I reckon that they are custom builds.
Rod
Rod, you soon will be the custom board king I reckon, I really like the look of this board and I think this guy Is about 100 kgs.
Mate I'm semi retired, that means more surfing than working. I just make em mostly for the fun of it. Surfing keeps you young and makes you hold your breath every now and then.
Rod
Rod,
Look like molded boards to me. The custom PSH look more like custom boards with a clear finish I think. Hey I could be wrong.
Regds Scotty
I wonder if the first wave drilled him. I always get nailed if the lip touches my paddle when I'm in the pocket.
Yeah I know its hard to tell, but I always refer back to the early wind surf days when Mr Naish was riding the Mistral production boards in competition. LOL
Rod
Nah, according to Blane these are the real 'moulded' deal - epoxy PVC sandwich. 
Tough as their nuts!
Andrew.A
Yeah standard vacuum sandwich from Asia. Do they have a wood veneer deck under the paint. Wooden decks offer much better physical properties than PVC foam.
Rod
Yeah Rod dont know if he would have come out either, bit like if the lip clips your head or something you very rarely come out, hows the awesome on rail bottom turn set up for the bazza, like his on a 6 4"
Yeah we both surf like that hey! or should I say want to. He has that photog lined up or is it someone duckdiving. Also checkout how thick the rails are on that board.
Rod
Rod? Rod Hocker! Mr 'CONCAVES' of SHANE Fame? 
Is that really you? That was a long time ago when we used to sell your CONCAVES slalom boards at Balmoral Sailboards!!
Different time, slightly different toys! Same stoke, right! 
Yeah I did notice someone getting out of the way, I reckon its a photog, If it was someone duckdiving you might see a bit of leg rope or something. I showed my wife the pic last night and she commented how nice a board he was riding. I would be Interested in a board like this, apparantley he weighs the same as me, only Im taller.
Yes, G'Day Andrew,
Coffs is a great place to bring up the kids, just like the northern beaches in the 1960's.
Rod
Yes I had a look at that video, you could do exactly the same to my boards way back when and we did the sme sale thingy whacken and jumping allover the boards.
The boards are cnc shaped then use a custom build construction (no moulds) which allows the rail wrap with no seam. Its the same way I build full vacuum constructed boards. The CNC shaping allows repeatability of shape, great for mass production, mind you I would not call building 75 hand built full vacuum sandwich boards a week, low production.
Vacuum sandwhich is layered like this from the outer deck down
1. cosmetic paint layer
2.glass layer
3. pvc foam (klegecel, temanto, airex,and others) layer. Or timber veneer which offers better dent resistance among othe rthings.
4. glass layer
5. eps foam of varying densities but mostly 16kg/m3, with or with out stringers.
6.glass layer
7. pvc foam layer
8.glass layer
9.cosmetic paint layer.
Got to go the wife is calling to go out for coffee.
Have a good weekend
Rod
Just trying to keep everything fairly honest construction wise, as there are now quite a few Aussie builders who can do this type of construction and also offer custom sizing for your new shooter.
Yep,
Heres my mambo 130 litre wavesailing board. Constuction same same
Finish next week.
.(kidding)