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SAP SurfCraft, Nairn (2025)

30/05/2024

Just checking they all float 😂

Very pleased with this first run of handplanes...all crafted from offcuts, and hand shaped from flat pieces.

These are super fun to make, and less of a daunting & time consuming project as a full surfboard.

Yet to actually try one in the surf, but I'm sure these will be the first of many more hand planes ✋🏼🌊

Thanks to the legend for the beautiful pics. We were blessed with a cracker of a sunset!

Couple of these are for sale - check my stories or "for sale" highlights if you are interested 👀

Thank you 🙏🏼

03/05/2024

A wee series of handshaped handplanes almost complete!
Bit of an experiment with various glue up, shaping techniques, and waxoil, but already looking forward to the next batch.

A perfect way to use up off cuts, and they are a quick & easy little project compared to a full board build - so expect more of these for sure 🙌🏻

These are a mix of Paulownia, Cedar, Douglas, Oak, and tropical hardwood offcuts & scraps 🌲🌳

Cheers for the advice on wax oils Jack

What's your favourite?

Couple of these will be for sale, so DM if interested 🙂

Thanks ✌🏼🌊🪵

06/10/2023

WIN THIS BOARD - FUNDRAISER RAFFLE & TICKET GIVEAWAY 📢🙌🏼🌊🪵

To raise funds for Para Surf Scotland &
to send a team to the World Para Surf Championships in California this November, I am raffling off a board.

As a bonus Instagram giveaway there are 5 free tickets up for grabs.

Full instructions and T&C's in the second slide!

Thanks, and good luck 🤞🏼🤙🏼

25/08/2023

Cruising behind this glassy little peeler a while back!

One of the first surfs on the 9'6" at Lossie!

Glassy waves really are mesmerising, and this little green & blue one is a beauty!

Perfectly captured by 📸 thank you for the picture 🙏🏼

08/08/2023

Flying Fish going right in Indo 🐟🌊

HT's served excitement, nerves, and awe – a true test for both my skills and this board! 🔥 Left feeling very humbled.

While I'm not sure this board is quite right for hollow powerful barrels - I'm already looking forward to giving it another crack back home in Scotland this winter!

Disclaimer - unfortunately didn't get a tube after this shot 😢 It was a session full of barrel dodges! 😂

27/07/2023

This one was a little distraction from the planned demo range, but the size and shape felt perfect for an upcoming trip to Indo, so I decided to get to work and smash out this little number in only a few weeks. The fasted build so far!!

Dimensions and Details of #4 🌊

🏄‍♀️Model: Flying Fish (designed by David Weber)
📐 Dimensions: 6'1" x 19 1/2" x 2 1/4"
💦 Volume: ~ 31L
🌲Materials: 6mm Poplar Ply skeleton, 5mm Spanish Paulownia skin + Scottish Cedar mid-line
🔨 Construction: Hollow. 4oz H**p internal deck + 4/4oz glass external lamination. Glassed with Resin Research Bio Epoxy .research
🌊 Bottom contours: Flat through middle, to a slight double concave through the fins
🔱 Fins: Futures Thruster
⚖️ Weight (excluding fins & wax): 5.1 kg
🪚Shaped by: Caorann Fosbrooke

This is also available to demo and try anytime, and adds a little more performance to the demo fleet! Its already tried and tested in some world class Indo waves, and it felt great!

Get in touch anytime if you would like to arrange an opportunity to try it!?

25/07/2023

Dimensions and Details of #3 🌊

Here is the first Scottish Cedar beauty! Grown in Scotland and milled locally at .
This makes the first pair of completed demos, and a Retro Fish in both Paulownia and Cedar to try & compare. First surf and reflection coming soon!!

🏄‍♀️Model: Retro Fish (designed by David Weber)
📐 Dimensions: 5'10" x 22" x 2 3/4"
💦 Volume: ~ 39L
🌲Materials: 6mm Poplar Ply skeleton, 5mm Scottish grown Cedar skin
🔨 Construction: Hollow. 4oz H**p internal deck + 4/4oz glass external lamination. Glassed with Resin Research Bio Epoxy .research
🌊 Bottom contours: Flat through middle, to a vee through the fins
🔱 Fins: Futures Twinny
⚖️ Weight (excluding fins & wax): 6.6 kg
🪚Shaped by: Caorann Fosbrooke

This is the third of the available demo's that will let people try a one-of-a-kind Scottish made, Scottish wood board 🌊✨

Get in touch anytime if you would like to arrange an opportunity to try it!?

