😲 CAN I BUILD MY OWN BOARD? | DIY Windsurf Board 2.0

[@donwagner1164]

In the 80s, I constructed a windsurfer in one day, rode it in the afternoon. Shaped an EPS blank, then laminated it using 8 lb urethane pour foam, water proofing it with sun cured polyester resin. Used pour foam for the inserts and fin box as well, sugar deck for traction. The 14 lb board, 120 liters worked well, I was able to best local sailors.

[@doms_116]

old classic 👍

[@jimmycricketlopez2746]

Don't lie

[@marekpatzelt8790]

It's crazy that Nico is so much better on DIY wooden board than I am on a normal one 😂 It was fun to watch and I hope I will get better soon 😁

[@Peeter77]

This is better than TopGear. Love it. Best entertainment in a long time.

[@eengooglegebruiker4153]

Has Topgear ever been entertaining since the magic trinity left ?

[@Peeter77]

Yeah, haven't seen the new TG. There is only one TopGear, the old one.

[@eengooglegebruiker4153]

@@Peeter77 Yess indeed !!! Losing those 3 was the biggest mistake ever made by the BBC

[@ThijsDijkstra-z7e]

Hello Nico, I am a big fan of yours and I want to grow up to be just as good as you. I am a twelve year old windsurfer and I want to film my windsurfing sessions and post it on social media to become as famous as you.😊

[@JonassTass]

Do it bro! Filming yourself riding can also help you progress, also you can track your progress and reflect on it!

[@RanZZbert]

I wanna build a windsurfboard now as well. there should be a competion for selfmade boards like these.

[@patrykcieslak3544]

I enjoy your channels a lot Nico, always super positive vibes and great footage! Thx for making the windurfing great again! I'm an intermediate windsurfer who just changed to a smaller board - JP Magic Ride. The camera would help me greatly to improve my windsurfing, by seeing what I do right and what I do wrong on my board, and to share my excitement with my dad!

[@ginabena1803]

I love watching this board develop. I think you should set a budget and stick to it. I think the next step is to reduce the weight. Overall a very nice looking row boat, though. Lol. I would love to win this camera, I love videography and photography and looking to improve. My family are going to have a try at making our own board this same way, fixing a dinged up board and then building a real board from scratch. Between myself, my husband and our home educated autistic kids we have a lot of skills and enthusiasm. We feel this will be fun, educational and once the videos are uploaded it will really show how capable, creative and ordinary autistic kids are. We wanna make a channel and be generally awesome. Like yourself really. Thanks for all the awesome videos, Gina.

[@RobinFitzsimmons]

Loved both these videos. At the cutting edge of board technology. Love the fact you got so much raw fun out of these project. Great camera fortage as well …😉

[@timudagse]

Very promising project! Congrats! Go on with that approach and please keep us all in the loop. And when it´s ready to market as an open source project the whole windsurf and foil community will participate and benefit from that - in small local DIY projects, but especially in the laboratories of big manufacturers which would be under pressure to adapt and come out with positive results. Aloha!

[@JonassTass]

Next time, Nico, use some sort of water friendly glue between the joints of the board so that the board is even more waterproof and also so that the loads are distributed even more.

[@briancrowe8383]

“A little bit stupid”, yes, but a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for working so hard just to make us laugh and smile!

[@MadsDenys]

Hye Nico!!! sick video, like always. I am a 15 year old windsurfer from belgium and i discovered your videos about 3 years ago. You are the person that gave me the motivation and tips i needed. Thanks for what you are doing to the community. I would really really really love to get a camera to finally be able to film my sessions, when i win the camera and i land my first air jibe, i will send it to you! Greetings from Belgium!

[@Choedron]

Next time thinner marine plywood and more stringers made of marine plywood - with big round holes, in the stringers, to reduce weight. Then cover the shell with a layer of woven glass fibre, which is glued on with epoxy. When dry, sand the outer and the varnish with several layers of two component marine varnish.

[@markoconnor680]

Those details about making your own Windsurfer were good and well described, and although I ran my own Windsurfing school and had intended to begin producing my own boards I would have designed them and then given a Plastic Thermoformer the contract to blow mould the cases, and then inject and fill them with a foam boyency volume suitable for the hull case size and style.

