Converting an old twintip into foil board. Seen cork decking on some boards. Any cork flooring would do or there is some 'special marine grade' I would need and where to get it in Perth?

Or forget cork and use some other foam decking? Twintip has little float, need something that would improve float. I checked my foil bolted to it in the pool, it floats, but only just...

I've been mucking around with building a few boards in the shed since December - mostly poly blanks with stringers, mix of glass / carbon / innegra, epoxy resin and now vac bagging - great fun.

May other backyard builders out there? What have you been working on?

Five boards so far, from first in Jan'17 to latest in August '17;
4"11 Vader copy - too many materials to mention, hand layup, PU blank epoxy resin.


Botched shape, but great construction - 6' Wainman Magnum copy, Balsa Deck with carbon polyflex glass. First Vac Bagged board.

5'2" Vader copy - exposed cork deck with Carbon tail and rails. Cork goes really well (grippy, doesn't affect flex).


First surfboard and resin tints - 6'4" Hypto Krypto shape - 6/4 4/4 glass.




Latest board for a mate - 5'2" Vader with bat tail and flyers. inserts, detailed resin tints - best one so far. Dek layup is Cork, inegra and quad poly flex with reinforcement on the heels, bottom is carbon tapes in the middle, then quad polyflex and 2x 4oz glass (solid board). all Vac bagged.