Shred some Foam - Homemade Skimboards.

My nephews are into all kinds of sports and in turn like to decorate their room as such. Well, one of the things they are into is skimboarding. When I was a kid down in Homestead we used to make our own out of plywood, so when their mom asked me if I'd do some custom paint on a couple she bought I figured I'd do better and make them.

So here's the deal, since they're going on the wall you want to use luan plywood, thin and light. The quickest way to get your template? We bought a skimboard, traced the outline on the luan, and of course returned the skimboard. Hey, sometimes it pays to be lazy!


Jigsaw works just fine on these.



For the tail I used a scroll saw. You can use the jigsaw just as easy, but I've got a scroll saw and wanted to play a little.


You want to be as close as possible to your line, but don't worry if it's a little wavy, luan sands real easy so you can knock those out.


I started out using the airbrush, but that became too time consuming.


So I opted for the good old original, spray paint.


The finished projects focused around their names. I then painted and drew in various surf brand names and symbols to try and make them look authentic.
The boys seemed pretty stoked (I think they still use that) and they should look good hanging on the wall. The boards that is.