I have this old gun that i would like to change into something more suitable. I live in holland so is was thinking about making it into some sort of twin finned funboard, that rides okay on low waves (less than 3 ft, since that what we get most of the time).
I thought with some work it might work allright on low waves with little power, because it has lots of volume.
I wanted to rebuild the tail into a swallow one. Because the board is not very maneuverable i thought about removing the the centre fin.
Probably the volume distribution of the board will be completely screwed… any suggestions?
Are there any other options i have of turning this board into something useful? (i dont expect any tsunami anytime soon in holland)
Save your money and get a long board blank shipped from some place? Clark UK?
Your board has been snapped in half, there’s no reshaping of that nose area. You will have to re-shape, re-foil, re-outline the board up to that snap point, then it’s going to have this funky wide point way forward template. If you got small waves, your going to need a board with a wide waist, eeer about 22-24 inches. Not a gun waist at 19-20 inches. The point is that if you have knee hi waves, you need a long board, cutting that board down is only going to lose valuable volume. And unless you are a good shaper, the board is going to look like a frankenstein project, best case scenario is that you maybe reshape the tail…but why?..But maybe you’re 2ft tall, then I’m off base. Chop that board in half, re shape at 4’ x 10" x 1 1/2" slap on a big ol fin. And catch some smoking overhead surf.
One more thing i noticed on your board. Look at the toe in on those fins. Unless it’s an optical illusion I’d sware those suckers are as cross eyed as my first girlfriend? what are they set @ 1/2 -3/4 in. off set. Maybe if you reset those fins a bit more straight, it might catch waves a bit better?
draw the pencil line of ypur favorite swallow tail cut it out w/ a grinder or router,round over the deck and foil it out glass it and then fin it with the old fins then you will be following in the footsteps of the revolutionaries that took over where simon anderson left off … the board will be resurcted to its former glory and will rip beyond your wildest immaaggiiiinnaaaation…dont llisten to anyone your quest is pure make somthing useable out of some abused neglected inanimate soul craft…oh yea round off the nose…ambrose…the dimentions are irrelevant just do it you can change it later 5 times if you wish…the door is open step through…se the light?
Do you think an adult could actually surf (decently) on that little 4’11" resinhead? I’m getting some ideas…I’m about to shape my 4th board, and I can’t stop shaping the little funky ones. I like that shape alot…Possibly with a diamond tail?
jay’s post made me reconsider messing the board up though. I tried selling the board once before, but selling a gun in holland isnt that easy. But i tried again today, and 3 people where interested. So i’ll probably sell it and buy a blank with the money… that way i might have a little more chance of ending up with something surfable.
Cut 20" off the tail, mount two side fins almost straight, slightly toed-in, 11" up from the tip of the new tail.
One of my 8’6" guns worked fine in small waves, with two side fins mounted forward in their boxes, about 15" up from the tip of the tail. Fin size were 5.75".
I made that particular board as a twin, with longboxes dead straight, no toe.
