With the emphasis on racing 14' boards rather than unlimited, I had an old DC 16' with steering that just didn't sell on Seabreeze.


A great board but more suited to big Hawaii conditions than ours with the front one & 1/2 feet of the board always out the water. Think DC, Lacey and Alain amongst others owned it in the past.
So I decided to strip it back, removing the worn out deck pad strips and two coats of paint to find a full carbon board. A deep breath and i cut off off a foot off the front and back and shaped the nose back using a 9" angle grinder. I redid the new nose again with carbon but found it was too blunt and wide, pushing water so back to the angle grinder again.
This time i attached extra foam to round out the sides of the nose, adding extra volume to the top and base of the nose. A quick paddle and was impressed by the lack of noise and glide. Then the long process of sanding, spraying in two pack and fitting a new deck pad.








Next project maybe take an older white Javelin with a sunken deck to improve stability and painted Fanatic red to go faster.........

What a top job, well done...it looks fast

WOW!!!! It turned out great John, alot better than I expected. Have you taken it around the lake yet??

I did own that board and painted it white so the carbon would not generate heat, lacey I am not sure, kelly margetts before me.
Huge effort, I am impressed

Did I hear dale crying good effort through Looks a bit like the Corbin well the paint job at least
The original tail looked a bit like this



And I can tell you this thing is super super fast

Excellent work. I love recycled boards!

Hi Tony. Hope you're still looking after that Zone board. Just looked for a name so got Jet being "John's experimental type". Tha main thing is it really works given the basics from the master shaper DC were there already.
It's very stable, fast enough for 27" and cuts through the incomming waves easily. Also surfs well as a bonus.

Very cool John...great idea. Maybe I should give you my "unbought on Seabreeze" DC17' to turn into a 14' or better still a 12'6". Then could you bring it over here ?

Lacey i hung my head in shame when i seen this post I think i had the right idea , the exacution was a little lacking