Bud Gardner Surfboard Table - Store Item #102

On May 6, 1966, Bud Gardner started building his brand of  beautiful surfboards, on May 6, 2009  Bud Gardner started his 44th year of building his brand of beautiful surfboards and in all that time, he has shaped and colored each and every one of them.  In 2007 Bud Gardner was honored by being nominated for induction into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame in the Pioneer Surfboard Builders' Division for 2008. 

This Bud Gardner Surfboard Table is about 50% scale, 5' 2". It is hand shaped with a Clark Foam blank with a 3/16" Spruce center stringer, 50/50 egg rails, square tail. Redwood and Balsawood laminated tail block with a glass-on classic longboard skeg. Laminated with 2 layers of 7 1/2 oz. fiberglass top and bottom. Glossed and polished. Color...."Old School" hand brushed pigmented resin. Bud Gardner has personally shaped and built these tables doing all phases of construction just like full sized surfboards with the same amount of highly skilled work going into each one. The table base for the surfboard is made out of Red Cedar wood personally designed and built by Bud Gardner. The table base comes apart in three pieces held together by two pegs. The surfboard will not fall off of the base, but can be easily lifted at any time. Can anyone guess how that's done?...Nope, it's not done with velcro? There are 4 more pictures of this beautiful surfboard below this description. Don't miss seeing them.