Telling the tale of Northwest Kiteboarding one board at a time!
Traction pads use a marine adhesive that bonds super strong and is hard to get off if you mess up so this is one step that you want to measure twice and apply once on. A shaper’s square is handy to kick things of with the back pad. You can use a pencil or some Read More …
I started sanding the X6 before I realized I needed to fix a couple of issues with the hot coat. Once those were handled it was time to go back to sanding. The board is always so smooth and shiny after a hot coat. I always feel slightly sad to sand that away since no Read More …
Things don’t always go as planned. That’s part of the fun, right? On the X6, there were three things that I couldn’t look the other way on. On the deck, we got a bubble on the rail that opened up when I started sanding. On the bottom, we got a bald spot. I’m positive I Read More …
The bottom is glassed, the deck is glassed, and if you did it right you can see the texture of the fiberglass weave. Just like we prepped the board between glassing the bottom and the deck, we need to prep the board for hot coating. Sand off drips, sand down the overlaps on the nose Read More …