I have received hunderd's of e-mail from around the world from people who have used this site to help them in their board building, repair endeavors or too just figure out what they want when they order a custom board. I started this web site because I enjoy building my own boards and that other people should have the opportunity to experiment on their own with board building. There are plus's and minus's to building your own board. From the experience you gain respect for the professional board builders of the world, there knowledge and skill is impressive. Whether you start in the garage or the backyard, it does not matter, you are the future board builders of the world.
My interest in board building started in the summer of 1988 after seeing some boards built by a few sailors from Iowa who were sailing in the Gorge. While living in Boise, Idaho I met Bill (Billy Boards) who allowed me to watch him build two boards. From that experience, I made myself a 30 page guideline to building boards. In the summer of 1990, I built my first board out of desperation. I had just graduated from University of Idaho (Civil Engineering) and was living in the Gorge that summer when my board broke. It was a quickly constructed 8'6"(257 cm) no frills board out of an 8'7" Angulo blank given the name "Number 1". I got a lot of looks for the poor shaping, but it worked fine.
By the summer of 1992 I had moved to Madison, Wisconsin where I constructed the next two boards, the first being 9'4"(284 cm) copy of a Hyper Tech(Number 2) out of a 9'8" blank and a 9'0"(274 cm) slalom board(Number 3) out of a 9'2" D blank. The Dill rocker line helped made that board nice turning and forgiving. I still use those two boards today. I had a job transfer to Oregon after that summer.
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