Hello Darikite, It looks like there is a break in the core as well which makes more involved to repair, if you can try to expose both sides for 2+ inches from the break , grind carefully down to the core ,trying to have a beveled shape down to the core from the face of the board not a sharp transiti...
hello, you can add a curved piece to the nose like the old f-one "Style" twintips ,make it as curved as you like to prevent getting caught in waves.
it can be bolted down with the fin screws
there is this older youtube film from slingshot showing their factory ,I guess in 2013 they used what look like local knotty spruce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCc9YHea62g
If you look at Slingshot boards they are made in the usa from what look like spruce
and they don't bother even choosing clear stuff ,there are knots visible in the wood core,
So no problem with local wood,
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