Happy New Years to all, in order for these observations to make more sense please read them in posted order. EPS, ENHANCED-PENTANE-STYROFOAM, I made that up. Glassed with BGF Aerialite fiberglass drenched in Resin Research epoxy is another fairly popular method of high performance surfboard building. As a builder I find epoxy construction to be more problematic than polyester. Due to the relative newness of this epoxy we lack some badly needed effective tricks and techniques to put out a truly tightly built EPS product, yet. This is when the panel of foam mowers really blew my mind. Just because I’m old school, tried and true, I thought the conversation would go differently. They clearly recommended EPS not only because it makes ecological sense. They genuinely enjoy the way their own personal EPS boards ride, despite there lack of rack appeal. Another claim is that they don’t break down near as fast. And the sanded finish version closely resembles a poly finished in the same manner.
So my four shapers, after educating me into the present recommend only two EPS blanks. Scary….
Austin Foam, offers great service, selection, water resistance, densities and sizes.
Prop Foam, fills their needs for the more custom parabolic type blanks.
My intent for writing this is so you the surfboard riding public can be confident in ordering custom boards from your favorite professional builders again. And have your own ideas of the matierals you’d like your board built with.
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