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The Tales of Tom Tucker

World famous snowboard instructor Tommy Arnold struts his English language skills and explains his life as a snowboard bum…

The final frontier of Board Building on Vancouver Island, Canada

June 19, 2015November 14, 2011 by tomtucker

Hey folks, Tom here again at Section 8 HQ and here it is… the Pièce de résistance as they say. The final installment of building a snowboard on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. So as we stand, pretty much everything is good to go and most of the work is done. The base material has been …

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How to Build a Snowboard on Vancouver Island – Part Deux

June 19, 2015November 10, 2011 by tomtucker

Welcome back guys and girls, hopefully you enjoyed the first instalment of building a snowboard on Vancouver Island and your checking in again to see how were getting on here at Section 8 HQ! The snow is starting to fall on Mt Washington already and I dont know about you but I’m thinking about getting …

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Making a snowboard - cutting out veneer

Building a Hand Made Snowboard on Vancouver Island – Volume 1

June 19, 2015November 2, 2011 by tomtucker

Hey guys and girls, Welcome back to the next episode of the tales of Tommy Tucker!! Hopefully everyone is starting to think at least about the upcoming winter. I know I am as its raining and i’m wishing that snow was falling rather than water! I am going to be writing about building snowboards this week …

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