I finally decided to give a home made board a try. I used some of my existing skim boards to make the outline taking some of the features from each board to make a composite board.
The board is made of plywood with a lacquer finish. I put 4 coats on the bottom and 3 on the top. The pads came off of another board that I broke recently.
Today was my first ride on the new board. I was very concerned about how the board would ride as I kind of rushed through production as it was my first board. To my surprise the board rides great. It goes upwind better than any skim board I have ever rode and due to the thin rails I can hold down a lot of power without the board sliding out.
I am very happy with the board and hope to get lots of time on the water with it. I can not wait to make the next one.