Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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Make a windsurfer into a Wave Ski
Its summer time and the surf is beckoning!
I have a classic old Mistral windsurfer kicking around never being used, which seemed such a shame...
...so why not give it a second life and make it into a Wave Ski.
For those not familiar with a wave ski, it is a sit on canoe that is used in surf much like a surfboard with little fins at the back to help keep it on the wave face.
They also have added buoyancy at the rear to assist in staying on the wave.
An old windsurfer will be great...won't it!
Chop off the end of the windsurfer and cut a slot in the main board for the fin to poke through.
Due to the curved shapes of the deck and bottom of the board, I made up some timber wedges and glued it all together. With the addition of some extra foam to form a boxy rear end, then cover with glass fibre cloth and brush on resin.
Follow the mixing quantities of the resin that you use.
I re-fixed the foot straps to the board by making up some ply inserts and glued + fibre glassed these to the board.
Print off some templates and spray some graphics and finish off with more paint on the top.
Surfs up!
Well Cornwall wasn't very big the day I went, to be honest there very nearly wasn't any surf!
But who cares I had a great time playing in the water on my own wave ski made from rubbish.
Music - Chess Pieces by Silent Partner
'Its a Rubbish Challenge' is a challenge that I set myself to give the things that we throw away a new life, to make them useful or adapt them to save buying in new 'stuff'.
I aim to upload a new video every few weeks and undoubtedly they will all be different. Some of the rubbish will be adapted with electronics, some are instruments and others are just simple.
I aim to make them all interesting and I hope they may inspire you to give it a go, take a look at your rubbish bin and make yourself something great from it.
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pricklysauce.com
Make a windsurfer into a Wave Ski
Its summer time and the surf is beckoning!
I have a classic old Mistral windsurfer kicking around never being used, which seemed such a shame...
...so why not give it a second life and make it into a Wave Ski.
For those not familiar with a wave ski, it is a sit on canoe that is used in surf much like a surfboard with little fins at the back to help keep it on the wave face.
They also have added buoyancy at the rear to assist in staying on the wave.
An old windsurfer will be great...won't it!
Chop off the end of the windsurfer and cut a slot in the main board for the fin to poke through.
Due to the curved shapes of the deck and bottom of the board, I made up some timber wedges and glued it all together. With the addition of some extra foam to form a boxy rear end, then cover with glass fibre cloth and brush on resin.
Follow the mixing quantities of the resin that you use.
I re-fixed the foot straps to the board by making up some ply inserts and glued + fibre glassed these to the board.
Print off some templates and spray some graphics and finish off with more paint on the top.
Surfs up!
Well Cornwall wasn't very big the day I went, to be honest there very nearly wasn't any surf!
But who cares I had a great time playing in the water on my own wave ski made from rubbish.
Music - Chess Pieces by Silent Partner
'Its a Rubbish Challenge' is a challenge that I set myself to give the things that we throw away a new life, to make them useful or adapt them to save buying in new 'stuff'.
I aim to upload a new video every few weeks and undoubtedly they will all be different. Some of the rubbish will be adapted with electronics, some are instruments and others are just simple.
I aim to make them all interesting and I hope they may inspire you to give it a go, take a look at your rubbish bin and make yourself something great from it.
Why not subscribe to catch all of the videos as soon as they are uploaded : youtube.com/channel/UCL2soflHdZyT0PgrVxakxWA?sub_confirmation=1
Visit my website to see what I am creating at pricklysauce.com
Or Like my Facebook page : facebook.com/pricklysauce
Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com/Pricklysauce
Hot news! I am now on Instructables : instructables.com/member/pricklysauce
Thanks for watching and please come back to watch some more.
