Telling the tale of Northwest Kiteboarding one board at a time!
Here are the boards I’ve made, the stories of their creation, the people that they honor, and the lessons learned along the way.
Tools, Techniques and Gear Reviews!
Guides to local spots.
For the X6, I’m going for a little wider than my commercial boards but narrower than the Sensei Sebastian. I’m looking to find a middle ground between stability and maneuverability. I’m also looking to get long parallel rails, keeping the board as square as I dare. At first I was thinking about a rounded nose Read More …
While making the stringer, I also cut two pieces of MDF to use as guides for the hotwire cutter. I tried to tape them together and cut both at once with my hot new BladeRunner but it was a bit much for the BladeRunner, so it was slow going. I pulled them apart and cut Read More …
The BPX6 is in progress! Lots of work done this weekend so I’ll be breaking it up over a couple of posts over the week. I’m also planning to get a review of the Rockwell BladeRunner X2 up as well as a more in depth guide to making templates. This party got started by using Read More …
After writing the spot guide to Jetty Island, I thought it would be helpful to talk a little about some of the gear I’ve found useful at our local spots. Check out the new Gear Guide for info on Kayaks, Gear Bags and more that I’ve found helpful at Jetty!
My new best friend, Yashaswini, at customer support helped me resolve some of the dark magics of the internet and now the site is up and running! Welcome to the first day of the Banana Peel Board Company website!
Creating a website is a lot more work than I thought it would be but we’re almost ready to launch!