Can’t stay away from Sway’s, but I’ve learned my lesson I guess in asking “why” to certain things. Anyways, I decided to just do what I wanted on this noserider, which is basically a LOT of things that folks said “NO” to, and it turned out fine…Here’s some pics of the board after sanding the hotcoat(the “mess” on the top and bottom is just dust that hasn’t been blown off yet) and painting on a stripe. Not sure if I’ll do more painting over the hotcoat or not. It went smooth and looks great (to me), so I just might go nuts with more stripes or something. Still deciding on what to do about a gloss or acrylic sealer. Thanks to everyone who had anything constructive to say in the process…
Looks like you did just fine. My only critique would be the placement of the stripe. On classic noseriders the stripe is placed 1/4 back from the tip. Yours looks too far back.
looks great ten0. i know you are looking to noseride and thats why the box is as far back as you can get it. better that way. did you sink the box so that you can play with fins? update this when/if you spray seal it, i am considering that for my next log. thanks!
I can't tell from a photo how far forward your box is. If it's less than five inches you can compensate by the fin you choose and it's rake. I never set a box closer to the tail than 4--41/2" but prefer 5--51/2" for a "Progressive longboard at 9'2" or 9'. I go 51/2" -- 6" on anything longer that is considered classic.
most classic nr’s have glass ons all the way back. this gives the best feel, or at least the most classic feel, for full on toe hanging logs. so the box should go as far back as possible. why stop at 4. crazy talk. the only limitation should be tail thickness.
Theres a reason shapers started moving fins off the tailblock in the late sixties and during the longboard resurgence during the eigthies thru present. That being that longboards with the fin set right on the tail block are dogs.
I agree with both of you, but particularly “No1”. For an old school nose rider, for ME, the farther back the fin, the better. Think CJ Nelson dims, that’s what this is basically. On my very first nose rider that I shaped 10 years ago(which is my daily driver, and what this board is modeled after), I shaped the tail to thin to put a box in. I shaped this one a hair thicker so that I could do a box, but the fin will still sit right at the tail. I can post video of me surfing the first one and this one too(in a few weeks) to show you the nose riding capabilities…
Oh yeah, I added another stripe…it’s not placed where it “should” be, it’s over a sanded epoxy hotcoat(120 grit), and I’m going to spray U-Pol over it for the finish coat! Oh the horror!!! I even waited more than 3 days to sand it!! ;)
They're dogs because the only thing they're good for is straight line surfing. Never said they didn't do "one" thing well. There's just more to surfing a longboard than "tip time".
