Can anyone tell me the fin placement for my 6’4 simmons? Tail is 19" and I using the True Ames Hobie reto bamboo keels. I need to know how far from the tail and rail and any cant. Thanks for any help.
This may be of interest to someone - article from Surfer Magazine December 1983.
RDM,
thanks for posting that- Elwell is the man as far as the Simmons stuff goes, no question. It was him who kept Bob’s legacy alive through the years when he was nothing more than interestng footnote as far as the accepted surf history was concerned, and if he hadn’t worked with Kenvin and been gracious enough to share his knowledge and boards there would be no mini Sims around for us to talk about. He’s a great old bloke too, full of stories and totally willing to share them. Here’s what he has wrought, and
many thanks to him!
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I'm wondering if anyone has a copy of the previous installment/s of this article as it is mentioned at the start that this was the final installment.
So if anyone has a copy of Surfer Magazine November 1983, please have a look.
Cheers
Rohan
Good read, thanks for posting it.
Cool article, I forgot all about that one and I was contributing to SURFER at the time.... Go figure.
When I started the ''History of Using Electric Planers'' thread, one of the things I was curious about was whether Simmons might have been the first. But there's more references to adz and block planes in there, confirming other reports that Simmons only used hand (not power) tools. Tinker West learned from Simmons and was a master with Skil 100, there's a mystery developing here. I'm very interested out of professional curiosity, and because Tinker taught my planer sensei, Jim Phillips
Interesting to note that Simmons is quoted as saying the only reason the tails were wide and square was to stand them on end with stability. I like the part about surfing on the rails, too.
howdy sami,
were you able to try it like you said? how’d it go btw?
anyone?
