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In 1981-82 I was riding three balsa longboards and I loved their glide and liveliness. Though they were heavy on land, they were quick and light in the water. In 2001 I had found that paulownia was the best wood for surfboards by a longshot. I was making foam boards for a living but dreaming about making wood boards. By 2003 I was making elegant hollow wood surfboards that had the same feel as the balsa years before. The boards were paulownia wood, hollow and glassed. I was very busy and have made 201 of this type of board.\n\nThis video shows my feeling towards the hollow wood board better than any words. Nathan Oldfield made it in 2003 and it was a part of his first masterpiece film, lines from a poem.\n\n:iframe{allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allow-full-screen=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FNLlIuq9OcFM\" title=\"YouTube video\"}\n\n:iframe{allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allow-full-screen=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F9WBuOwc6S9U\" title=\"YouTube video\"}\n\nThis is a segment from Thomas Campell's revolutionary film, Sprout. These two segments in the above movies jump started the wooden surfboard movement around the world.\n\nOne of the great side projects that my hollow wood custruction made possible was the big boards. Working with my top team rider Cameron Byron we master the 12 to 18 foot realm of the finned surfboard. We found that 12 is actually the mid-length for a longboard and it was very easy to surf once you got over the shock of being on such a big board.\n\n![](\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Falbacore-3.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\nAs I mastered my process for making the boards and the paulownia suppliers were getting better at milling the wood, I found that I did not have to glass the boards any more. I could make a hollow water tight board that did not need a coat of fibreglass to keep the water out. I sealed the wood with linseed oil. I called these boards “Plankton” after the character on Sponge Bob Square Pants. The oiled surfboard has some very special qualities. First, the oiled surface is very fast in the water. There is little surface tension and the board actually feels slippery in the water. Second, the boards are lighter so they are easier to carry around on land. Third, the board is a very green product. \n\n![](\u002Fimages\u002Fmodels\u002Falbacore-4.jpg)There are almost no resins or toxic materials in the making of the board. I have made about 50 of these boards ranging from fish and eggs shapes to noseriders and tunas. There is one catch to the Planktons; they need care. You have to take the bung out of the board when you are not surfing it or the air may expand in the board and may cause a crack. They can mould and should be kept inside. They need to be oiled ever six or so surfs. 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