[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xmig5CxY_4]
3' 11"!!
"Inspired by his fond childhood memories on a Mach-77 boogie board, Bing team rider, Chris Del Moro convinced shaper, Matt Calvani to help him recapture the magic in this modern-day twin-finned version called the Speed Square. Because of its short length, Matt added belly in the nose with a quick transition into a hard, tapered rail in the tail so that the board would be quick and responsive.
"He added a deep straight concave that runs from where your front foot sits through the tail of the board to gain efficiency in glide and maintained thickness in the tail to improve glide and wave-catching ability. The small twin keels maintain a “fin-less” riding quality but still allowing for some control. Ride it short, ride it fast and get ready for a whole lot of fun!"
I just saw this on erbb (what does that even stand for?), wish I could still ride short boards, this looks so much fun!
I can remember years ago seeing little kids on Maui riding boogie boards, standup surfing them, and ripping. Just a few weeks back I snapped some shots at South Jetty, and the locals were riding boogie boards, kinda half standing on one knee, Owl Chapman "hood ornament" style.
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My current hws under construction is kind of an old fart's version, at 6'6" its very short for me, square tail and square nose to keep the width/volume throughout, step-deck for increased volume, quad fin setup. No concave, 'tho, I went with flat bottom and v in the tail.
I had to add a bit more rocker, because under 7' and I'm usually taking off late and blowing the wave, so I'm hoping that'll help me. Almost finished, can't wait to try it out, don't know if I'll even be able to ride it LOL. My faithful 9'er is always ready, 'tho.
Inspired by this board from lovinlife
I actually started this project about a year and a half ago, then it got de-railed, and then I just kinda lost faith in the design. Now that its finally nearing completion, I'm starting to get stoked on it again. Then I just watched the Bing Speed Square video - it came at a good time to rekindle my stoke on the concept for my board (although Calvani took it to a whole new level, admittedly!).
Last week I took my 6' 3" fish converted to quad, just wasn't happening for me. I need to play around with the fins a bit, but its one of those things that needs to be done when I can get some consecutive surf days. Getting out twice a month doesn't cut it for fine-tuning anything!
