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The full guide

Build your own carbon wingfoil board

The step-by-step guide, from the foam blank to the first session: the complete build of a 6'1 x 26" carbon wingfoil board, told step by step with photos.

Guide cover: the finished yellow and black wingfoil board, standing on the beach

The full guide as a PDF

  • 163 pages and over 300 photos and diagrams
  • 11 chapters, in the real order of the build
  • The mixes and weigh-ins of every step
  • Instant download, readable on computer, tablet and phone

€19VAT included

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What's inside

It is not a summary: it is an amateur's complete workshop log, with the methods actually used, the resin weighed at every step, the mistakes to avoid and the tricks learned along the way.

  1. Introduction and materials: the workshop, tools, resins, cloth and consumables.
  2. Preparing the shape: mounting plate, US boxes, braces, handle and leash plug.
  3. Choosing your lamination method: wet lay-up or vacuum, sandwich, choice of cloth.
  4. Bottom: reinforcement patches and main lamination.
  5. Deck: preparation and partial PVC sandwich.
  6. Deck: inserts and leash plug.
  7. Deck: main lamination.
  8. Opening the boxes and sanding.
  9. Filler coat and decoration.
  10. Logo, hot coat, finishing and pad.
  11. Epilogue: the weight step by step, from the 2.3 kg blank to the 6.7 kg finished board, and back on the water.

At the end of every chapter, a mixes summary table (resin, hardener, fillers, ratio to cloth), and throughout the guide dozens of links to selected videos and resources. Metric units throughout.

Preview

Contents page
The contents
Page from chapter 4 on the box patches
A detailed step
Mixes summary table of chapter 4
The chapter's mixes
Table of the board's weight step by step
The weight, step by step

Who is it for?

DIY riders who want to build their first composite board, and those who have already shaped and want to move on to carbon and vacuum bagging. No lamination experience needed, but a minimum of tools and patience, yes. The site's free guides (lamination, vacuum bagging, DIY vacuum pump…) are a good place to start, and the calculator prices your project.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get the guide? Right after payment, Payhip emails you a download link. The PDF is yours: you can keep it on all your devices.

Can I share it? The guide is for your personal use. Please don't share it: it represents hundreds of hours of work.

Is it a translation? Yes, of the original French edition (guide complet), with the same photos and layout. Some of the shops, videos and groups mentioned are French.

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