How Grain Makes Wooden Surfboards

In this episode of Bloomberg Pursuits' MADE series we visit a shop in York, Maine. Grain Surfboards are built through an additive process that has much in common with traditional wooden ship-building. Planks of wood are cut and glued onto an internal wood frame before being sanded down to their final shape.
Video by Brian Schildhorn, David Nicholson
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[@Lead1121]

Surfs up taught me to use a sea shell and cut with the grain

[@DatSqueakyBoi]

Lead1121 With the grain With the grain With the grain

[@DinoNuggetDestroyer]

Surfs up is the reason i'm making my own surfboard in the first place

[@mynaimrie]

Cant they just go back to ice

[@gavoberty9513]

@@DinoNuggetDestroyer ikrrrr

[@gregoryh4601]

Very awesome Surfboard build. Glad you let the Old Timers still teach the Hand Craft.

[@RixterNow]

Great watching a master craftsman at his trade

[@desaturated6049]

love these series. keep it up!

[@horichard5009]

I'm really enjoying seeing too , thank you very much bloomberg

[@gasaxe6056]

This is art.

[@foufdog]

I love everything about this video... well done

[@AlexSchmittCinematography]

Amazing video! Love the way its was shot, bravo!

[@clearwaterhydrofoils4313]

Love seeing craft like this!

[@gianpr1608]

Work of art it’s what I call this!!

[@mattybadger13]

Doin Maine proud bud. Awesome.

[@andrewm2014]

Absolutely beautiful boards.🤙

[@alirioabreu8571]

Verdaderas Obras de Arte. Felicitaciones son Espectaculares. Me encantaria correr una ola con una de esas maravillas.

[@PawPawsWorkShop]

This is beautiful work. The CNC machine is just another tool in the shop and in the hands of a master great things happens when all tools are used properly

[@goofyfoot2001]

I can 3D print a gun

[@Kevinswope23]

Yeah that's not (hand)made

[@fredfishfred]

it is fine to use cad and cnc machines i agree totaly but you cant call it made by hand , yes once he says 100% built by hand which it is i agree but its not Made by hand as later said . it ditracted from a fantastic video and very fine workmanship .

[@tuckersossaman4485]

I would literally pack everything I own, plus my dog, and move from California to Maine to work with these guys.

[@angusdraffan6656]

Stunning!

[@pijudo7]

Beautiful work

[@irmanagle1377]

Nice to see craftsmanship still "alive n well ", may your edge be sharp and the grain be with you.

[@mobjackcalling8568]

Wonderful TY

[@Strandjutter]

Beautiful!!

[@Paulinodiazlorenzo]

Muy buén trabajo! felicidades.

[@aravindsrinivasan2295]

Love the video direction!

[@GameChanger-hj9jx]

Really enjoyed this video!

[@stevenforeman1]

Beautiful.

[@boatboy222]

Awesome mate..... very nice craft.

[@katecombo6091]

This is my dream surf board😍.

[@user-gw6gg4cp6u]

That’s an awesome job

[@osamumiyajima5360]

素晴らしい！一度乗ってみたいですね☺️

[@joshuagarcia7791]

O wow it so beautiful

[@valberfirmino]

i loved this wood board

[@lukasballon5931]

Das ist wahre Kunst.

[@johndrummey9897]

I think its great you guys made this but you shouldve made it longer and showed more of York, I have a 2 houses right down from there shop its a beautiful place

[@jaylazer941]

it looks so amazing ... unbelievable,where i can buy one of yours? and how much i have to pay?

[@corbeauyannis8254]

It is like tou watching mixing the way of making an harmonic table for a guitare and the wayvof making a canoë.

[@splashpit]

Bravo for putting the price .

[@chris15325]

Nicely done. I hope you're making lotsa money!

[@kentleng2490]

I need it!!!

[@marcclarkharcourts5744]

wow ,wow and wow

[@RickCamara1967]

Great video. NICE WORK

[@mdcmotorsports]

Anyone tell me what the background music play list is for this amazing video?

