Now that fishes are ridden standing up , is there any reason why the “butt crack” is 6" deep , apart from maybe “tradition” ?
I ask , because I remember reading that , ‘back in the day’ , it was because of “flippers dragging in the water” [when it was kneeboarded , in the late ‘60s onwards] . I think Steve Lis found the fishtail better for that reason ? [Although why a wide square tail , like Peter Crawford’s "Slabs’’ had , wouldn’t have done the same job or better , I am not sure of , exactly]
anyway , that aside …
Also , with a narrower “butt crack” , there is the option of having a back / single fin setup , for thruster, “2 +1” , and or 5 fin setups .
Just curious …
ben
the only reason I could think of , off the top of my head , is that with a 12" wide tip to tip measurement , a 3" deep “butt crack” may look even weirder than a 6" deep one …which moves me to my second question…
…WHY NOT make the tip to tip measurement NARROWER ? [ie: more curve in the bottom half of the board’s outline ]