To be honest, I have no idea. I just copied manufactured boards with regards to the rails. The ABS is pretty flexible and I don't think would add any benefit to the board in terms of flex. The idea of the abs is to add a nice impact absorbing edge to your board. I is pretty light and I would say lig...

I used ABS for the rails on my board. I was making a ply core but if I was to use foam I would follow the same route as I did with the ply. What I did it shape my ABS to the final shape of the board and made the rails down the side about 40mm wide and at the tips I went to around 6 inches. The middl...

I just wanted to say hello and where have I been. I recently built my own board ( http://blog.brettschumann.co.uk/ ) and I never knew about this site. I spent many a month searching google for help and never came across this site once. Just spending 30 minutes reading topics and already I have learn...