How Danny Hess Crafts Wooden Surfboards 

most surfers would agree that "Surfs Up" most authentically captures the spirit of surfing in a movie.. i personally like "Chasing Mavericks" as well.

Polynesias chief agrees with you 👍

Rosewood ( arbol de palo de rosa) salvado de un interior de un edificio

Old California redwood

tight slot

Not pretentious at all!

Lol

That said, these boards look beautiful.

@@sistitulasi 2nd hand used material sold in a premium beautiful for a scrapped wood

An average surfer will spend a thousand dollars a year on surfboards. In three years one of Danny’s boards would recoup the investment and while last for generations. How is that a bad thing?

Was wondering that myself

In what way?

@@moonwalkman99 by reducing the hours of labor needed to finish.

literally two minutes into the video he explains why that isn't what hes doing - also it seems you aren't a surfer if postulating a cnc'd board would be preferable to a handshape, wood or standard foam

@@kylitio Cnc'd boards are just better. They're infinitely more accurate and perfectly repeatable. Does anyone still believe hand shaped boards have soul nonsense?

Why waste money on unsold wood

you would hate Australia

100%

they're set into tight slots

What would be better?

Dislikes are hidden now though lol

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How long does a tree take to grow compared to how long fossil fuels are made? You can repurposed wood and grow trees and trees are a sustainable material where fossil fuels are not.

Fossil fuels are a finite resource. So if you want to think ahead and work on the future of the sport, then you really need to think about what kind of material we can use in the future. Wood can be sustainable if you only take as much wood out of a forest then it can regrow. Fossil fuels can never be sustainable. If you think about the disposal of the board, then clearly a wooden board is much easier to get rid of cleanly, since you can just burn it. It just leaves ashes. A compound board is a lot more difficult. Can you burn fiberglass? No, glass doesn't burn. You have to do more to it after it has been burnt. Can you recycle the materials in a normal surfboard? I don't see how, since everything is glued together. I can see carbon fibre and kevlar as at least easy to get rid of (burn), but fiberglass? You'd have to create some special industry to make that at least somewha sustainable, i think. Ideally you'd want to be able to make another board out of the materials of a broken board. That would be nice.

A board made of fossil fuels is sequestered carbon for 10,000 years even if inside a landfill. Science vs religion of propaganda.i love wood products just as I love leathers and wool.not because they are organic.

@@robertbolding4182 That's so little carbon, that it barely matters. That's probably the amount of carbon you're releasing in a day. So congratulations, you've just sequestered the CO2 Emissions of a day in your life - that's really going to make a difference. And what are you talking about religion and propaganda for? What's religion? What's propaganda. Be specific if you want to make accusations.

Half a million surfboards are made every year. Most boards have a lifespan of a few years, some less, some more. They will end up in landfills, unlike these beautiful wood boards that will last for generations.

The price he asks is extremely reasonable considering the effort and quality. The best surfboards nowadays run about $1500. These are also works of art and will last for many years. But the vast majority of surfers buy boards for $700-800 that are more or less disposable. My brother orders ten new boards every year. Obviously this is far from sustainable with about half a million boards produced every year. Buying a board from Danny would easily pay for itself in a few years, yet would last for generations.

tell that to makers of furniture and musical instruments

@@rzadigi I don't agree with most of what you said but I respect your right to say it.

@@davidgough3512 Absolutely! It's pretty similar.

Can you suggest a low-impact sustainable glue that lasts decades and is waterproof and resistant to intense bending forces? Seriously, if you have one I'd love to know about it

@@TheAlbinoskunk what’s your definition of sustainable?

Yeah, it does seem like a marketing thing to pretend like it's environmentally friendly, just because he's using wood. And it's to be proven that his boards "last hundreds of years". Chances are, they dont, not nearly.

@@maxmeier532 shouldn't it be the plastic ones that last longer ?

They’re the oldest type of surfboard, the wooden boards are still used by they haven’t been used competitively in forever. It’s all polyurethane and fiberglass for the modern boards now, and because of the speed, size and performance of those boards they will remain the trend and continue improving into the future.

The surfboards are made from reclaimed materials!

Yes, and plastic bags have proven to be excellent as well. Why bother with eco bags? Why worry about the environment?