Design help for 10' longboard

General Discussion
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I am looking forward to shaping my first longboard. All the others have been short and fun boards. I want to shape an easy paddling board that will catch every ripple, can nose ride in knee high waves, easy paddle, catch waves with little effort. The surf I plan on using the board is east coast point breaks. Usually super mushy small waves, knee to chest high. Plan on shaping a board with a nose concave. The area I am having difficulty on deciding is should I have a super flat bottom through the board with a nose concave, which I am noticing quite a lot in the area surfshops? Vee in the tail to flat to nose concave? Vee throughout blended into nose concave?

Rails: possibly 60/40? 50/50? Tucked under rails?

Rocker: 2" in nose, 3" in tail?

Currently I am thinking slight vee in tail to flat to nose concave with tucked under rails in the tail to 60/40 rails with the above rocker dimensions. Thickness probably around 3 1/4.

What do you all think? Any help and or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

Rob

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Recently finished a 10’2". Blended concave nose only 3/8" deep to flat to rolled V through tail with good tail kick. Don’t like tucked under rails at tail for the kind of surf and surfing you’re talking, especially with the V tail. Went 50/50 rails all the way through tail with a pretty wide tail block. Sounds like you’re pretty much dialed in. I’d also consider coming back to 23 1/2" or so on width for a 10’, but that’s not crucial. Dome the deck pretty good with that much thickness. Other pros can criticize my input or add more advice, but that’s what I think and stickin to it. Enjoy the ride.