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yeah i put the tape over the tubing! and well i`m at a slow station 2day!! but after saying that,i`m sure we will be running all nite!!but hey i`m off for 48!! every day i work is a friday!!

wow looks great!! how much does it weigh??

found some killer vids on youtube, but for some reason i can`t  put a link from it here, i`m at work"the firestation" and it wont let me go on youtube, but just put in the search wood paddle and there is a bunch of vids,well got to go into a burning building for training so somebody have a beer for me!;)

yeah i know,but we can dream!! dream man its all i got!! 

anybody have a vid,of making a wooden paddle from start to finish?? i`ve found alot of pics,but they seem to miss some of the steps. i think it WOOD be kool to watch somebody and would probaly help alot of people out. as you can tell i have NO idea about woodworking

saw the book,trying to save some !!so i went online and found the ISBN number of the book, now i have to go to the library and see if they can get the book for me!! i know i`m cheap but hey more $$ for wood!the ISBN number is 9781552095256, thanks for the book i need some help so with everything else on here and the book,i`m hoping to get going soon! thanks to all

as a firefighter ,one day as i was hooking up a nonrebreather to somebody and had the o2 tubing in my hand,it came to me!! i use the thin tubing with some hockey tape wrapped around it,we also use this with our axes and other tools"sledge hammers"works really well,puts a nice twist all the way around the shaft"ha ha i said shaft!!" ribbed for your pleazzzure

yeah i had to move up a little to just above the grey strip. and i`m still learning,did some flatwater training yesterday,and it floated me supper, i bet i`ll loose some of this weight real quick!!

well,i just got my new 10`27'4.5' softop laird board. I`m 5`11 and 210 lbs, I have been surfing/skateboarding for about 26 years,snowboarding for 9,and kiteboarding for 8,so i feel like my water time is a valid resource. I have only Sup once before on a 11`6 and was a litle worried about getting something so small, but i figured with my background the learning curve shouldn`t be that bad?? yesterday i took out my new sup, at first i did`nt think it was going to float me!! ocne i got out past the waves "only waist-ribhigh"with strong offshores, i was able to find the sweetspot, i was having troulbe so my buddy let me ride his 12` laird softop,what a differnece!! i soon found how to really use the paddle and get around a bit. he was catching waves no problem,he 5`10 about 190lbs. once i felt like i had it i got back on my board. it helped ALOT to ride that bigger board for awhile, but i found with the tide getting high and the offshore wind,it was hard to catch the waves, so i put my paddle underneath me and caught some waves belly paddling, just to see how the board worked. I was amazed at how it turned and went down the line, i was able to cacth the waves really early so when i stood up i had my paddle in my hands and i was able to use it and help get in the waves a little better, WOW the speed!! i was able to get up on the nose and then all the way back and use the paddle to help me do cutbacks!! WOW i`m soo stoked, can`t wait till i actually can paddle into some waves, i think the 27' wide might be a little to narrow for a beginner ,but with practice i`m sure it will work out for me, i`m going to do some flat water training,instead dealing with the waves ,to helpout. If your a guy"person" about my size i would say get this board,itsreally fun in the surf and i might actually use it as my longboard just for fun!

yeah ,that is what i was thinking. but its hard when you dont really know what u r doing!! but i do know that i dont want a big board, and that it seems everybody is going smaller so they can surf better. i like the 10` but i guess i need it wider??

i`m looking at getting a 10` JL surf series, i`m 5`10 210, is this board gonna float me?? been surfing for over 20 years,and feel good about my water skills,but not sure about my weight and size of board?

i live in saint augustine Florida, i was by myself.

Where were you surfing? I ask because I out yesterday surfing and noticed a couple of guys out one of which looked to be out for the first time. BTW the kook feet subsides with time on the water.

well i am going to label what happens when you first try to SUP!! KOOK FEET!! Its what you get the first time you ever get on a board and try to go straight out into 3 foot surf!! Feeling pretty confident in my water skills , i went and got my buddies 11` foot board and paddle and by myself tried to SUP !! KOOK FEET as i will and feel free to use it is what happens when you R on your knees and the tractop rubs alllll the skin off you toes and tops of feet!! Standing was WAY harder then i thought it would be" go figure", but after trying to do nothing but catch waves and falling . I finally paddle out pass the waves and took my time to find the sweet spot on the board and  went for a 3 mile paddle fest!! the tide came in and the waves picked up pretty a little bit, its crazy standing up on that board i was telling my buddies where and when the waves were coming. I was in the water more than on the board, but after surfing for over 26 years, i have not had a smile sooo big in so long it was refreshing!!  SO i share my KOOK FEET story with you and hope to see you guys out there ON MY FEET!!

thankxx you guys rock!! hey anybody know anything about thses boards???BIc oxbow or kites ETC??? i tried finding the ETC board but couldnt, so what i`m getting from everyboddy is a 10`6 would be a good board get??

well i`m new aswell, and he beat me to my question!!! i`m 5`11 and 210 lbs, been surfing  for over 20 years ,kiteboarding for 6,and feel  good about my water time. i`m thinking i would rather put up with the learning curve with a smaller board and be able to ride the waves better then if i get a huge board that i`ll have to sell and buy end up buying a smaller board later, but my question is will a 10`6 board float me?? good enough for the smaller waves of florida?? But still be big enough for me to use the board as a paddleboard for touring"small distances""? After watching the local and seeing them ride longer boards and have trouble dropping in on them , i`m thinking the smaller board is for me, but am i`m a fool to think that i will pick this sport up that fast!! I haven`t even been on a paddleboard yet. But i surf anything from a oldskool fishes to oldskool longboards"big beast" and i`m fine on all types of boards so what should i get?? sorry for the long start but the coffe has gotten to me!!