heya beerfan,
ever considered having a quad or bonzer 5 cluster on your fish? threads from as far back as 2005 were already chockful of testimonials on either setup as being “better” than the twin keel option, it’d be interesting to hear your take on that
cheers,
Surfiber, me and quads just don’t get along!!. I prefer twin fins
Hey surfiber,
Let me finish the one I’m working on and I’ll take a picture of everything I have. Mike
probably the porniest fish ever found online : http://forum.surfermag.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2230103&Main=2229940
in a nasty wipeout, this baby can easily poke both eyes hmm !
Hahahahaha!!! I just snotted on myself laughing so hard!
Too bad… I really like the curve in the first half of the template…
any pics & dimensions of your fin setup & fishtail , surfiber ?
cheers,
howdy chippy,
haven’t settled yet on a final pick, can you help me figure it out?
here’s my dilemma : http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/loosening-up-simmons-tail
cheers,
I think we’ve just discovered the intersection of fishy buttcrak porn and fishy boob porn. Those things are on high beam!
howdy ray, nice bookmatching " )
i’m not sure whether petrojelly would help though hmm !
cheers,
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What if your Buttcrack has a sidecrack or a dry spot? Or maybe a scar?
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i think dencorub is called 'bengay' in your country ??!!
if you rub that on your buttcrack , that should prevent any further ...er.. "intrusions "... and "that will put the colour back in your cheeks ", as eric morecombe used to say
'coincidentally' [or not]
I came across this on facebook tonight while getting my daily fix of surfing , boards , and shapers photos there ....
http://chrisgarrettshapes.blogspot.com.au/
enjoy !
ben
nice one, ben!
apparently the tits work great! > http://www.deusbaliblog.co.id/2012/01/slice-of-finless.html
cheers,
amen, amen! ehem
"Short of theorizing on the science of buttcracks..."
this is as 'scientific' as I am [n]ever going to get .....
[bgsurfer]
" Anybody ever notice that a fish tail looks like a round tail split in half, quarter-circle curves ... moved to the inside"....
.... like THIS , you mean ??
double roundtails, bum tails , buttcracked tails ...heck it's ALL good , isn't it ?!!
with [no] apologies to the 'men' here who don't appreciate a good curve or two , when they see them ... so sorry [for you , 'guys' ! :)]
cheers !
ben
alt control delete !
tits always work great [... as a surfing link ...they can give squirt , off the bottom , at times !]
Anybody ever notice that a fish tail looks like a round tail split in half, quarter-circle curves (the tail rails) moved to the inside. Always figured it was a way to keep the round tail surface area and create a wider tail for better planing (keeping less actual surface area for a wider tail) and better tracking for hard cutbacks.
Haven’t built my variant yet, may never the way things are going at the moment. But NJ’s formula is very close to the formula I had decided to use – the Golden Ratio. Golden Ratio is roughly 60:40, actual is 61.8 to 38.2. I figured distance between tail tips should be 61.8% of max board width.
Seems like there is still a lot of exploring to do with the tail design variations and rail foil of fish tails.
I want to try a single-fin fish variant at 7’6"
howdy bgsurfer,
not having had the chance yet to try a fish here in PH, what jumps at me looking at video footage of fishes & twin-pins in action is how a buttcrack effectively halves the tail for a practical reason, the inside curves of which mimic their opposite outside curves if the tail was conventionally shaped as a round pin or a diamond. now i’m not really sure how wrong this interpretation is but it looks to me like the reason for the reduction of planing area seems to be because in larger surf, wide tails tend to suck down, increasing the chances of a nosedive right after pop-up before any maneuver can be made to keep it from happening. by slitting the tail open which allows the tail to release better, early mishaps like this are then averted.
in which case, ratios commonly used for fish & swallow buttcracks lose their significance in shaping fishes once we consider the type of split-tailed boards that still work even if their buttcracks are no wider nor no deeper than 2 or 3 inches, far less than what typical fishes feature. either way, i’m still doing plenty of head-scratching on how deep or shallow i can comfortably slit the tail of my simmons-fish-bonzer HWS hybrid, and not regret it afterwards.
cheers,
howdy ben,
you missed this ! " )
