hey got a couple new shapes here for river surfing. The majority of the standing waves are slow mushy waves, and longer boards dont really fit in the holes. So to make up for this I have shaped 2 boards, primarly just for the river. The first is 5'10" x 24 1/2" x 3 1/4" the rocker is 4 3/4" at the nose to 1 1/2" at the tail. The second is 6'2" x 27" x 3 1/2" rocker 5 1/4 to 1 3/4. The bottoms are flat, the 5' 10" is a flat top, the 6'2" has a concave deck. I do a long 45 degree angle down then start my rails to keep them thinner, without loosing foam in the middle. I built a Mini SUP 6'10" that worked great in a normally non rideable wave, So I am pretty sure these are going to have good push, but not 100% on their shredability. Let me know what you think. Maybe im way off here with the designs, Im sure most of you dont ride river waves, but just think of waist high day and how you'd picture one of these boards riding in it.
Never surfed a river wave on a board, but I think you can make the noses thinner. The tails seem rather thick as well, but I don’t know how a board rides in a standing wave.
That looks (to me) so far removed from any ocean-going surfboard I've ever seen, that I can't really comment on it. River surfing sounds interesting - got any action photos?
Never surfed a river wave on a board, but I think you can make the noses thinner. The tails seem rather thick as well, but I don't know how a board rides in a standing wave.
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bring the noses in on the shapes or the foil? Not sure i really want to bring the foil in on the tails at all, thats pretty much where we get the drive from it seems. hopefully im not wrong, cause otherwise I'll have just a couple goofy looking boards, that wouldnt even make good decorations :o)
I'll try to get some river surfing pics up here and i think we have a couple vids also.
those are huge! Last time I hit up a river wave I rode my 5’8 by 20 egg and it did fine. I can’t see anybody sinking that tail to do a turn. Foil those out.
That lunch counter wave is sick. We talked about hitting it up this year but it never happend. next year its a defintate. These boards probally wouldnt work to well on a wave like that. Regular surfboard designs work just fine during high flow, but before peak and after peak, we tend to spend most of our time fighting to stay in the waves, if its catchable at all. Ive thought about bringing the foil down in the tails. I my rails are lower around the entire board about 2.25" I was hoping that would help put the board on edge.
If this video works. It is a wave after peak, very ridable with a regular board, but its hard to plain out on, you always feel the board sucks down into the water, instead of plainng across.
Yeah, along the lines of what someone obove said, You need to foil it out. I would suggest shaping foam out from the tip of the nose to where that huge dip is on the profile picture. Do the same thing with the tail. Did you even shape the blank, or just cut out an outline?
Did you even shape the blank, or just cut out an outline?
good luck
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:o) yeah I build my own blanks. I have a block of 2lb eps foam. I build the stringers, to pretty much what im looking for with foil and rocker. I was looking at some of my other boards, and the ones i like the most all had wider foil in the tail. This may be because i am in the begginer catagory, when it comes to surfing. The 6'2" board (fish tail) is for a buddy who weighs 220lbs. he wants everything thicker and bigger, ive mangaged to talk him down to what I have now.. But the 5'10" is a random, so I will do a little more foiling on that, but it will probally end up having a slight bubble look as well. Its hard to tell in the pics but the rails are foiled down. oh yeah HA the fish has a concave deck
