Due to hip problem I am now unable to ride my 9’10’’ noserider and have been struggling on a 6’6’’ short board due to the width being more gentle to me when sitting - 191/2’’ . Its been fun sometimes but overall i get frustrated and grumpy . I miss my longboard and the smiles . Is it possible to have a 9’ longboard ,low nose rocker at a max of 20’’ wide . Alternative could go for 8’ Evolution widetailed v bottom ,but wonder about noseriding characteristics of that model or could that outline be adapted for noseriding . Wide tail would assist in catching waves at least .Read on a thread that there is a 8’Yater spoon but cant find much info on it .
The Yater website (www.yater.com) shows a Spoon Series in limited editions. Betcha Lauren would make one for ya if Rennie’s not doing them anymore …Sounds like your best bet but the shipping would be a killer! Longboard House in Florida had a used 8’+ Yater Spoon last time I was there and they say they ship worldwide … check 'em out at www.longboardhouse.com …
If you intention isn’t to make it yourself why not talk to a UK shaper? Can’t see where you live in the UK but you’ll only be a few hundred miles max from a shaper, plenty of good shapers could make you something, and support the flagging UK surf industry at the same time.
I’m sure you’ll find a way, what about one of the peanut boards?.
I am riding Cord shaped in Aggie and they will be doing this one . I wanted to use the font of knowledge at Sways to come up with a few ideas before i pester Chops . Went through resources and could not find anything shape wise that registered 20’’ wide that wasn’t gunny .What i am thinking is a 8’ , pig outline, rolled bottom wide tail.What about a step deck or S deck ? Thought of a classic hull but waves here are not always that perfect.All ideas gratefully received
Your gonna find it hard to have a longboard outline thats 9 feet long that has only 20 inches of width. If you keep the nose full, then you have parallel rails. So you limited to board length to keep the curve your looking for. Even an 8’0" is going to look a bit off @ 20". Can you go any wider? even a 1/4 to 1/2? I’d also look more to a high performance speed egg shape, or maybe the dreaded fun shape. A bit more pulled in nose, and a bit more pulled in tail will do wonders for the 8’0" outline 20". if not it’s going to look like a pencil.
Exactly that. Spent the whole day thinking about it and seems to be the direction to take … How have you found it surf wise and what are the other dimensions please ?
I bought it as a connection to the history of surfing at my local break (Alexandra Headland) since it was Chops and Humphrey’s stamping grounds back in the days when they started Cord here.
Great to paddle and glides into waves with ease.
With the combination of the rails and V through the tail it doesn’t like to be pushed hard even with that big single fin. The fin will break free if you push hard off the tail while surfing it off your back foot.
Takes some getting used to surfing forward and using the rails. Very good acceleration from the big concave underfoot though.
I only take it out in small beachbreaks or at Alexandra Headland when its a couple of foot and not many longboarders being greedy.
Then its a tonne of fun.
Its not a performance shape so much as a shape that you can have a lot of fun gliding, trimming, drop knee turning and cruising on.
It’s tucked away in my parents garage so I’ll have to remember to take a tape to it tomorrow for you.
Making one at 8’ would make it a great paddler/wave catcher.
Since i started this thread thought I would give up date on what I went for . I went the Acid Drop route though adapted it to be 8’ 16’’ 21’’ 151/2’‘. I have had her out at a couple feet up to to head and a bit and find she is very adaptable . Good paddler and fast rail to rail , it might be my imagination but i seem to be going faster and beating sections that close out enabling me to get to a clean face .I can feel transition nature of the board as it has the longboard stability underfoot and yet it wants to go from rail to rail and turns so much quicker . First time walking it was like stepping on ice and she threw me . Next time I made it but really it feels there is no need to get all the way to the nose as she wants to go fast without it. However i am persevering just for the hell of it . Answered a few questions I had on film Evolution as to why there was no noseriding on the 8’ boards . I am in love with this board and the new feeling i am getting with the accentuated V and quite surprised that more of these boards have not had more exposure .Next couple of days it should be getting double overhead here so I will put her through to the next realm . My smile is back
You might want to consider a Tom Morey Swizzle design or a Meyerhoffer design longboard.Both have a sidecut template like a ski and will be easy to sit on. I have experience on a swizzle and they do nose ride well,[find at catch a wave website i think].The Meyerhoffer design is a lot more extreme and i have only seen pictures of them.look on the GSI website I believe that modern may be going into Production of them .If for nothing else to look at them and maybe get a local builder in your area with and open mind take a wack at one. Good Luck i hope you find a solution to the problem.
glad you have a board that suits you…I have recently had shaped for me a 8 ft fish. 21 inch wide with a little more thickness forward for easier paddling…well I am having as much fun as you…you get all the wave catching capacity of my longboards but get the skating feeling of a fish and much more manouvaribility…funny that when faced with an adversity you end up beeing happier than before…keep up the stoke.
I think you’re on the right track by moving toward an something around 8’0". Being able to move fore and aft on the board is part of what you’d like to do on it. There will be sacrifices of paddle power by going to a shorter board but there will be the be greater acceleration on the smaller board, which isn’t a bad thing. I think the first call is to decide how wide of a board your hips will tolerate. The ration of length to width will have everything to do with how well the board will perform. When when you change one thing on a board everything else changes. Obviously you’ll want a nose width that will support nose riding and give you a good plaining surface to get into waves easily. I would say that 16 to 17 inches would be a good call. The wide point ought to be about 21 to 21.5" IMHO. With the wide point an inch or two forward the board will project nicely, still turn easily and tend to hold in when you on the nose if it’s fined well. The tail width will depend completely on what kind of fin set-up you’re looking toward and what kind of bottom configuration you fancy.
I hope something here is of help, at the least it’ll provoke a few worthwhile thoughts.
