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Re: Welcome Back Mark
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 5/6/2002, 6:32 pm
In Response To: Welcome Back Mark (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

It's me, though I'm just passin' through for now.

Here's a bit more on the skimboard topic...

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Geyser/8083/skimpro.html

How to make your skimboard FASTER!!!
I have known about it for years, but yesterday I slapped on a quick coat of bowling alley wax on my board bottom and it was mindblowing. It slid on the dry sand like ball bearings. The mental effect is astounding, the board just hauls ass over the water. Plus, your bottom won't wear out. I have seen only a few boards over the years that had been protected this way and there was no pitting or scouring from the sand. Another vital bit of valuable knowledge from Victoria Skimboards. I believe almost any hard car wax will work, heck, try your moms floor wax. Pete Rash of Virginia Beach turned us onto the Bowling Alley wax years ago. Really hard stuff. I think you have to reapply it every 3 to 5 days of skimming. TRY IT!

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Jack Sanderson -- 5/6/2002, 9:32 am
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
JJ Atkinson -- 7/18/2002, 9:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Chubb` -- 6/23/2002, 3:50 am
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
B -- 7/18/2002, 6:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Shawn Baker -- 7/18/2002, 6:49 pm
Re: Non skid deck
Mark Kanzler -- 5/7/2002, 1:59 pm
Re: Non skid deck ideas
Mark Kanzler -- 5/7/2002, 2:44 pm
Re: Non skid deck ideas
Eamon -- 6/15/2002, 5:20 pm
Re: Skim board learning
Dave Houser -- 6/16/2002, 12:58 am
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Jack Sanderson -- 5/7/2002, 9:54 am
Re:Rocker
Rehd -- 5/7/2002, 9:46 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Bob -- 5/7/2002, 10:48 am
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Mark Kanzler -- 5/6/2002, 4:57 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Mark Kanzler -- 5/6/2002, 5:08 pm
Welcome Back Mark
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/6/2002, 5:38 pm
Re: Welcome Back Mark
Mark Kanzler -- 5/6/2002, 6:32 pm
Liquid Speed water wax
Jack Sanderson -- 5/8/2002, 9:35 am
Re: Liquid Speed water wax
Eamon -- 6/15/2002, 5:24 pm
Re: Welcome Back Mark
Craig -- 5/6/2002, 8:23 pm
Re: Welcome Back Mark
David Hanson -- 5/7/2002, 12:41 pm
Re: Bowling Alley Wax
Mark Kanzler -- 5/7/2002, 1:39 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Mark Kanzler -- 5/6/2002, 5:00 pm
Re: Epoxy: Building a Skim Board
Dave Houser -- 5/6/2002, 3:37 pm
Re: Epoxy: Building a Skim Board
Eamon -- 6/15/2002, 5:13 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Ben Staley -- 5/6/2002, 1:50 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
KenC -- 5/6/2002, 1:33 pm
Re: Epoxy: Help Building a Skim Board
Don Lucas -- 5/6/2002, 11:38 am
Indy 500 design plan
David Hanson -- 5/6/2002, 10:25 am