Glass Tiger, is run by me Mark Roberts.

I make bespoke, custom, wood/EPS, surfboards that are not externally glassed.

The boards are constructed with hard wood veneers and hard wood parabolic rails, over an EPS blank.

I set up this blog to document the latest boards, developments, and generally any other stuff thats in the mix.



http://www.glass-tiger.com/



Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Walnut Sol













































Jo's Walnut 8' Sol.
Walnut 1.5mm flat cut veneer, Iroko nose and tail blocks, chestnut rails with mahogany pin lines, varnish finish with mat speed coat.
8' x 21 3/4'' x 2 7/8''.
Go go coco.

Sunday, 3 April 2011






This is a recent board I made for Olly,
Its a short single fin, inspired by early single fins.
The length is only 5'10'' with the volume hidden in the wide point slightly forward.
The rocker is reasonable flat, with v running all the way through, flatting off at the tail.
Ollys stoked... Good times

Thursday, 17 March 2011

... and with seconds to spare
















Tim and I built this bonzer clean line for his Mentawais trip, we managed to get it finished just in time!
Hopefully he will return with some good photos and epic tails... watch this space.

Saturday, 8 January 2011

Where is that!








































Pete who bought the Freak fish, just sent through some great pics of him surfing 'Le Freak' at his local point in Scotland. I was blown away by how good the set up looks, but was told this is a fairly rare occurrence, never the less looks awesome.
Nice one Pete... nice top turn too!

Thursday, 30 December 2010

The freak fish























I have just finished another colaberation board with Tim Stafford.
This 'freak fish' has standard bonzer side bites, and a double rear fin, all glassed in.

Its designed for medium sized waves.

I love the stain work Tim has done on this board, its the first board we have really gone to town on creatively speaking.
This board now is freaking for Pete up in Scotland.

Monday, 20 December 2010