About to start a new board, give me some ideas

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Ok so ive built 5 boards so far - obvisously i didnt shape these exact boards but i did my best to copy them.

8 x 22 x 3 Rusty Mini Tanker for my girlfriend

6 x 2.75 x 2.68 Lovelace Pedestrian Ship - love this thing came out awesome.

6’5 x 20 x 2.5 Jim Banks Revolution Step up - too much continous rocker for the waves were im at - this one came out wierd. Will sell it but almost feel guilty selling it.

6’1.5" x 19.50 x 2.0 Squash tail thruster for the the local fast riffling non barreling heavy reef break this board is good, but i should have gone a quarter inch thicker for a little better volume

5’9 x 20.88 x 2.25 CI Febs fish love this board but i put too much staged rocker in the nose and the take offs are a little slow. feels like it plows a bit, shouldnt have put as much flip in it.

All the custrions are EPS, some with some without a stringer and all with flax and and s cloth. some times 4 ounce some times 6 ounce.

I’m trying to decided what to do for my next board. Either I refine and remake one of the shapes ive already made or I make a a net new board. If i go net new i want to do a mini simmons -esque groveller like a lost party platter or go tomo neutrino or something along those lines.

Part of my process is using akushaper to best i can get the outline and rocker profile, which is something i struggled with getting good images for the rocker of the febs fish.

What do y’all recommend? Make a net new shape or try to refine one ive already got?

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I have been absolutely in love with Corey Graham’s outlines of late. Look him up on insta. I believe he’s out of Torquay. His curves are amazing. I made a quad fish off of one of his shapes that is my first magic board I’ve had in 33 years.

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you didnt happen to use a program to make that outline did you? and had you would you be willing to share the outline / file?

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Yeah, I used Acushaper. I can see if I can send you the file. What is your email

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Awesome! Thank you! Sent you a dm

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The file is on my wife’s computer. I will send it later today. Yeah I’d love the pedestrian ship file. Thanks.

Chris

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Sounds good, I’ll send the file and the photos so you can double check my work. i did not program in the bottom contour which is the hardest part of shaping that board nor did i do the rails because all of that is ultimately done in the bay.

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