I think the wood Zob is using is called Durakore. End grain balsa wood with thin hardwood veneer laminated on top and bottom. ATL Composites is the only place in the US i have seen it advertised. I think it might be less expensive to laminate some pieces up yourself.

Carbon is not always definitively better than fiberglass. Carbon is much stiffer than glass, to the point where it will break before it bends. Glass does not have as much tensile strength but handles impacts better. Kevlar is more impact resistant an glass or carbon with tensile strength in between ...

Yes all of it is just tinted resin. I laid it all up with yellow and then drizzled a little red on and spread it out. didn't work out exactly how I was hoping, better knowledge for next time though. Thanks.

Now all I need is some wind to try it.... http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd483/acartier1981/board4.jpg http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd483/acartier1981/board3.jpg http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd483/acartier1981/board1.jpg http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd483/acartier1981/board...

Hey everyone I have been working on my first board. It's 160 x 48, 3 layers of 1/8 inch Okoume marine plywood, and I don't have a precise scale to weight it on but feels like it weighs as much if not more than my Spleene rip 134 already. I was originally planning on doing 3 layers of 3.6 oz e glass ...

I've been reading a ton of posts and can't exactly figure out how much fiberglass people use compared to the type of core and the thickness of the core. I want to make a board similar to a spleene session in shape and thickness. My initial idea before finding this forum was to use two pieces of 1/8 ...