![]() Tanya (23) is a guide at the Holodomor memorial in the capital, originally from a town close to Odesa where her mother and brother still live. Tears and anger are close to the surface. There is not a Ukrainian you will meet, no matter their political persuasion, who is unaffected, whether refugees from Mariupol, Kharkiv and elsewhere which have been devastated under Russian bombardment over the past 70 days, or citizens of Kyiv or Lviv. He represents a deep well of patriotism, however, derived from thousands of years of history and today swelled by Russia's actions. On the Ukrainian side, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky has epitomised Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression. It's a sombre reminder of the human cost of war, and of the pain and suffering of those dealing with the aftermath.īut it is also personal in other respects. If you missed these and the similar photographic collages, you could not miss the thousands of “Czech hedgehog” anti-tank barricades, military and police checkpoints, and sandbagged bunkers, shopfronts and metro stations, along with the burnt-out tanks and other detritus of war now lining the intended Russian route into Kyiv in the early days of this war. ![]() In the west, the landings on the grand marble staircase in the governor's offices in Lviv are dotted with pictures of the families of servicemen and women who have lost their lives defending their territory. It’s not what you would call a fish because I’m going to have a squash tail on it but it’s similar in the way that it would ride.The walk up the hill to the presidency in Kyiv from Maidan square is lined with black-and-white pictures of soldiers who have lost their lives in defence of Ukraine since the Russian invasion on 24 February. These are some photos of the pattern I have glued onto quarter inch marine grade Akune plywood it’s a 5‘6“ wide thick quad made for small waves. It is an incredibly rewarding experience to ride something that you’ve made especially when you’re taking off on a double overhead steep critical wave, and then getting barreled and paddling back out for more and knowing you’re the only one that you know that’s doing that. The way I construct the board is a little time consuming but I really enjoy making surfboards. The way I make boards are what’s known as the strip plank style where I put anywhere between 1/4 of an inch to a 1 inch wide board that is a quarter of an inch thick and I use a nose and Cove router bit to allow for a positive placement between the boards, as their bending, and curving over the spine and rib frame. It is it going from a complete unknowing amateur to someone who knows what they’re doing as a serious hobby, and knows how to problem solve and make needed adjustments to issues that arise in the board making process. ĭiscovering and using your program has taken my board making skills to a whole different level. ![]() The boards that I’m currently working on our typical small board shapes thrusters anywhere from 7’4” down as small as 5’10”. After I design everything on the AKU program I then export it to the hollow wooden board, template maker, software program, and print out the pattern for the spine and ribs. I use the AKU shaper program to design the layout rocker and where the ribs are going to be placed using the slices program. I’ve gotten much better at reducing the weight by using a thinner cloth and I’m now using the FCS II fin system. I’ve been making hollow wooden surfboards for the last six years and over the last two.
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