Hollow Hawaiian Surfboard
Riding the breakers on this hollow Hawaiian surfboard: built like a boat, light enough for one person to handle
- Category
- Surfboards
- Designer
- Tom Blake
- Published
- pp. 114–115
Surfing pioneer Tom Blake's hollow surfboard, built like a boat with deck and bottom planking over ribs. It's light, strong and virtually unsinkable, for riding ocean waves, aquaplaning behind a speedboat or paddling on lakes. The standard board suits riders of 125–200 lb.
Specifications
- Length
- 12 ft 10 in
- Beam
- 22 in
- Depth
- 5 3/4 in
- Weight
- 70–75 lb
- Construction
- Deck and bottom planking over transverse ribs; spruce frames, African mahogany planking
Downloads
Plan sheets 3
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