I heard about these last year when my friend Sascha came back from Maker Faire full of tales of beautiful surfboards made of cardboard. Now that Maker Fair is coming around again, I’m again interested in whether Mike Sheldrake has started to produce these for the average Joe (he’s made one for Alex Knost but to my knowledge has started selling them yet, referring to do more R&D first). What are they? They’re surfboards made completely of cardboard that are put together in a shape and pattern used in by aerospace applications to make the weak material strong by dispersing the support throughout the board. This cardboard is then draped with the normal fiberglass and resin to make it watertight. They’re made out of material that is often made of recycled material, and lets just face it: They look just plain rad. Mike’s site is here, although last time I checked no one was home. Hmmm maybe he’ll be at this year’s Maker Faire. Video of assembly after the break.
