Card(Surf)board
June 1st, 2009
Amazing surfboards by Mike Sheldrake - He is building hollow, cardboard core surfboards with a “Cross-sectional Notched Rib Assembly”. Mike has a Web programming background and with a little research into the math used to describe curves, he started developing a web page to graphically adjust those board curves, and a rendering engine that takes those curves and builds a 3D mathematical model of a surfboard. Rather than learn CAD he made his own. He has made a ton of boards now and even offers the kits for sale so you can make you own.
Shown below is a video of the assembly (not including the hours of fiberglass work)
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