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posted on 2-7-2016 at 09:48 PM

Alaia board?

I've been getting the itch to build an Alaia board. Any of you guys have experience with one? Sounds like they may be a fun lightwind option.

I was also wondering what the drawbacks might be of building out of cedar rather than paulownia wood? Paulownia seems to be quite a bit harder to find locally and fairly expensive. I've worked with cedar and balsa before - never paulownia so don't know much about it or how it compares to the other two.

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posted on 2-7-2016 at 10:10 PM

looks like cedar is suitable

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posted on 2-7-2016 at 10:25 PM

Oh - well there you go. Thanks Ssayre!

I just cut down my last wiliwili tree for handcrafted toothpicks, so I guess I'll have to revert to cedar.

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posted on 3-7-2016 at 02:41 AM

There's a couple of DIY threads on kiteforum.com

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posted on 3-7-2016 at 05:22 AM

Thanks Kamikuza!

There was a video made a few years back that used to have a link to DIY plans, but the link seems broke now. Still a cool video though:

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posted on 3-7-2016 at 10:58 AM

Cool!

I'm going to take a nap now

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posted on 8-7-2016 at 01:39 PM

waterlust plans

here's a link to waterlust's plans:

https://static.squarespace.com/static/52e55fb7e4b0423ffa1e0c...

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posted on 11-7-2016 at 12:15 PM

Awesome - thanks Glaucomys!

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posted on 26-9-2016 at 01:39 AM

Hi I would stick to Paulownia wood as everybody is using that.
Check http://www.NeoAlaia.com there are some "shape issues" explained.
Or you can google Naish Alaia dimensions, I can not find the link right now but somebody took the measurements out.