Is the deck important? Does it have design features that “complete” the board?
There’s so much talk about rails, rocker, fins, flex, etc. When you design/shape your board do you put much thought into the deck, and if so, mind sharing those thoughts?
I have some input here,
decks are a personal preferance some like them dome’d and some flat
but also they have to be blended to the rails from the center thickness of the board
Thats all I got
Good question. Flat is phat!
If a persons design view is the whole board as a foil, then the deck shape is just as important as any other part of design.
The deck balances the foil and volume around the desired rocker, bottom shape, fin set-up, rail shape and outline shape.
It is the deck which gives you the thickness distribution, both lengthways and width ways.
It’s the deck taper, dome, roll, whatever you want to call it, which governs the volume in the rails, from nose to tail.
Ever wondered why some special boards look good and go good? Someone got the foil right, and the deck is an important part.
Aquafiend65, you have once again bought up another interesting topic.
“If a persons design view is the whole board as a foil, then the deck shape is just as important as any other part of design.”
I was talking about this very thing last night with a guy I am shaping a longboard for. He opened his eyes real wide as I explained the whole dynamic, how when its tied together right, it just looks ‘right’.
Foil wasn’t something he was familiar with but when he was able to see the whole picture, it helped him to understand how everything is tied together, hopefully seamlessly.
Now, if I could do one decent glass job…back to the sander…
the deck is all you see wwhen you are ridin.
if it looks wrong it will effect/affect you
the bottom mystery is psycho-spiritual
mumbo-jumbo magic fodder.
make it work it is golden
the world will beat a path to the door
where it came from
even if you dont like it
or ride it like that
anymore
the deck back to it:
dome it - sensitize it
flat stablize it.
dome it high fly into out of control
flatten it thin break a million
stable like a rock slab
rails are transition from top to bottom
and nose to tail.
shoulders hips hand - rails all.
coordinating transitions
is the whole game.
flat flat and flat
its been done
then rode well
round round and round
its been done and rode well
sly said
''do it
Do It
DO IT
TO DEATH"
launch it make it work
you are a factor
shape the deck well you gotta live on it.
dont shape the deck call it a floor
amd wear shoes.
…ambrose…
deck the haoles !!! Sounds like before times-whenever titus kinimaka wen show up at black pot !!! what you think ambrose ? Ahui hou-- Sir W Wood_Ogre da third
deck the hauls
actually a midshipmans revolt
actualizing a distaste for command
competence.
out hauls, down hauls,main jibs all
thrown to the deck
stopping all progressive
phorward motion
making the captain
and all command
look terrible and
incompetent
to the admiralty.
…ambrose…
boughs of holly
foul the sheets.
mele kalikimaka
no relation
Tai hook
the hospitable spirit
of black pot
lives in he hearts
of aging men who once
were young and impressionable.
Aquafiend65, you have once again bought up another interesting topic.
Actually I only hinted at it but you brought it into the light.
The concept of rocker foil was what was behind the “6 elements” thread.
Im a sculptor. My boards are an excursion in form and beauty (to me:-)
Last week I had the privilege of discussing board design theory with a young shaper. He was explaining rocker foil and it was as if a whole new world opened up to me. My next board will be my first. Then the next one after that will be my first again, and again. Im feeling “stoke”