Here is my newest Creation. 5’4" x 21-1/4" x 2-1/2". Shallow single concave to heavy double concave. Lots of Vee in last 18". Thinned out rails in tail.
One of my “Dissect” Series.
I call it Alfred. As in Alfred Hitchcock.
I also call it the Anti-Simmons. Nothing against Bob, I just find most of those wide, square tails just don’t turn. These do. Less sliding, more turning!
I beleive that most simmons style boards have too much concave in the tails. Vee seems to work way better with those wide tails.
The other label I shape, this is the Hitchcock model. Usually a five fin set-up. Went Twinzer on this one.
Decided to change it up some.
Stringer-less, Multi foam glue-up, Carbon Tape rails (8oz.).
Painted rail fade under Carbon tape.
Wish it would float me. I think it will be a demo model.
One way to look at what you do and the manner that you work is this Hand building surfboards is moving from a craft into an Art. Think of it like Pottery and other crafts. Pots can be made in molds and mass produced. Yet at the same time there are those that have taken this simple craft and turned it into an art. The pottery can still be utilitarian yet something beautiful to and magical as a work of art.
Some boards we see as art are due to the pure clean lines and the hands that made them Skip Frye Mike Hynson Velsy and Noll come to mind. Others become art by the and the times that they represent. Lighten Bolt and Terry Fitzgerald come to mind for that era of gunny boards and fast down the line surfing.
Useing a funny face and the shadow of a finger is one of those secrets that the old school shapers used to sight bumps and dips in there Boards. Barry you will be recieving a letter from The AOFS Association of Old Fart Shapers for divulging secrets with out prior permission.
Thank you for taking the time to answer a few of my questions about the square nosed board via PM. Aside from the innovative design overall, I really like the blend of the carbon net and the color fade. The whole package seems to reflect total quality and high skills from the builder.
Between guys like you, George Gall, Bill Barnfield, Huie, Kayu, Josh Dowling and other pros sharing details, I'd have to say Swaylocks is still alive and well. You just have to know where to look and who to ask.
Is it my imagination, or are those glue lines slightly converging towards the tail? Couldn’t be. Only a freak would go to that much trouble.
Sssshhhh!
Just wait until you see what I have in store for next year. It’s gonna be wild! Gonna get freaky alright.
Thanks for all the complements guys.
I came home to a bunch of PM’s with lots of questions.
Glad to see so much interest.
This “Dissect” thing is gaining more and more momentum.
I believe that the multiple glue lines actually act as stringers. Only it is not just from the center or the rails. More like a even flex pattern across the whole blank.
The skies the limit as far as stringer material and flex patterns.
sweet. love it. just a couple of thoughts. if the wider tail doesn’t turn for you, the board may be to long. also, parallel rails is what helps make them fast. the more you pull in the tail and add outline curve the slower the board will be. but it has to work for you, so don’t take me too seriously.
Both look great and a lot of fun. Gorilla glue used between the sheets or what? Any issues shaping through all those glue lines?
My town is spending millions on a new city hall and they are sheething the building in 2" x 16" x 96" Dow XPS. I was thinking of asking for some of the scrap off cuts and glueing together a bunch of 2" wide strips out to a 6" x 24" x 8’ block or so and shaping something similar down from that since the thinner sheets are so much more readily available than the thicker blocks.
Have been making something along similar lines (no pun intended) Barry, i also found the wide tails lack control etc but try to get a happy medium between Wide tail for speed and trim in small waves and a bit more tail rocker and thinned out thickness so they turn better along with pulling them in a little as you have done… Quads are the go I have found with these shapes.
Was going to do a Carbon tape rail and quad axial cloth on this: Xps and Eps glue up, 5’2"x 20" x 2 1/2", super light so far…
Cool board Barry I know what you mean about the slideing mine would
slide until it slowed down enough to to bite great fun once you had the
hold but pretty sketchy on the drop. I made some cuttaway keels for it
and it doesn’t slide any more works great from knee to head and a half. Going thinner in the tail seems like a good idea
