Another fun board that was a pure experiment. I shaped it awhile ago and may even of posted a picture of it on my shaping stand… Took it to our friend Charlie to put the wood veneer on and told him no rush. When I got it back I was blown away at how nice it turned out. Charlie does great work! The thing that kinda bummed me out was my shape. I had since narrowed my tails, updated my thickness and foil etc… After I got the board back it sat in my shed a few weeks before I decided to try it. I thought it was way to wide, too much rocker, going to be slow, etc…
First time I stood on it was in my pool. Very stable to stand on. After that I took it to the surf and for the last 3 weeks its been my go to board. Very fun! When its small like waist to head high, I have no better SUP board. The extra wide tail makes the board very loose. When the waves get some juice then of course the tail is too wide but its still a fun board… Its limit seems to be waves around 10’ face. Smaller if its really hollow… A very welcome surprise especially when I was ready to get rid of it before I rode it… Haha!!
9’-3" x 27-1/2" x 4-1/2 th x 23 nose x 19-1/2 tail A true fat bugger!
The other day in Town. Fun waves on a really fun board…
is the rocker similar to the 11’ “mickey” you show us in action before ?
I never measured either but it seems this board has about the same rocker for its length which is a hair too much but with a straighter curve towards the nose. You can account that to my doo-doo shaping skills. I was really shooting for a flatter mid section! Haha! This board paddles unreal for a 9-3… I did some crazy late take-offs in the pit with it. Its so short for a SUP you can spin around at the last minute… The board is very fun but not magic. Plenty things we’re changing but it was a welcome surprise that it works as well as it does… With the APS3000 we are able to take what works off this thing and tweak it into our Hot Rods that we got coming… As far as more pictures, that’s all the guy gave me…
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What is the final weight ?
Any side stringers (balsa or composite) ?
Never weighed it but by far the lightest SUP board I’ve ever felt. Its 1 lb foam… Only a center stringer that is cedar…
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q: legropes , or not ?
would it break your leg / ankle having one on if you ever wiped out , I wonder ??
Chip,
I always wear one because it really sucks swimming for your board AND paddle. They do pull very hard! Haha! We’ve been discussing amongst our other SUP surfers here about wearing light weight vests this winter. One of our friends already does when its big. Just a safety issue as we are getting into some heavy days out there. We all have families so it makes sense. Some of these guys really considering it are heavy duty watermen that I respect. If they feel we should consider it then it sounds valid to me… I know a handful of days last winter I would of felt better with one on for sure.
would you ever put two legrope plugs in , for double leash days , or is it better sometimes to be away from the board [apart from OTHER surfers copping it, of course ?!]
And , have you EVER ridden them as just SINGLE fins , or were they too skittery / too much fin needed , as a single fin setup ?
Never tried the 2 plug thing yet. Maybe on our guns we should… Safer for all like you say…
I’ve tried Singles, twins etc and on these wide tails I really fell in love with the Cutaway center and H2 sides. The only thing I been adjusting is fin location and size of the cutaway. I use the 7.5" one on this wide tail but one day it was bigger and I used the 8" and it held in really nice but I lost that ease of turning which is what makes this board so fun… Now I just leave the 7.5 and if I get a bigger wave I just go with the flow and if I eat sh*t, oh well! Haha! This is a small wave board and that’s about it…
Great board. It looks like a mini version of my 12’3" balsa skinned SUP. Those are some nice shots of the waves. Was that at Threes or Pops? Mokulele said he saw you out at Waikiki side and said you were paddling in and out of the breaks with ease. Us rookies are envious!
I been busy trying to get SUP #2 in the water. I just glassed it and I am working on the fin box and plugs. I don’t know how you finished your protoypes in two days. I need to take your energy pills because these big boards take some much work and epoxy does take a while to dry.
Hey, I combined sealing the board with foam staining the blank. I mixed Q-cel, pigment and epoxy as a sealant. It colored the board, filled in the cracks and sealed. I even tried doing an acid splash on the bottom using this technique. It worked pretty well. I’ll be posting pictures of the finish product soon.
Howzit Uncle D! It was at In-Betweens. Jamie shot it from the Kaisers channel. The wave eventually closes out into Kaisers left where you can blast off the top or just pull into a close out tube. Very fun! Its been so fun out there lately…
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What I want to know is how you get shots in Town…with no one out? Isn’t Town like one of the most crowded places on earth?
llilibel, yup, Town gets insanely crowded but I got it pretty wired moving throughout the breaks up and down the coast. I surf the best spots for a couple waves then move on. I ride everything from closeouts to the mushy ones but pick off the screamers when I’m in position. I stay active and rarely stand around for long… Ha! That sounded funny! So far, I’ve been able to catch at least 40 to 60+ waves every surf in town without bumming anyone out. If you’re willing to catch the junk waves nobody wants along with good ones on occasion you can keep moving and surfing the whole time… That’s what I love about SUP surfing… Waves you normally would pass up are fun too…Ride the whitewater all the way as far as it will take you… I rarely ever kick out! Haha! That sequence was a spot that had only 3 of us out. It was one of the better sets and the other guys already got their waves so I was out there alone when that one came… It closed out not to far after the pictures… Not to many guys surf there because 4 out of 5 waves closeout.
Hi Carve, I had to tell you about my dream last night.
I went to visit you in the islands, me and another mainland buddy. You lent us stand up boards. The surf was thumping outside- 3 foot Hawaiian… 6’-8’ for us Caliboys. I was kind of nervous and the first thing I thought as I paddled out was, “Bad thing about these stand up boards - if I s#$t in my trunks from fear everyone in the lineup will see.”
You immediately caught a couple of waves (on a blue kayak? dreams are weird) and were just streaking…and trying to ignore us, like, “I don’t know those two guys.” Then a set wave came, kind of a close out like you described and I paddled for it, made the drop, “wow, that was easy,” then bottom turned, burying the paddle into the face, and was blown away by the CARVING sensation. By that time I was in a narrow channel between two breakwaters (??? dreams are kind of weird) and had to kick out. I had so much speed, though, that I kept going around and completed a 360 behind the wave and caught thenext wave behind it without missing a beat. Did another CARVE and then kicked out, totally stoked.
Since I’ve been drydocked all summer because of my surfer’s ear operation, that was the best surf I’ve had in 2 months! And if that is the sensation you really get, no wonder you do the SUP trip and call yourself CARVE.