20/07/2023

Dimensions and Details of #2 🌊

Stoked to reveal this wee thing! A classic fish model, and the 2nd in the fleet of demo boards. A perfect fun board for these UK summer swells.

🏄‍♀️Model: Retro Fish (designed by David Weber)
📐 Dimensions: 5'10" x 22" x 2 3/4"
💦 Volume: ~ 39L
🌲Materials: 6mm Poplar Ply skeleton, 5mm Spanish Paulownia skin with Scottish Douglas Fir stringer
🔨 Construction: Hollow. 4oz H**p internal deck + 4/4oz glass external lamination. Glassed with Resin Research Bio Epoxy .research
🌊 Bottom contours: Flat through middle, to a vee through the fins
🔱 Fins: Futures Twinny
⚖️ Weight (excluding fins & wax): 5.2 kg
🪚Shaped by: Caorann Fosbrooke

This is the second of the available demo's that will let people try these beautiful, unique, strong, and playful boards, while allowing me to gain new ideas & feedback to carry on improving. 🌊✨

Get in touch anytime if you would like to arrange an opportunity to try it, and keep an eye out for this ones Scottish Cedar partner!

06/07/2023

Dimensions and Details of the first DEMO BOARD ( #0001) 🪵

You've already seen a lot of this beauty, but here is a full run down of its details, dimension, and specs:

🏄‍♀️Model: Malibu (designed by David Webber)

📐 Dimensions: 9'6" x 23" x 3"

💦 Volume: ~ 80L

🌲Materials: 6mm Poplar Ply skeleton, 5mm Spanish Paulownia skin with Scottish Douglas Fir highlights

🔨 Construction: Hollow. 4oz glass internal deck + 4/4oz glass external lamination. Glassed with Resin Research Bio Epoxy .research

🌊 Bottom contours: Single concave at the nose, flat through middle, to a vee through the fin

🔱 Fins: FU 10.5" single

⚖️ Weight (excluding fins & wax): 10kg

🪚Shaped by: Caorann Fosbrooke

This will form the first of the available demo's that will let people try these beautiful, unique, strong, and playful boards . 🌊✨

Get in touch anytime if you would like to arrange an opportunity to try it, and keep an eye out as the demo range grows!!

21/06/2023

A crossing of paths between and my dad a few weeks back, led to a fun small summer surf session where Eli tried out the 9ft6 log.

This is the first public experience, review, or feedback I have recieved. Really stoked, and thank you so much for the kind words, and photos, Eli! 🙏🏼 Hope you have an unreal venture round Europe in your van!

'"The board you made is incredible! You should be so proud of it, the quality of workmanship is seriously fantastic.

I’ve been lucky enough to have a father who has built boards for the past 40 years, so I know a good board when I see one.

It felt great as soon as I picked it up. The outline, bottom contours, rocker, weight and rails were all in proportion of one another. It paddled great, plenty of speed, it had great glide when trimming and walking up and down the board. It rolled over its rail nice and easy and didn’t catch. Not to mention aesthetically it looked beautiful.

That’s what it felt like under my feet anyway, hopefully that helps legend."

Looking forward to this being the first of many encounters and discussions about wooden boards, with surfers who fancy giving these boards a try!

05/06/2023

This felt good! The Flying Fish loves to go fast and feels so solid through turns.

3 weeks of hard work and late nights to get this board done and take it on a journey to Indonesia paid off! I didn't really know what to expect from a wooden shortboard, and have only just scratched the surface of what it's like to surf these properly. But after a few sessions on this board, I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was.

I was sceptical about the extra weight, but it added acceleration through a drop in or after a top turn that I'd never felt before! If you used the height of the wave, this thing flies and you get so much momentum down the line. Through a turn the rail stays deep and is solid, so never once felt the tail wanting to slide out.

It made me surf with some extra confidence for some reason, and felt so satisfying to try properly throw it around.

Still so much to unlock, but I also learned its limits at some heavy Hollow Trees. All in all, it certainly felt like a good start on the wooden shortboard journey!

Hughe thanks to and all the boys for an unreal time in the Ments, to for the hospitality, and for all the beautiful photos! I'm forever grateful 🙏🏼🌊

25/04/2023

Couple of details and highlights of the log. 🪵

As if this initial build wasn't taking long enough and was already a huge learning curve, I went all out on this first board with a glass on leash loop and nose/tail blocks.

A good extra challenge, and delighted with how it came out - definitely makes the board that bit extra special and unique!

I was a bit sceptical of the glass on leash loop on quite a big wooden surfboard like this, but so far it has been solid in the surf! 🌊

Full run down of details, dimensions, and wood used on this board coming soon! 👀

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