Once the outline on the blank is trued-up and square, the next step is to use a power-planer to reduce the blank to the proper thickness in all areas of the board. Ideally, the basic rocker curve is already defined on your blank, so you can take even-thickness passes of foam off the blank to [...]
Board #005 is another RMRP designed to address the shortcomings of #004. Basically, I made #004 a touch too thin, and felt like I could use a similar shape with more buoyancy/paddle speed, especially in winter when I’m wearing a 5MM suit, boots, gloves, and hood. I figured an extra inch of length wouldn’t hurt [...]