The thought always occurs to me though, if I do a bamboo core with a bamboo composite... is there really any point to the composite, other than something to hold the epoxy in place? This is getting a little off topic but this is how I've been thinking about it: I am by no means a composites expert ...

What kind of weave was it? Just a biax? I've been very curious about bamboo fabrics, but hesitant because of how light/thin they are. The bamboo fabric I've used is biax. I have been surprised with it's torsional stiffness but I haven't done any quantitative analysis yet. From purely subjective on-...

I've been playing around with using bamboo fabric to replace the 22oz. triax I generally use. I purchased the bamboo fabric from Greenlight Surf Supply. I'm guessing the fabric is manufactured for clothing, which is not what I expected. It feels like a super stretchy and soft t-shirt material. It's ...

I don't want to state the obvious but I just have to say that this site is amazing! That said, I'm starting the process of fabricating my own ski press and I'm looking for the required materials. Inexpensive 5" LDH seems to be the most difficult thing to get my hands on. If anyone has a lead wh...