[@michelcote]

You are going down the rabbit hole building a windsurf board 🙂 The Insta 360 would be nice to film my Windsurf WA trip this winter,

[@michaelculhane3058]

Fun build guys! I want you to put a piece of plywood on the bottom of a large boogie board and put it on a foil. Lighter and shorter then your build. Sandwich a piece of aluminum plate in between the mast and board for stiffness. My engineering skills calculate this would work. Good luck!

[@bertushagedoorn4942]

Would love to see you try raceboard windsurfing for a change, maybe even attach a foil to it (instead of the daggerboard, someone has already done that). Keep up the good work!

[@muggelsurfer]

I love the DIYs… Bring‘s back the old crazy days… Love the Channel!!

[@majdnemkek]

It was a big fun to watch, I wouldn't have thought so. I thought 32 kg was too much. Congratulations!

[@mjoosterhuis]

Ahhh, cannot wait to find this BEAUTY in the pre-loved section of Surf Center! Dreaming that we as amatures might have the chance of sailing this beast with a brand new insta360 😂. I wonder how to name the board in the ‘my items’ section of gps-speedsurfing so we can start recording our records. Luderitz here we come!😅

[@lennartwirth4449]

Hi Nico, i like the project and the fact you developed the board is awsome. I enjoy every minute on the water and normaly don't care about footage. I started wave sailing one year ago in the baltic sea and now i do my first turns and "big" jumps as well. No one before did a picture or video about my skills and i would love to see myself windsurfing, from another angel. 🤙🤙🤙

[@jonmullet5739]

You are inspiring me to try to make a board, I've built so many things out of wood its ridiculous, but I have never made a windsurf board. Very entertaining videos. By the way, I'd use the camera to film me crashing on my 30 year old kit.

[@jeroenhessel7535]

Great to see how much fun you're having. So cool to see the board trying to foil. Can't wait for the 3.0 version where you can make a planing jibe. I would like to analyze my jibes with the Insta360 in order to improve my skills. Can't wait for the next video.

[@sideshorebrasil]

Moin Nico! Danke fuer diesen Backflash in meine Eigenbauzeiten vor 45 Jahren. Es hat im Bauch gekribbelt und bin animiert nach Jahrzehnten Kiten nun Wingen wieder zurueck zum Windsurfen zu gehen. So eine insta360 waere dazu der Hit schlechthin. 🤟

[@marc14019170]

What is a fun project requires thourough planning ahead before planing. Well done! I enjoyed the video.

[@jasonduiveman5268]

Really fun video to watch. It reminds me of what I want later and that is make my own windsurf brand. Would be amazing to make my own board for fun. Was thinking earlier to make my own custom fin or foil for my internship. Sadly I didn't have enough time to do it but I would love to once. For the next step I think you should try and make a tendem board and invite a fan to surf with you on it. Or of course make a board that actually foils! Always love watching your videos can't wait for the next!

[@bachtialisjahbana]

You encourage us to build board DIY. This is great. In Indonesia, getting a windsurfer is very difficult because of the high price, and the transport cost to get it sent here. And Windsurf board is the most expensive and too large for transport. If we can make it our own, it will be much possible to popularize this sport in Indonesia. We should be able... thanks for the inspiring video...

[@laurentpaya6067]

Insta 360 ? Perfect to see how I progress in winG. Oups, no winG, WINDSURF of course ^^

[@Stumpdroptrails]

I love watching your content and want to become as good at windsurfing as you😊

[@foobar1013]

Crazy progress in comparison to v1 and a very nice fun project to watch come to live.

[@jellemoeyersons5876]

Love the content and would be amazing to visit one of the amazing windsurf spots you get to show in your video's. Also keep up the diy'ing because it's super funny. I would for sure take the insta360 with me on all my windsurf and climbing adventures big or small :)

[@seppolehti6294]

Board looks “great “ so well done. Heavy surfing like early 1978 when I started. I like to use camera with fin- and foil surfing summertime, winter with kitesurfing on ice and with motorcycling when it’s not windy

[@gilliebilly]

That was fun Nico! I would like to improve my technique by watching footage of myself, but I always go to my surf spot alone and therefore have no one to film me. An insta365 would therefore come in handy for me.

[@Neale-se8sc]

Hello from Australia, you guys are so good, would suggest that you insert a screw in bung hole at the back to remove any water that may leak inside, otherwise great job, you should be proud of yourselves.

