Build Your Own Skimboard - Easy DIY Summer Fun!

In this video I'm going to show you an easy way to press a DIY wooden skimboard. Take it to the waves and have fun with it!
This is the Amazon link I used to buy my plywood but check with your local lumberyards first, you can probably get a better price:
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[@deopersad2915]

Awesome will try in a few months as we will be going into summer 😀👍🏻

[@MrDuck-rc8kc]

You should do a fiberglass skimboad next It might even be cheaper because of wood prices

[@noahanderson2021]

I agree, there aren’t any good videos for diy fiberglass skimboards!

[@GoodRoads]

I definitely want to tackle that at some point

[@mitchmana201]

Nothing is cheaper than free Pallets and wood glue!

[@rileyfelix9494]

@@mitchmana201but pallets ain’t always solid

[@WaveWasters]

Might be heavier than standard plywood but it looks way nicer with the birch plywood.

[@MitchellElder]

would love to see more with a legit press and maple venners

[@colinkjpark]

Thanks bro. You inspired me to make these for my kids tomorrow!

[@junisip6885]

Thanks and more power to your channel

[@nicodrwart5767]

Thanks for the videos. You are a great KZbin chanel

[@GoodRoads]

Thank you! Glad you like the content!

[@LongboardTechnology]

Baltic Birch isn't even available locally for me right now, and hasn't been for probably 6 months. Its pretty crazy. I'm glad I bought 3 full sheets last summer. Been slowly turning them into decks. As for all the discussion on a foamcore fiberglass skimboard... I wonder if there's room for any sort of hybridization that can take advantage of the buoyancy of foam without having to deal with glass and epoxy. I never have liked dealing with that stuff if I can ever avoid it. And even worse for basic DIY is the cost for buying in is usually really high since epoxy is sold in sizes with building/repairing boats in mind, not little boards.

[@GoodRoads]

The epoxy is definitely the expensive part, it blows my mind how much that stuff costs every time I do a build with it. A DIY glass board would be much cheaper than a professionally made glass board, but I think it would still be more expensive than a wood one

[@albertaberde2128]

like your content hoping we could see how to make foam core skimboard thx and more creative ideas to come on your channel

[@GoodRoads]

I took a stab at that last year and used the wrong epoxy/foam combo so it failed and never made it onto the channel, but that's definitely something I want to tackle at some point

[@osvaldogarciazavala5718]

Que tipo de recubrimiento utilizaste para la madera es algún barniz?

[@patrickfoster8252]

Can’t wait for that router mount to be available as a physical product. Also I have been planning on a skimboard build and was thinking about just two plys of 1/8 birch. What are your thoughts on that?

[@GoodRoads]

It might be strong enough depending on your weight? Riding the one I built made me realize that the forces involved with a skimboard are very different than a skate deck so I can't say for sure

[@patrickfoster8252]

Seems like it may be worth a shot, the other thing I wonder is if one glue line would be enough to hold shape. Keep up the great videos!

[@GoodRoads]

You will be able to get some curves with a single glue line, but they will relax some after you take it out of the mold. You can definitely still get something usable though

[@PeeJay13101980]

Would there be a downside if I’d use two layers of 5mm instead of 3 layers of 3mm? More effort needed to create the rocker?

[@GoodRoads]

Yep, that's all. I had the 3mm on hand so that's what I used

[@emanuelecurioni8950]

Love this content!! I’d like to give it a shot. What is the thickness of the wood?? How many sheets? I’d like to try to find something good here in Italy to try that behind a wakesurf boat

[@WaveWasters]

I've made skimboards using 1/2" and 3/4" plywood, and used them behind a wakeboard winch and boat before. I haven't wake surfed them but towing behind the boat worked well.

[@GoodRoads]

I did three sheets of 1/8 inch which is about the same as 3mm

[@emanuelecurioni8950]

Thanks guy, will have to try that, maybe adding a 3d printed fin

[@WaveWasters]

@@emanuelecurioni8950 If you 3d print a fin make sure you fibreglass it too, other wise it will very likely break.

[@GoodRoads]

From the youtube master of glassing fins himself. Take this man's advice hahahaha!

[@sajilkarim6399]

Any options other than wood??

[@aygray8155]

I used plywood that was already glued together by the lumber company. I'm having trouble making the rocker could I use your method even if it's already glued together? If I wet the nose and tail?

[@GoodRoads]

Soak it, I mean absolutely soak it, with warm water if possible, and then clamp the curves in place and leave it for days until it's dry. I made a skimboard this way when I was a kid and I was able to get some rocker into the board

[@johnsheetz6639]

They used to sell plywood skimboards at looks local surf shops in Florida for like 60 bucks in 90 me and a friend's dad built one from free scrap wood from a house builder. I ended up making them myself later and selling them for 20 bucks but I never advertised so the customer base was small

[@macca_0715]

what type of glue did you uses

[@GoodRoads]

Titebond II

[@irfanmaulana4169]

What color do you use.

[@GoodRoads]

The dye I used is RIT brand fabric dye, but I've used Proricon and other fabric dyes successfully.

[@irfanmaulana4169]

If you skimboard wusing Wood chat.you can color the skimboard

[@tobyhicks7858]

i would absolutely love if you could find a simple way of making a fibreglass skim board

[@GoodRoads]

I definitely want to try a glass skim but I don't know if simple is an option, it's a crazy build

[@tobyhicks7858]

@@GoodRoads iv had quite alot of experience with fivreglassing but the problem is that a skimboard has to have sharp rails and a perfectly smooth bottom so it would be a challenge. love your videos by the way!

[@shoktongvlog766]

Can you give me one skimboard ilove that

[@sinamos3945]

I have a skimboard. No such curve.

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

Nice, but that's like $3000 worth of plywood in 2021. ;)

[@GoodRoads]

Seriously. Under normal circumstances this would be much cheaper than buying a factory made board but with lumber the way it is right now it's roughly the same. At least using the birch plywood. I hope wood prices drop back to normal soon!

[@rekhasrivastava5114]

Me too