Not having made a hollow wooden ply longboard before, I decided to use my fathers old stringer-less Shane as the basis of my design. Patterns were drawn onto mdf sheets outlining the profile & rocker. I spent hours transferring the pencil patterns onto CAD to develop the frame work. Holes & cutouts have been added to re-leave weight and allow the entire inside of the board to be one air mass with no air pockets. I have read that it isn't uncommon for hollow wooden surfboards to split or de-laminate as the internal air expands when heated up in the sun light.
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