Archive for March, 2008

We know better than anyone that it’s a daunting task to consider building a wooden surfboard, even with a well-designed kit in front of you. So we’re always looking for ways to make it easier for our customers and future builders to make the leap.

To encourage all those garage builders to “come out of the woodwork” and to celebrate the coming of Spring, we’re offering a Spring Special on all of our Home Grown Surfboard Kits.

Here’s the Deal: Buy any Home Grown Surfboard Kit, and get a Free Spoke Shave with your order ($35 Dollar value).

A Spoke Shave is the most important tool for shaping a wooden surfboard and is an essential part of the customizing process. It also happens to be one of the tools many new builders do not yet have, so that’s one more thing you don’t have to worry about.

Springtime is the right time to start building. Check out our FAQ section (Now with PDF downloads!) for more detailed information on what it will take for you to put wood to water.

Thanks, Mike

Come Build Your Own Wooden Surfboard with the Builders at Grain Surfboards.

Randy and Mike railing up a couple longboards

Due to growing interest, Grain Surfboards is now offering wooden surfboard building classes right in our shop in York, Maine. You’ll learn alongside the same builders that craft our custom wooden surfboards from locally grown, sustainable white cedar. At the end of the seven-day class, each student will walk away with their own hand-built, wooden surfboard.

Throughout the week you will learn the following skills:

Each student will take home his/her own board ready for glassing and finishing on their own. Glassing demonstrations will be held in the evenings to help students with the basics. Materials used in the board and those to be taken home with the student are the same as we use in our Grain Home Grown Surfboard kits. The cost of the Home Grown kit ($670- $720 retail) is included in the course.

Students will have their choice of building our 9’ Root or 10′ Waterlog longboards. We’ll be installing a single fin box allowing the builder/surfer some room for personal preference as to fin placement. Students will be able select their own planks as well as use a mix of woods to glue up custom tail blocks. Two instructors will be available to guide each student through the easy step-by-step process to ensure that each board that leaves the shop will be a beautiful one of a kind surfboard that will last a lifetime. Our Wooden Surfboard building manual will also be distributed as part of the materials for the course.

Tuition for the week-long course is $1,525.00, which includes the cost of the Home Grown Surfboard kit.

This tuition covers 7 days of instruction, all materials, including glassing supplies, all necessary tools, shop use, as well as breakfast and lunch for each day. Students are responsible for their own dinner costs as well as accommodations, although we’re happy to recommend some nice places around the area.

Our neighbors at the shop

The Grain shop has plenty of room for each student to spread out and enjoy the process. We have a great mill shop complete with state of the art dust collection, a full kitchen, bathrooms, shower, wireless internet, and plenty of space outside to enjoy the sunshine. The shop is conveniently located within a short drive to the beach and surf.

Located just an hour north of Boston, York, Maine is a historic, coastal village with beaches, shops, great restaurants and lodging right in town.

Course Schedule is as follows:

Classes begin Sunday mornings and end the following Saturday

NOTE: Full payment is required to reserve a spot in one of our classes.

We’ll post more information on these surfboard building classes soon, but note that past classes have filled in just a few days, so please call or email to reserve your shaping stand soon.

Please feel feel free to call us at 207-457-5313 or email mike@grainsurfboards.com with any questions.

Look forward to seeing you at the shop!

Waves just 6 miles from the shop