Seal team of one

Took the outfit for a test plunge in 58 F Clear Creek water in Golden.  Verified that I need a more buoyant board because every time I pushed to stand up I would sink the nose and get flushed out the back.  Big difference I see between river surfing and what I am used to is that a push-up increases drag and results in the board sinking pulling you off the standing rapid while pushing up on an ocean wave is sometimes what gets you over the ledge and into the drop.  I picture every bodyboarder I have seen doing that final board press to get themselves into a wave.

Side lights installed

Conversion of garage into proper shadow-throwing surfboard building workspace complete.

Repurposed aluminum

Assembled from a 4-pronged walking cane base, weight, and modified crutch (shelf bracket, fence picket, bubble wrap, and sticky foam rug grip).  Keeping the Koenig/Schaller thinkering tradition alive.

Glenwood Springs RiverCam

http://www.coloradowebcam.net/vidembed.php?id=50&ip=208.72.69.117:5790&w=704&h=480&large=true

Inception

Building a river surfboard starts with EPS foam.  I guess it really starts with having the desire to surf a standing river wave and the necessity of having the right board underbelly and eventually underfoot.  I chose to go the foam supplier route as an alternative to the Home Depot 2-in thick foam layer cake glue-up alternative to shipping a blank out from CA.  For the price of shipping, I have enough foam for 4 boards.  Once design finalized, next step is to cut a blank from the 2'x8'x10" block of 2-lb EPS foam.