First shaping experience is about to commence. Been cruising these forums a while. Thought it would be wise to run an outline by a few of those more knowledgable. Attatched is a shape I’ve been toying with in aps3000. Any pointers would be highly valued.
If its any help I’m about 6’ 150 lbs.
disregard side profile as i did not tinker with rocker/foil in the program
thanks
…To me it looks like a good single for a thruster guy, kinda reminds me of the early 80s single fins. If it were me I would make a fuller nose though…
Josh.
Josh,
And for me, I would bring the nose rocker down on a fat little stubbie. Mike
Depends a bit on what sort of waves you’ll be riding. Back in the early eighties Joe Engel used to ride around 5’8" similar shape and rip, but he was generally riding Gold Coast point waves.
If you plan on riding average waves then I would put the wide point back to, or a little behind, centre.
I think you’re going to have fun making and riding a single, but there are no really good reasons for the old style planshape, unless you’re doing the retro thing.
Modern shapes work as singles too. It seems too many people disregard this fact, and modern shapes work better for a reason.
It also depends a lot on your style. Singles can do stuff others can’t, but relies much more on rider input.
It’s your board, have fun with it.
I"m with Wildy for sure…
WPoint back, and clean up that narrowness in the template on both sides of the WPoint. Those ears will catch on late takeoffs for sure!
Thank you for the feedback. I’ve been debating b/w a wider nose and the pointier one of the template. I like to set up my stance pretty far up on the board for the mellow, local pointbreak waves I usually surf; this is the reason I thought to put the widepoint up from center and thought about the wide nose. However I would also like this board to be able to hang when the surf picks up in the overhaed+ range which is why I thought to narrow the nose. You are all much more familiar with this though, so does this reasoning seem sound?
By the way, LeeDD, what exactly do you mean by “ears”?
Bottom contour ideas would also be appreciated. All I’ve considered is to put a slight vee in the nose to keep from pearling while noseriding, and go with a double concave out the back for some “grip”. But I really don’t have much of an idea how this would work.
Thank you all in advance
“ears”…
Your widepoint is too exagerated, sticking out too much, compared to the arcs in front of and behind the WPoint.
Looks like you tried to match incompatible curves to make your template, so the widest point in the board, and one foot above and below, have too tight an arc to match your overall template curve.
Looks like you’re trying to piece together various curves to make one surfboard, but the curves behind and in front of the WPoint are straighter, longer arcs.
V in front of WPoint, when you stand up there, will pearl and catch rails, for sure.