[@lauritzessl8466]

Hi Nico , I really want to improve my windsurfing skills and i have never seen myself from another angel. With this gopro i can either put on the equipment of my friend or mine and watch myself surfing or post it on social media.

[@Sailrepair]

Hi Nico. Well done with the board. Insta 360- I am planning on getting an insta360 and making a float for it then anchoring it in the water then to foil over the top of it.

[@ashofthegamevers]

This was great i absolutely want you to do more home made boards. I and my father are going to make a board using EPS core and lamination with epoxy later in the year if i won the camera i would use it to document our results

[@elmanuel472]

Cool video! I think the Insta360 is genius and I would use it when catamaran sailing with my dog! Besides windsurfing and windfoiling of course ;)

[@Brian_in_Indiana]

Looking forward to a sail made out of garbage bags and bed sheets to go with that board. It'll be awesome.😀

[@marcodefelice3444]

Yes, you right, may be it is easy to go powerd by Neil pryde 😂

[@toneartmedia]

A very successful further development of your first DIY surfboard. What a great project! With the insta360 I would be able to capture my children's progress on the surfboard and my own mistakes when power jibing and other surfing mistakes. 😅

[@userTJ39780]

I think you need a much bigger foil wing, like an Infinity 99 to get that up happily.

[@profiskipinternational4402]

thats why plywood was invented, its built by layers which are "watersealing against each layer". If you want be very safe, use so called "marine plywood". It is used in boat building. And for the size of such a surfboat, its not a big investment. It exists in all kind of thicknesses, and as marine plywood also is used for building cabins on boats, it has a nice surface which shines through a clear varnish, e.g. mahagoni marine plywood is most common. - For varnishing in boat building we have specific materials, e.g. most typical is one component hardwood oil (here Epifanes is one of the market leaders). It just needs a good preparation (in total with 7 layers), it has also a UV filter to protect from detoriation. - Still your raffle going for the 360-camera ? Seems a good quality. Would like to take my chance :-) Living on a 63 year old wooden two master in Netherlands :-) Have good memories when sailed in the Kieler Bucht and Danish South Sea. :-) Keep going your video productions. Seems you have lots of fun.

[@michaelkern4769]

Love the transition into the back footstrap, going into full planing mode 😂

[@lofibeats267]

The Insta360 footage is amazing! I’d love to have one to capture surfing, skiing, biking, etc

[@tbrinck100]

sehr sehr schön! 😀 vielen Dank! Wahnsinn, dass das gute Stück sogar "fliegt". Next Competition: vllt. ein Waveboard, was ein Frontloop überstehen soll?

[@zacpower_9835]

next time you should build your own DIY Fin!! like a slalom one, using carbon fiber plates, and araldite glue + carbon fiber tissue and epoxy :) i am currently building one right now, and id love to see you guys do it

[@lomicwind]

I would use the Insta360 to film windsurfing sessions of course, and windfoiling, and catamaran sailing, and bike rides, may be a bit of wing too. And I am sure I'd get a lot more ideas down the line 😁

[@yannjacquemond966]

Hi Nico and Lars (I don't know how to spell it, so sorry if I did it wrong), It's always great fun to see you test ways to build a board, thanks you for that. I would like to take part to the draw for the insta 360, because it would be super usefull to film all my long distance projects with it (I'm trying to see if I could not create one where I live in Brittany (the region), France, and I need images to get sponsors for the upcomming event) It would also be usefull to film sessions on my gear (homemade foil & board) to see witch points I need to tune. Thanks again for your work, I usualy don't leave comments, but your videos are really cool (racing events are my favorites)

[@lilsinl6118]

can't belive you still continue the woodboard challenge😂😂😂 I have been windsurfing for a while and planning to go to different countries to windsurf. If i got the 360, I prolly can record these sessions with it🤩

[@Olidam3]

You are my favorite windsurfer and you inspire me to start my own Chanel. I have a camera of my own but it’s really not the best. And wonderful video by the way.

[@boyvanderveer4302]

Really nice and entertaining video Nico. Love footage of the insta 360 love to use for local events and the Defi. My GoPro is getting a bit outdated so an new camera would be nice!

[@robinnahrstedt5826]

Really entertaining. Had a lot fun to watch. And Insta360 got better and better, would love to have these great camera to get better shots from my girlfriend and me on the water to improve technically💪🏽

[@garygross6849]

What a great day using basic board building techniques

[@stan.blueplanet]

Very impressive! I feel you could go to a 6mm plywood. The rails could also be shaped easily by bending and ‘laminating’ 2-3 slices on thinner plywood with construction glue and or screws.

