Getting a 7’ low rockered egg with either low egg rails or soft down rail. Probably surf it mostly in short period , textured, weak east coast conditions. I’ve had good luck with flat bottoms in these type conditions. Fins will be single w small side bites. Is it worth putting some forward vee to deal with surface texture or just keep it flat w perhaps some vee towards the tail to help it transition rail to rail? Any thoughts/ comments appreciated.
I was wondering the same thing since this is my next build and to be used in the same exact conditions. I was thinking a bit of belly up front to lift it out of the mush. Vee would work to. Then to a very subtle single concave to dished out vee panels out the back. This set up has worked pretty good for my last mini simmons and my 7-0 single fin.
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...I was thinking a bit of belly up front to lift it out of the mush. Vee would work to. Then to a very subtle single concave to dished out vee panels out the back. This set up has worked pretty good for my last mini simmons and my 7-0 single fin.
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I have a board with a bit of belly up front, and I like the way it performs. Its new, so I haven't really got it all figured out. But I wanted to say, I don't think belly adds "lift" - concave is added for lift in the nose, thats the reason you see it on noseriders. Like they say, hold a spoon lightly by the handle and let it droop down. Then put it in some running faucet water. The rounded side will be sucked into the water, the scooped side will eject from the flow of water.
Depends on how you want to surf. Hoppy floppy flat or some concave rollie flowie some roll to v works best. At least thats what I have learned.
Hey Ace,
I see a guy all the time down at 11st del mar surfing one of your boards and evidently you do know a thing or two because he rips and he always has a smile on his face.
…my advice is not shaping an egg for those crappy conditions…you ll not enhance your Surfing in those conditions with an egg