Bonzer conversion

General Discussion
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Hey guys,

  I just picked up an egg/disk (5-8) that a guy had converted from a single fin to a 5 fin bonzer set up (lokbox).  The bottom doesn't have the typical double concave of bonzers but rather a single concave through the fin area.  How do you guys think the bonzer set up will affect the ride with this type of bottom?  I got the board cheap so I figured that worst case, I could just ride it as a single fin.  Any thoughts/Experiences. 

                                                                                                                Thanks

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Interested to hear what others say, or what your experience is.  I know the Campbell bros spent a lot of time developing the bonzer system, but I have seen the bonzer fin setup on a flat bottom, with a good ride report. 

I love my 7'6" bonzer, I didn't make the channels as deep as most, but they're there for sure - IIRC they're about 3/16" or maybe just a bit less.  I had some delam issues with this board, so its under repair at the moment, hope to get it into some good stuff this winter 'tho.

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moonlight converted some merrick  single fins to bonzer with great results.

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moonlight converted some merrick  single fins to bonzer with great results.

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   I heard about these when doing a search.  Seems that the Merricks have the double concaves out the back which makes them a good conversion.  I couldn't find any experiences/comments about this fin set up on a single concave or flat bottom board.  I figured with so many builders/shapers/thinkers on here that someone would have come across this kind of set up sometime and had either good/or bad experiences with it. 

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What Makes a Bonzer a Bonzer is how the fine set and the convaves work in unisen to produce a fast down the line board without sacrificing much in the way of veritacal surfing. 

 

 Your board maynot be a true Bonzer with all the speed of a Bonzer.  But my guess would be if the fin placement is right you are still going have a lot of fun finding the limits on that board.

 

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my guess would be if the fin placement is right you are still going have a lot of fun finding the limits on that board.

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I'm thinking he's gonna love it.  Maybe he'll give us a ride report!

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I think it was forum member ACE who used to shape bonzers for Eaton and mentioned that the bonzer setup works regardless of concaves.

 

http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1027161

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I just talked to ACE and he admitted to shaping around 6,000 bonzers I would dare say if anyone knows Bonzers better than Albert there are not many.

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Lets see The Cambell Brothers, Eaton, Gary Hanel, and a few others have the Bonzer dialed in. So yeah I would think that Ace would be one of the few.

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I think it was forum member ACE who used to shape bonzers for Eaton and mentioned that the bonzer setup works regardless of concaves.

 

http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1027161

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  Thanks for the link.  A very interesting read.  I will report back on the board after I ride it a few times and dial in the fin placement.  Thanks again.