[@blackpearl1023]

I need this

[@anthonylemkendorf3114]

Awesome and what a beautiful board,but that’s a generous use of the word “sustainable “ . We have synthetic glues , fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

[@deadlata9767]

Fiberglass cloth is literally glass what is not sustainable about that?

[@moffel96]

@@deadlata9767 fiberglass on it's own is not unsustainable as such, but as soon as you soak it in synthetic ressin you create a so called monstrous hybrid that can not be reused nor broken down by nature, leaving only the landfill or insinneration which releases toxic chemicals into the air and ground. anything that pollutes the land and cannot be carried on indefinitely is per default unsustainable.

[@Chris-eg2xl]

I see your point but it's still much better than foam. Which is an oil product and has no viable method of disposal.

[@jasonmormando2570]

Nice, very nice...

[@tomohawk5567]

I thought they were going to make a board out of grain like wheat 🤣😂👍.Great video thanks for sharing

[@eyespy3001]

So odd that this video comes up today when I just finished sanding out a mini Grain twin fish model (similar to the little board being held by the mannequin hand in the beginning of the video). I got it as a gift two years ago and FINALLY got around to making it today. Very weird

[@patrick7228]

How Grand Seiko watches are made please... And also how about an expensive acoustic guitar. Collings?

[@woodgarage1078]

Wau! Can you help me? I need the plans in pdf... Were i can find it?

[@OkalaborationO]

Without the 4 oz. glass are these boards too flexible?

[@flexatarianlife9174]

if you dont mind me asking, how much does it cost too make a board from this material??

[@how2what4]

I like how you use wood but still keep it high tech like the wing of an aeroplane, have you thought of making an electric hydrofoil version.

[@macguyo]

Nice,

[@yasenkalchev2180]

cool

[@SwirlingDragonMist]

Who did the sound engineering for this?

[@Snicklefritz10]

Reminds me of building acoustic guitars.

[@woodworkpro7538]

which kind of wood did he use?

[@goofyfoot2001]

But then I wouldn't want to risk dinging a board as beautiful as these.

[@JONNYHOTROD]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING….CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH RESPECT I HAVE FOR YOUR SKILLS AND INNOVATIVENESS!…..also made in USA 🇺🇸 not china!😡😡😡👍👍👍………respect from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@laurenlutao4549]

Amazing. I hope I come across one of these in my life. I love working with wood and if I had a woodshop I be making art like these... 🤙 Lmk if you'll ever open a shop in Hawaii ill come work for a surf board. Aloha

[@1971Flieger]

Cool! But why so much glue?

[@xiaojieyang3019]

What wood do you use?

[@BlckCloud73]

Love these....but how do they ride? The rails looked kinda soft and no tucked edge....

[@Chris-eg2xl]

Provided the rails are shaped properly they are on par with regular boards in terms of performance and weight. A Weber wooden board has been ridden at XXL nazare.

[@splashpit]

Want !

[@Markkrochuk1979]

What was used as a vent before goretex existed?

[@tiananman]

they make brass screw vents that work fine and look nicer (in my opinion).

[@InterPaul13]

“Built 100% by hand”... Then proceeds to start the CNC Router.

[@HansDe3rd]

EXACTLY

[@jasonji3263]

XD my exact thoughts!

[@seanf5634]

Yea more like 50%

[@TheQuantumCreeper]

Nah, surfboards are usually carved entirely by machine and then glasses by hand. This is definitely a more hand on approach. Still not truely hand made, but not truely machined.

[@ThierryLeonard]

When you have a cnc in the shop you know that is another tool in your box... that's it.... I also manufacturing wooden board.. and they are made by hand, with a cnc too!!

[@adambamf9365]

i like the old school glose finish the wet and dry finish of today is boreing

[@keiarapham9795]

I don’t even know how to surf yet I want one

[@juddmutua]

Do a video on hasellbad cameras, please.

[@marcodefelice3444]

I wanna be there.

[@zackmeers3567]

Performance?

[@brassmonkeyfins]

Nice video. The only thing I don’t like about it is the use of CAD and the computer cut out then saying it’s completely made by hand.

[@Surfmus]

Nice. But if this is handmade, the boards I've made are considered finger made. The only tools I use are jigsaw, router and drill.

