thanks FlacidoDomingo 
excessive width has addverse effects… good point Flatter rocker and thicker
Bside,
I will check out his page today…breifly looked at it before work this morn and some nice shapes Thanks
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Listen to Barry he knows what he’s doing, I like board he posted. Here’s
my next one I’ll be working on 6’-3" x 20.5" x 2.75" w/pinched rails. The wide point is 2" back.
12-5/8" nose 15-5/8" tail. 2" tail rocker 4-1/2" nose rocker single concave w/vee off the corners. How old are you Major and your fitness? I’m 43 and
205 lbs average fitness and I’m comfortable with 38 liters which this
board should be and could be bumped up to 40. 22.5" wide is awfully wide and hard to turn unless it’s an eggy funshape.
29 yr old been surfing on and off since dad pushed me into waves on Hanson long board at 5 yrs old… average shape football player type build… thick… have no prob paddling into or catching waves… and can surf all day long no prob… i do surf approx 38liter board when travel to CA or better surf here…works pretty good overall … been surfing a Firewire Spitfire 6’2" in head high surf…i think its around that volume…works good over all… but as soon as conditions weaken (less walled up lines) the board just feels like dragging anchor down line and in n out of turns and have to pump and jump etc “work” for all the spreed i get… starts lacking drive… and spend whole wave just pumping for speed… for instance if doing a round house cut back i will finish out turns then board stalls… but i can go grab i “fishy” board w/ more volume and have no prob w/ same turns…but i really want a move high performance “feel” and such of regular short board type design…if this is possible for my size on east coast average swell…
I have had 6’8" Channel Island flyer in past and loved the down the line drive and wave catching ability… get in early and race down line but could not whip it around at all… rails would catch if not hard on tail and the “sweat spot” in the rocker was mid board… which put me up like 1 1/2’ from tail driving down line on a 3-4 average wave “good day”… not much time to shuffle feet and do turn off lip… so bought a 6’4" CI Flyer… loved it when waves where punchy. and walled up and it had no problems “catching the rail” … so i have found that 6’2" 6’4" is max i will go in length… and been trying to compress the volume of 6’8" into a 6’2" deck…
That kinda why i was wonding if i took a 6’6" or 6’8" blank and mover the Wide pt back and made the Rocker more geared to toward back of deck, to move sweat spot back…would this solve the “rail catching” issues…? ?
Or would just adding mor nose rocker futher back to make it pivot easieir off back section of deck…??
This is last “fish” i made 18" tail 23 1/2" wide 2 7/8" thick… great in 1-4ft mush… but nothing else…
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I’m a similar size and age but most likely not so good a surfer no airs here.
top board is my usuall go to 6’4x22 16 nose and tail 2.5 thick floats me just under my bottom rib goes great in 2ft to slightly over head gets a bit tricky backside in steep or hollow backside waves 4 1/4 nose rocker 1 3/4 tail
bottom board (tail is wonky in pic) was 6’2x20.5x2.5 15in tail pulled nose twin plus trailer much easyer to control more foiled rails and tail but still enough not surface area not to bog out buckled it after 3 surfs and its sitting in a corner
Currently glassing a board similarish to the black one Barry posted.
curious i have never riden a shape like the Red Fish does it turn qucikly or a more gingerly drawn out line…?
It turns hard and quick off the back foot with the leader fins in and tends to slide tail a bit without them the main fins are g5 size rekon it needs somthing a bit bigger.
small waves are for poofs
Haha I knew you would chime iun somewhere.
this is my small wave board
Like the spitfire?
A 6’ or 6’2" potatonator and happy days.
Copy one if you want to build your own.
Major,
I’m 6’1 and 205. 43 years old with a worn out back and shoulders. I also surf weak east coast waves. Recently I made a 6’6 that is very similar to a Dumpster Diver. The board is a game changer. I had gone to fish type shapes for a few years and while they were a lot of fun I lost the ability to do the things I could do on a high performance board. The dumpster diver shape gives me the float I need and rides like the high performance boards I was riding 15 years ago. Odds are you are in better conditioning than me so this shape and size would be a good fit for you. If I were able to paddle like I could 10 years ago I could ride this shape in a 6’2.
The template is available here: http://www.blendingcurves.com/temps/nug/nug_b
Since the template is not a 6’6 I printed out the smaller size and scaled it up on a wide format copier. Board is shaped from the US Blanks 6’10A blank which gives you the flat rocker you want in our gutless surf and this blank lets you keep a lot of foam under the chest.
i surfed a 5 2 firewire today a sweet potato. im 207 pounds and 6 3. the waves were fat and about knee to waist high and the board went great. fast rail to rail and easy to surf with power and speed in waves i normaly just sink on
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Yes i do like the 6’2"spit fire on decent days… had a dominator in 6’ and dominator went a little better in mushy stufff… spit fire is thinned out in tail more but holds lot better when punchy…
I have been looking at eh “potatonator” looks fun… real flat rocker and wide plane shape …
thats the new years resolution… drop a few lbs …