Just came out of carpentry
photos by Erin Kunkel from danny's blog
Serious craftsmanship
Danny hand-constructs is surfboards from sustainably harvested poplar, cork, and amapola, with a durable+reciclable EPS foam core laminated with less toxic epoxy resin. This designs are a step toward a "green" more durable surfboard .
He starts building a perimeter frame made out of layered poplar and cork engineered to control the desired amount of flex. The frame will avoid twisting providing a good feeling when fully committing the rail into turns.
After the frame is constructed, rockered and foiled an EPS core is insert within the structure for bottom and deck contours. To finish it receives an outside wood skin finished with a single 4-ounce s-glass fiberglass.
This custom shape it's a Pacheco 5'-8'' x 20.325" x 2.25" shaped by Danny Hess, photos by Nuno
In the end every board is one of it's kind, do to the unique organic wood grain patterns. That is kinda cool!
17 comments:
Iso cant afford that but wish i could?
Works of art. amazing
second the above, functional sculpture.
Hey guys,
Serious craftsmanship involved in this surfboards. Deeply thoughtful in design and engineered to shred waves.
Alexandro will rip! I gave him a time frame to come and pick up the board, or else, I'll put it to work...
Stoked
Quando é que vem para portugal, gostava muito de a ver ao vivo e a cores
abraço, ruben
Até ao final do ano está cá de certeza ;)
PS: por estrear!!!!!!
This stuff by Hess is killer. Thanks for posting. Also dug the story about the travels of your brother's board.
Danny is a great guy and a very innovative craftsman. Good to see some more of his work.
Hand-constructed from sustainably harvested poplar, cork, and amapola, with a durable EPS foam core. Laminated with less toxic epoxy resin.
Hess's designs are a step toward the "green" surfboard and will outlast a foam-and-fiberglass surfboard. The trick to make them green is make it last longer.
It's a piece of art as well as a performance wave-rider.
I spoted your "mano" buying some fresh wax for some test ride at the shorey.
He knows better than that... I guess :)
That thing is stunning- the tailblock alone is worth the investment. I'm showing off a bit here, but I got to meet Mr. Hess for about 2 minutes at the OB lot before he paddled out into double overhead monsters. He's a really nice guy and a shaper who truly rips. More power to him.
You've Said It All... get it to the shorey!
Uma obra de Arte.
Simplesmente magnifica.
Que te proporcione muitas surfadas bem passada!
Porque
Impacto fora de agua já ela deixa e muito.
Parabens Nuno
Nós, gajos, enquanto surfistas e simultaneamente maridos ou namorados, temos aquela cena de andar sempre a chagar as nossas meninas com cenas de surf.
Pode dar-se o caso delas tb surfarem, ou não o fazendo, acharem piada à coisa... bem, no meu caso ela acha apenas piadita e, digo eu, já é uma sorte!
Pelo que, para ela se manter interessada nas minhas conversas de surf, tenho de seleccionar apenas a nata, o sumo, la crème de la crème... Neste caso chamei-a ao computador p ver a prancha do Alexandro...
Afinal perfeita, perfeita, não é só a Super-Bock!
PS - A minha Ana diz que parece bonita demais p se surfar c ela na água... tss, tss, as mulheres n percebem nada destas coisas!
Best comment ever!
Pedro, eu uso os mesmo truques baixos...
Depois de termos visto a prancha do Alexandro quase, mesmo quase... que convenci a Beta em ceder mais um cantinho da sala com o argumento optmista de que se dividir o custo pelo tempo de espera nao e' nada por ai alem!
I had the pleasure of seeing/holding, wanting a Hess while in LA from Oz recently. Probably the most beautiful board I ever seen, and it was second hand.
Perhaps one day.
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