I asked about a year ago, but thought I would try to tap the hive mind again..<BR><BR>I used to shape and glass surfboards as a hobby about 8 years ago. I would shape boards for all my friends and ...

Other than balsa wood, paulownia wood is the lightest known timber. Native to Southeast Asia, paulownia wood comes from sustainable plantations. It is the fastest growing hardwood in the world.

Hobie Alter could have called it quits after his first surfboard, crafted from a heavy balsa wood in his father’s Laguna Beach garage. But, “he didn’t like that board,” said Dick Metz, who had met ...

In late November 1958, Barry Bennett sat in the family home in Harbord, Sydney, and wrote a letter to California’s Greg Noll. Barry was trying to solve a problem. The balsa wood he was using to build ...