[@josipbajcer9977]

How is Epoxy & Fibre-Glass sustainable?

[@guilhermebittencourtmdaroc6972]

Legal

[@jonranta2588]

Weight?

[@plinyelder8156]

Built by hand? I just saw autocad, routers, and skilsaws. Then they played puzzle wizard for a few hours.

[@charlesschuster7963]

and I saw CNC. This is no backyard operation, and the price reflects that.

[@Strandjutter]

Would it be possible to build wooden bodyboards?

[@timbo7274]

5.44 looks like one on the far left

[@michaelconnor3456]

What type of hand palne is being used at 3:34?

[@charlesschuster7963]

Drawknife, get one on ebay, but as with all edge tools they have to be kept sharp, and there's a lot of edge there. Also, they're not for small cuts, nor easy to control. You need straight grain wood, strength, and practice to use one effectively.

[@rawbacon]

This is still a mini factory.

[@TheWeirdSide1]

Wood..beautiful...nature... CNC MACHINE ZZZZZZZZINGGNGNGNGNGNIGINNG!!!! ...sanding smooth...awhhhh..wood.

[@andrewotvos6137]

How much does one of these cost?

[@alienxyt]

$2350

[@pauld9530]

Do sell plans?

[@pauld9530]

was just meaning paper plans/templates

[@DatSqueakyBoi]

With the grain With the grain With the grain

[@raitshots]

☺️👍

[@callihanhopwood6255]

Instructions from the Stodoys site perfect for beginners.

[@nahnope8581]

Who

[@fredpolster1354]

Perfect instructions to me Hopwood

[@callihanhopwood6255]

@@nahnope8581 Stodoys instructions mate!

[@blackpearl1023]

Can you deliver this to India

[@user-ux7gt4qb9x]

Привет с Камчатки. Хотим с братом тоже попробовать сделать. Пожелайте нам удачи . 😀

[@surferdjnj]

Hand crafted with boat epoxy by guys who likely never surfed or worked for a shaper. Yeah, I'd totally go for a HUGE floater knowing a $2,500 board was under my feet.

[@Chris-eg2xl]

Surfboard design isn't voodoo magic. There's plenty of templates out there to build from.

[@shannontrainer5857]

What's wrong with styrofoam and fiberglass?

[@angusdraffan6656]

Nothing. Different materials make for a different ride. Push the tech too has produced natural epoxies etc and made the priduction methods less poisoning for everyone involved.

[@Chris-eg2xl]

There is no viable way to dispose of the foam. Every foam surfboard ever produced still exists. Unless it's been burnt.

[@Lucky-uk1bv]

Crafty... BUT... More time than money

[@marlenjvaswal70]

Step by step with plans from the stodoys site you can do something like that

[@nahnope8581]

Are

[@evecloudlet5284]

Perfect plans for me Marlen

[@swirlingorlando7535]

Thx

[@alfredosalari1704]

I prefer to build with stodoys.

[@maxjohnson2757]

Big Z would approve

[@romaineathey3663]

If you enjoy woodworking plans, you will love woodprix. Get inspired by all the endless possibilities of furniture plans and other wood projects to build, for both indoors and outdoors.

[@tshark2787]

Yeah because the ones on the self weren't made by hand lol.

[@yellowjackets8395]

This is just depressing I live in Arkansas so I’ll never get to surf

[@surferdjnj]

move to the beach man, simple!!

[@jellyfishbones0]

i think sports like skiing and parasailing are prob just as fun

[@j.jarvis7460]

Imagine getting hit by a wooden surf board.

[@Chris-eg2xl]

No worse than a foam and fiberglass board. Just as hard and weighs about the same.

[@shadowbannedagain1737]

Somebody has Got a cold...

[@Ronbo710]

In Maine it's the law.

[@romeliapolly2519]

This time I will use woodprix instructions to make it myself :)

[@DesainDali]

Goose flesh

[@nannettebattista3047]

Stodoys plans help with such details.

[@jaromejacksan6934]

Make it wooden with the help of the woodglut instructions.