Bronkema Surfboards

1. Your Name: Andrew Bronkema

2. Your Brand name: Bronkema Surfboards

3. How did you hear about us? on Surfline a very long time ago

4. How was your initial experience at Foam E-Z? GREAT!!

5. Why did you want to build your own board? I get a good, fun feeling out of making boards and knowing I'm riding something I made.

6. Shape of finished board? Round tail shortboard

7. Size of finished board: 6'6" x 19" x 2 3/8"

8. What blank did you use? 6'6" ice 9 blank

9. How was your board building experience? Best board I shaped to date. Although my other boards came out pretty good as well.

10. Did you use videos, books, web, other? Swaylocks once

11. What videos, books, web, other did you use? I have the JC glassing 101 DVD

12. Do you recommend these resources? Definitely.

13. What do you wish you knew going into this project? Well, I felt I pretty much knew what I was doing.

14. What would you recommend to someone else for their first time? Watch the DVD's, and try to soak up every last bit of information that any source gives you, and don't be afraid to ask for help!

15. What tools did you find most useful? I used to hate the planer just because I used to be scared I would take too much off or I would take too little off and spend a long time using either the surform or sanding block to get it to shape. But my last couple boards I felt really comfortable with it. The calipers I got from Foam E-Z helped a lot too.

16. Where did you run into trouble? The artwork I did on the bottom was a pain, since it was like my second time ever drawing wings. The first time was the sketch.

17. What kind of fin system did you use? FCS thruster.

18. Did you glass the board and what was that experience like? Yup the experience was awesome. I feel like I'm getting a lot better every board I make!