To eliminate the wishy washy feeling when riding a quad fin surfboard or either twin fin surfboard, here are simple steps on how to make a nubster trailer fin:
1. Prepare the materials needed as shown below.
2. Cut the Fiber Cloth in a way that it will have an extra space for glassing purposes.
Sample cut shown below.
3. Cover the wood fin shape with the fiber cloth from both sides.
4. Mix resin with a small amount of hardener to cover the wood fin.
5. Use a paint brush to evenly spread out the mixture for the first side, then wait for at least 2 – 3 hours To sun cure the glassing. Then do same to the other side.
6. Utilize a Steel blade to remove excess fiber glass, make sure to have an allowance from the edges of the fin.
Use a sand paper to evenly smoothen the surfaces of the glassed fin.
8. Here is now your D.I.Y wood fin. Enjoy and keep stoke!!!
"Besang", a small Barangay at Malita, Davao Del Sur which is blessed with beautiful breaks conducive for surfing.
But have you ever wonder who was the first person to surf at Besang ?
Lyal Mackintosh was the first surf explorer to ever play surf at Besang surf breaks. in February 1986, he was accompanied by some local folks at said area and brought with him his longboard surfboard. At that time, he was the Chairman of Trade Developement Zone Authority in Darwin Northern Territory Australia. For short he is an "Aussie".
After his first visit, he already fell in love with the said place and its small community.
According to some of his closed friends at Besang, he was a generous person and donated medicines for the community, Clothing for the kids & he also donated school facilities at Besang elementary school.
On his later visit, he was planning to put-up a small rest house "surf shack" with some cottages near shoreline for him to have a house to stay with every time he visits there. he ask for some help at the locals for him to buy a small lot, but unfortunately it wasn't materialized.
His Last mail contact to his friends at Besang was on 1996. As I further research on his current whereabouts.
year 2006 : The race to outrun tsunami
recently i found out this sad News : Man who loved surf rides his last wave
Location : Tagakpan Davao City,
Registration Fee : php 350
Date : December 17, 2011.
** COMPETITION WINNERS **
1ST- Tito Sumicad CEBU
2ND- Bryan Tongco CEBU
3RD- Jap Romero BXU
4TH- Fab Romero BXU
3150 BC: Ancient Egyptians begin using type of sunscreen made with ingredients like jasmine and rice bran.
1801 :Johann Wilhelm Ritter of Germany discovers ultraviolet rays.
1820 : Englishman Everard Home determines that the melanin in darker skin absorbs heat and protects the skin.
1878 : Otto Veiel of Linz Austria, publishes one the first reports of a substance being used to protect skin from ultraviolet rays. He discovered that tannin protects skin from UV damage, but it also stains skin, so it isn't overly useful.
1928 : The first commercially available sunscreen appears in the United States.
1930 : Eugene Schueller, founder of L'Oreal, is credited as the inventor of modern sunscreen.
World War II : Soldiers use "red vet pet," a red jelly like substance that isn't the most effective and stains clothes. Its inventor Benjamin Greene, later develops a more practical formula & starts Coppertone.
Post WWII : Coppertone's early formula prevents sunburn & leads to more sun- bathing, but doesn't block UV radiation entirely. Skin cancer rates increase as a result.
1962 : SPF (Sun Protection Factor) was defined.
1986 : Zinka Inc. starts selling its neon sunblock. Surfers love it.
1989 : Headhunter becomes the worlds first surf-specific sunscreen
2009 : Neutrogena burst out SPF 100+
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