159:. Each board has an internal wooden frame onto which planks are glued before being sanded into shape. The frame forms the backbone of the hollow board and is intricately designed like an airplane wing. It takes up to 60 hours to construct a board, with many tiny pieces of wood used. The final step is to finish the board with fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin, which is necessary to prevent the wood from soaking up water.
113:, a major manufacturer of blank foam surfboards, shut down after disagreements with California's Environmental Protection Agency. This led surfers to rethink the environmental impact of their boards, and business at Grain picked up. Brad Anderson joined the company as co-owner, and Grain moved into a workshop at Side Hill Farm in York.
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Founded in 2005 in York, Maine, Grain has boat building and cabinetry influences. The first of Grain's boards were constructed in co-founder Mike LaVecchia's basement. A New
England magazine, N'East, featured a story about the startup, which was followed up by a report by the Associated Press in
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campaign in 2013 to raise funds for a bus and trailer to use as a mobile workshop for board building classes. The campaign was successful, raising over $ 40,000 in one month. In keeping with the company's green ethos, the bus is powered by alternative fuel.
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create a limited edition of boards made from whisky barrels. The board was made from
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120:'Biscuit' since 2009. The original Biscuit won the 2008 Surf Industry Manufacturers Association Award. The Wood Biscuit is heavier than a fiberglass board, but the extra weight gives better momentum over choppy water.
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added for color accent. Grain manufactures custom boards, as well as selling kits and offering classes where surfers can build their own boards.
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classes with Grain and build their own boards, they share images of this on social media, which fuels further interest in Grain's surfboards.
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