[@simoneveraert7593]

Hello Nico, what an amazing end result! Will there be other parts? I hope so! I never expected that you would be able to make the board foil since this is only the second part. Huge improvements compared to last time! Nice camera you got there 😉, would like to participate in the giveaway since I already have a few gopro videos, but it would be nice be able to see all angles.

[@juanschwabbobb]

También podrás usarla como una mesa de camping Nico😂 Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷🏄‍♀️

[@borges4662]

This was great to watch. I bet you could make a sail in less then a day, using monofilm and packing tape and no stitching! I would love to have the insta 360 camera to film the first windsurfing steps of my children, as well as my own windsurfing and snowboarding sessions!

[@justinutermark4044]

Such a nice video. Even as a carpenter it is fun to watch. Keep up the good work 💪🏼

[@NicolasRoditis-s5s]

Hi Nico I have been watching all of your videos for the last 2 years and would love to start making content like you

[@noahchapman1856]

Hey Nico, you should try to make it a foil board instead, since it only needs something to weigh down the actual foil, and the board doesn’t really matter that much once it's in the air 😆

[@elineduijvestijn2228]

Hey nico, if I would win the instax 360, i would make videos to influence young women to start windsurfing and help them get better, with my teaching background I think I could do a good job. And I would love to show the world the beauty of the sport❤

[@sasssimausi]

I would call this foiling, pretty nice. Would be sick to film my Windsurf Sessions with the insta360!

[@MarcEgli]

Having used my X2 a lot I would definitely use the X4 on the water as well either windsurfing or pumpfoiling.

[@whfas]

Keep up the great content! :) Of course, I'd use the camera for some windsurf action shots Danke für die tollen Videos!

[@lordbergie87]

Hi Nico, irgendwann gönnen wir uns eine Klink bei dir in Bonaire. Vielleicht als Hochzeitsreise, aber vorher sparen wir noch ein bisschen. Außerdem halte ich es für klug schon gleiten in den Fussschlaufen + Wasserstart sicher zu beherrschen, oder? Das können wir aktuell noch nicht. Bei uns hat es aber auch doofen Wind hier am Walchensee. Mit der x4 würden wir dir Mal was schicken! 😊 Liebe Grüße

[@Jobincode]

Huge Fan Nico :) We've met this year in Gruissan, we had a chat on the beach. I've actually soaked my own Insta360 three weeks ago while windsurfing at Sotavento beach. Turned out my usbc port didn't lock in properly. When are you going to start releasing your own windsurfing boards? It seems that it's kind of getting closer

[@peterbuchholz9439]

Nice Video! Love the insta 360 footage!

[@lardov1]

The sharpest rail ever. Hahaha. Would be nice to have some more building projects. And repairs.

[@leonippel724]

Ooooh nice and funny movie! I need the Insta360 cam to finally film myself witn my new 8.2 EVO14 pre owned by the master Nico Prien!🎉

[@jans8837]

Cool project. Use some thinner base and topsheet next time🤙🏼 Nice cam😜

[@andreaskatevaths9272]

Hey Nico ! Of course I will use the camera for filming my windsurfing sessions!

[@robwilson4180]

Brilliant! 😂 I think next challenge.. home made sail and mast? Wish I had the Insta360 last week on holiday in Turkey. My wife went windsurfing for the first time… although she got a little worried at times. She was saying if only we could have recorded it. I think she is hooked now! Asking me when we can go again!

[@sillaceestekay2069]

I would love to try that board! Looks like a fun challenge

[@lochiwa]

I can put the insta360 on my various hobbies, e.g. windsurfing, wingfoil, kitesurfing, cycling, fishing etc. One of the best shot I can think of is to put it behind the foil under water. Just like a submarine chasing my foil.

[@santiagoyanez3296]

Hi Nico, I want the insta360 to record my sessions and all of other sports I do down in Chile! Huge fan

[@mm74forums7]

Funny project! Cool! Your plywood is way too thick. Consider to make a wooden foil for your next project. BTW you could use artificial wood (that is high density PVC foam). It does not suck water.

[@elpepedefrancia]

These footages are sick. I would use the camera to record windsurf sessions during summer and use it on a FPV drone during winter.

