Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

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grasshopper

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Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 18, 2007 - 9:14pm

www.puravidanopro.com

Check out this website - a pretty cool outreach to the youth in Costa Rica through surfing. There was a local fundraiser here in South Carolina and I donated a custom shape to be raffled off. The winner wanted a 60's style log - triple stringer. I ordered up a 9'8Y 'regular' foam density with cedar stringers (pretty and smells good in the shaping room!) from US blanks. I was pretty stoked be be able to get Clark service in a post Clark world - custom stringers, densities, rocker and the foam is just like Clark. Blanks were a little pricey but service (through Atlantic Surfoam in Melbourne Fl) was top notch! I am going to give a little photo journal of this one so keep posted.

Richard
www.grasshoppersurf.com

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grasshopper

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Re: [grasshopper] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 18, 2007 - 9:21pm | #1 (permalink) | Back to Top

Outline. 9'6" 16"Tail 23" Widepoint @ center 19" Nose

Little man gettin' dirty!

Next generation surfboard builder!

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dnickhawaii

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Re: [grasshopper] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 19, 2007 - 11:09am | #2 (permalink) | Back to Top

grasshopper

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Re: [grasshopper] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 25, 2007 - 3:08pm | #3 (permalink) | Back to Top

Did some more shaping on this bad boy. All done except for some touch ups and the finish screening.
This is the first triple stringer I have shaped - its was kind of a pain to shape but it looks really nice. Wish I was better at sharpening my block planes!
I use a new microplane sureform on this one - that works really well on the stringers, especially at the rail. Does not cut the foam as aggressively as a regular sureform though. I left the regular blade on my short sureform (to cut down and dig out areas quickly) and the microplane on the longer sureform to smooth things out.
I have some 8oz Volan that I will be glassing this one with! I will update again when I start glassing.

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Re: [dnickhawaii] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 25, 2007 - 3:11pm | #4 (permalink) | Back to Top

Richard, this is my second attempt to reply,,,,,, You've aged so well!........ danny

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Re: [grasshopper] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 25, 2007 - 8:48pm | #5 (permalink) | Back to Top

The board looks great! T$'s crew has to stoked to say the least!

pbm-mako

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Re: [grasshopper] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: November 25, 2007 - 9:09pm | #6 (permalink) | Back to Top

lookin good there Grasshopper !!!

Ken
Exotic Designs Surfboards

grasshopper

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Re: [grasshopper] Pura Vida No Pro - Custom Surfboard

Posted: December 9, 2007 - 8:37pm | #7 (permalink) | Back to Top

Here is an update - did some glassing this weekend.
8oz Volan bottom and 6oz regular/8oz Volan deck cut laps boyeee!
note to self - dont leave lam to cure overnight then cut lap in the morning when using 8oz -