The Kiwi Thread (and no, not the fruit)

[OMGWTFBBQ]

awesome sounds like a bit of fun might see you down there, cheers

[kookyfish]

hey guys, i just got back from spending six days in hong kong... and can i say just how flippin' lucky we are to live here! sure, we may not have quite as many streets to skate as we would sometimes like, but boy oh boy, i didn't see anywhere that you could even consider skating over there. i don't even know if it's legal to be honest. and yeah, new zealand rocks. i'm just glad to be home... with my boards!

good to have you back . Its a mad place the Kong Ive been there a few times, I recon if you got out early enough on a weekend day there would be a chance to bomb it and not get run over, the taxi drivers are mad there,, and you would diffinately be pulled up by the cops, so what where you doing there, did you go to the soho bars,

[boomboy]

Ok guys i need some help.

I'm planning on building a new board, the basic toothless method way and was wondering if any of you guys had built a board this way and if so if you had any pointers.

Also any know where to buy some birch ply, i searched in Google and couldn't find much.

[Joe]

Where in the country are you? There are a few wood merchants around who specialise in marine and specialty plys. I haven't seen birch, but have seen maple. Find a local boat builder and ask them.

[boomboy]

Where in the country are you? There are a few wood merchants around who specialise in marine and specialty plys. I haven't seen birch, but have seen maple. Find a local boat builder and ask them.

I'm up in Auckland. What wood can i use, most people on the fish are using birch, are there any other types that will work.

[old_timer]

I'm up in Auckland. What wood can i use, most people on the fish are using birch, are there any other types that will work.

Definately try boat builders. I've found a good one in Hamilton who is very helpful. Marine ply is pretty expensive, but when you do the sums on a per board basis it works out OK.

I've used meranti, hoop pine, fijian kauri and gaboon. Meranti is good (but tends to splinter easily if you're not careful) and it comes in a range of colours from quite red to a lighter honey colour.

Hoop pine, fijian kauri and gaboon are a lot lighter.

I have seen some birch but it looked pretty tatty.

[kookyfish]

Ok guys i need some help.

I'm planning on building a new board, the basic toothless method way and was wondering if any of you guys had built a board this way and if so if you had any pointers.

Also any know where to buy some birch ply, i searched in Google and couldn't find much.

I use clamps and a press system , but if you are doing toothless the most important thing is to start screwing from the nose down the deck in zig zag paton so all the air is evenly pressed out, you dont want any bubles between the laminates, and really let the epoxy cure give it 2 days before you start to to take all the screws out.

[oscar]

SUMMER HOLIDAYS SOON!!


But i might be working full time ..

[Carbon8]

I'm planning on building a new board, the basic toothless method way and was wondering if any of you guys had built a board this way and if so if you had any pointers.

Also any know where to buy some birch ply, i searched in Google and couldn't find much.

hey bro....yeah im gona be making a few boards as soon as damn uni finishes... its getting in the way of my carving dammit..

Plyman is a good place to start... i think they have maple ply. they will have something, or should be able to steer you in the right direction....
and they got something like 200 different kinds of veneers.

BRING ON SUMMER!!!!

[boomboy]

hey bro....yeah im gona be making a few boards as soon as damn uni finishes... its getting in the way of my carving dammit..

Plyman is a good place to start... i think they have maple ply. they will have something, or should be able to steer you in the right direction....
and they got something like 200 different kinds of veneers.

BRING ON SUMMER!!!!

Cool, ill let you know what i find out.

The bad thing is about making new boards is that im goin to blow all my money on trucks and wheels, guess i better start saving.

[boomboy]

So i went for a skate today, my first in about a week i have been really busy with uni assignments.

Anyway it was pretty fun it have just finished raining so it was pretty greasy, think i spent more time on the ground than i did skating. I busted out some mean stand up slides, i finally got the stale fish speed check down but i think it may be a little harder in the dry

I got a bit of road rash but its all good.

Anyone else be for a skate, i hope summer comes soon im sick of the wet and the cold.

[kookyfish]

Guys I just got my concrete wave mag today ....so that smy afternoon sorted,
antway have you seen the new board from "carver"it has a full moko design as the graffics man there is going to be some stick about that.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

haha i saw that on bestboards the maoris are going to be pissed lol

[kookyfish]

I sent carver a heads up about it,
anyhow Im off out to the back hills of nelson today to see if I can find any new runs, theres a new block of land for sale out Mapua way which has an interesting hill section in it ,just hope the road is not to ruff, there must be some good roads in welly to ride on.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

what part of mapua my nana lives there

[kookyfish]

what part of mapua my nana lives there

I think its called bronte rd it goes back from the highway but theres a few rds up there so I figer its worth a look,Im leaving in about 15mins, so have a good weekend dude,I`ll try and post some picks if I find anything interesting.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

does anyone know where i might buy a 100 inch long piece of oak?in wellington?

[BrooklynNZ]

Try the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, though ya wanna go in at night cos they got volunteers wokin there that frown upon takin a chainsaw to the environment or somethin. They wont have oak but I rekon rimu or kauri'd be choice

[Kiwibomber]

G'day all, just another you fella here on the north shore surrounded by all these jaffas i am a short and longboard rider

[oscar]

Try the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, though ya wanna go in at night cos they got volunteers wokin there that frown upon takin a chainsaw to the environment or somethin. They wont have oak but I rekon rimu or kauri'd be choice

Hahaha nice.