[@ktg2066]

I would like to use for windsurfing and wing foiling footage because I don’t have any camera 😊

[@canberki]

Hehehe, I really enjoyed the 17 minutes Nico. Next step is to make a clinic for boardmaking. Maybe a next try could be catamaran windsurf board:)

[@steffenernst3234]

Great entertainment. I liked how you solved the problems. I never thought this heavy board would come up on the foil at all. Very very cool. And yeah the insta360 footage looks quite nice. I never tried one in windsurfing because of the fisheye clips but maybe I should give it a try. And last I was impressed how much gear is stored in your shed. It looks almost like a surfshop. Well done for this challenge. Ah and one thought: are this videos the path of how to shape and create your own board brand I wonder? 🤔

[@MatyasBano]

I can see a new Boardbrand coming 🎉

[@ihally]

Great work Nico, I love building my own kit too and then working out which works and which is a little bit rubbish 😂. It's nice to see you doing the fun stuff as well as the Pro stuff so keep it coming. You've been really motivating since I took up the sport 2 years ago so thanks, and keep it going.

[@noah221b3]

I would love to have the Camera. It would be perfect to record my Sessions on the Nord Sea or in Makkum. 🔥really cool Video 🤙

[@peterpalotas7289]

Great long vid for surfer's movie night :) Also would be sick to record my wingfoil sessions with the 360 cam!

[@idewater]

In Februari this year I saw Antoine using one when he sailed along with his slalomclinic. I am myself a windsurfinstructor too, and I would love to show my students how they do on the board as well. So it's very welcome 🤩🤙

[@samuelcaillault294]

Hello nice video, next challenge could be a video series using strip planking or cold molded technique as Otter Surfboard or Grain surfboard why not a collaboration? The Insta 360 would be nice to replace my actual cam that I use to improve my technique and gear running thank you

[@Lorenzo075]

Hello Nico, you demonstrate that you can surf every kind of board this one seemed like a coffin😂, why you don't try with some self made sail?

[@dobbeloseven2921]

Hey Nico, Ich kann leider wegen meine Gesundheit nicht mehr Windsurfen. War aber meine absolute leidenschaft. Bin jetzt Schlagzeuger (meine andere leidenschaft) in eine Irish Band. Wäre MEGA Cool action aufnahmen mit deine Kamera zu machen. Ja, würde es dafür einsetzen. Liebe Grüsse.

[@blackmountainbanjos574]

That was fun to watch. Much better results than the last plywood iteration. Way to go.

[@julianbaron6492]

I do not have a camera and I would very much like to start recording my swimming on windsuring because the only thing I could count on was recordings from the beach by friends or parents. And as I'm an instructor of this sport, it would be nice to have good movies

[@aldoferrari]

Hello from Brazil. I love windsurf

[@sebastianopiol4918]

Love to Watch your videos. Always super funny and interesting🔥🔥

[@marcelgrondman1485]

Again a supernice experiment and a great video. I would be very happy if I can fim myself with a insta360 camera to view my efforts on my old Woodwind board!

[@gerdmueller3131]

I want the Insta One X4 as a replacement for my X2, which unfortunately suffered water damage while surfing in Porto Pollo because the cover of the USB socket was not properly closed.

[@titouanrajon4904]

Incredible. Now we want you to build your own sail

[@Tommy-Frank]

Great stuff 😅😉👍 . I film my family and my self windsurf with an Old garmin Camera , the insta can be next Level for us. 🤙

[@xaverloy5101]

Hi Nico Mega dass du wieder was verlost und auch deine Videos zur Zeit sind sehr unterhaltsam und hochwertig 🤙 Die Kamera würde natürlich für Sessions am Tornado und am Windsurf Setup eingesetzt werden🌊🌊

[@antoinedechillaz8000]

Love these new kind of videos. Showing everyone that you don't necessarily need 3K equipment to go out on the water!

[@quakeftw]

Great Video again, big step up from last board! Would love to win de Insta360 camera to promote windsurfing in this beautiful coastline a live in!

[@jasperovervliet9316]

Woah man you really made some progress with the styling and shaping of the board. I feel like you are only a few years away from getting your own board brand. I really hope to film my surfing activities with the insta 360 for analyzing and improving. Have fun at the real trip in Makkum 🤙🇳🇱🌷