Crafting
Sometimes, in my free time, I like to craft things. It started with making one longboard, because my ex and I both like skating. Besides longboards, I often helped him out with other projects he'd be working on. Recently I started working on creating my own surfboard.
Longboards
Since my ex-boyfriend and I both like skating, we decided to build our own longboard. When we finished our first board, we went boarding in Germany, where I made a pretty bad fall. That didn't stop us however, we made two more boards, in a totally different way. The first one we made just from wood. For the second one, we cut out a steel plate on a water jet, and put it on the back of the wood board. For the third board, we used 3 thin boards of wood, and a layer of fiberglass between every layer of wood. In the future we might want to start a sall business and sell our longboards. I made a logo, which we put on top of the board. I also made a design, which we can put on the back of the board.
Snurfer
For Christmas 2019, me and my family went to Norway. My ex-boyfriend and I knew that there was going to be snow, so we wanted to make a snowboard. However, this seemed a bit too hard and expensive, so we decided to go for a snurfer instead. We laminated a couple boards of wood together, and made curves in the board, by putting pressure on it. We made a hole in the tip of the board, through which we put a rope. We also put grip tape at the bottom of the board.
The board worked really good on steeper hills than shown in the video.
Surfboard
In summer I like to go surfing, but I don't have my own surfboard yet. So I've looked up some videos on YouTube and decided to make my own. In a program called BoardCat, I made a template for a board, which is the perfect size and volume for my body and skill level.
Together with my ex we made a hotwire, that cuts through the foam the surfboard is going to be made of. Besides foam I'm going to use fiberglass, and epoxy resin.