The title about sums it up. I just got a teccel 6’2" fish blank and now am brainstorming ideas of what to do with it. It’s 24" wide with a ton of foam in the nose and tail to work with. I was planning on getting a longboard blank, but ended up getting this as an impulse buy. I’m 5’9 and weigh about 150, hoping to make something as an alternative to the longboard for barely rideable to chest high waves (Florida waves). Just wanted to get some outside ideas. I was thinking somewhere between an old school fish and a modern one with a 5 fin system… Full foam up forward, wide point a little ahead of center, flat bottom to a double concave with a smaller swallow tail or maybe a bat tail, pretty thick in the in the center with fairly thin rails. What are eggs all about?
I think you're on the right track. I like both eggs and fish though, so i might be biased. A single fin egg or a keel fish would be great from that kind of blank. What's the rocker like? If its a modern curve, go the fish, if its flat, go the egg. Keep it simple, get it wet, let us know!. For the waves you mention i'd probably go the fish, just coz you'll have more width through the tail, which helps in those waves. Though the egg would be fun too.
Search " The egg thread", lots of eggy info there. And while you're at it, search "Still feeling the keels", another thread full of beauties
I just happened to be in south northern Florida/north central Florida the past several days and have been killing it on about a 6’0 retro fish. I think you’ll get more performance out of a multi-finned board… the extra fins will give you extra drive and the ability to push it harder on soft waves. But you’ll be cutting off a lot of foam from a 6’2 blank if you’re doing a fish for yourself at 150 lbs. But the thickness will be able to get you’re rocker right, so that’s good. A little vee in the entry, single to doubles out the back. Twin keels!
The other option I’d suggest would be a quad finned groveler… wide battail (if that’s what you like) or swallow, or even round tail, with flattened rocker. Maybe bump the tail width down with a couple sets of wings at the trailing edges of your fiins. More of a “modern fish” type board, with a wider nose, 20.5 wide, widepoint at center or an inch back. Single to double concave. Extended hard edges. Slightly down rails with a tight bottom radius.
I like Beerfan’s and nj’s ideas here. That’s why shaping is fun. So make a choice, and a template, and then “go for it”.
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The title about sums it up. I just got a teccel 6'2" fish blank and now am brainstorming ideas of what to do with it. It's 24" wide with a ton of foam in the nose and tail to work with. I was planning on getting a longboard blank, but ended up getting this as an impulse buy. I'm 5'9 and weigh about 150, hoping to make something as an alternative to the longboard for barely rideable to chest high waves (Florida waves). Just wanted to get some outside ideas. I was thinking somewhere between an old school fish and a modern one with a 5 fin system... Full foam up forward, wide point a little ahead of center, flat bottom to a double concave with a smaller swallow tail or maybe a bat tail, pretty thick in the in the center with fairly thin rails. What are eggs all about?
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What footsize do 5-9ers come with?
I am us 10, at 6ft2, and 16 inch tail for quad fishes is great
Like said above, you REALLY need to cut into it, and remove plenty foam
I had a blank like that too, made an egg out of it. Despite the good looks, it surfed like crap, i found it had too little rocker in the tail, too much concave. Single fin is a good idea when you go for the egg, if it has low rocker, give it a good vee, maxing at leading edge of the fin.
So many variables
What you want is a fish i guess, if you wanted a longboard first. The egg is less of a wave magnet than a good fish. Did you look at Greg Griffin his Mod-fish? that would be the ticket i guess shape wise, little rocker, flat to vee, hard thin low rails
Wouter
p.s. Maybe you want to keep all the volume, but you will have a hard time duckdiving some head high crumblers! or does florida have point breaks?? i surf dutch waves, dutch? yeah, worse than florida.
couple years back had a wild hair and and ended up with this from a USBlanks fish blank - 5’5 x 19 3/4 x 2 1/4
Hey Bud, that’s different, and looks clean. How does it ride? Still it doesn’t look like your doing yourself any favors for the glass or sand job; I hope it was appreciated.
Yeah, that “still feeling the keels” thread really did have some awesome stuff. Going to go fish. Just not sure on fin selection, twin keels, twin modern fins or a quad… oh the possibilities are endless. It’s time to come up with something better than FCS to make alterations to fins. Thanks for the input guys. Oh in answer to the other questions, as far as measuring rocker, I just set it down on the ground and measured as it was. Got 2.5" of tail rocker and 4.5" of nose. Seems like a lot for the fish blank… but this thing is wider than my longboards. Plenty of foam to remove from the bottom to flatten the rocker if needed.
5'10" twin fin
I'd love a blank like that
at 5'9 and just on 140lbs ,
for me I would do , for similar waves ...
14 to15 nose x 6' x 20" x 14-15 tail x 2 3/8" thick
7" rounded square pod [tip to tip of tail]
8" fin box
probox sidey plugs [four]
fun fun fun
i'd do either another 'prawn' spray job ,
or
a resin swirl
or
an apple green pigment , with fluoro yellow or bright orange [home made] fins , to clash !
but
you make what YOU want to mate , have FUN , most of all...and please can you post up photos , and let us know [show ?] how it surfs .... as it's always good to see the result[s] !
cheers
ben
Keep the widepoint well ahead of center, like 3", and a rocker of 4"N and 2"T is fine and will be easy to hit by cutting off from both ends to get the length you want. The bottom contours I mentioned above will flatten your rocker through the middle and add drive under your back foot and through the fins. Don’t be afraid to add some flip in the first 3 or 4 inches of nose. That flip, along with a touch of vee through the entry, will open up the performance window considerably.
Finally I’ve had some time to make progress with this thing. I’ll have pics up soon. I need some help with fin placement. I was checking out the Mckee site, it has location but says nothing on cant and toe. Any suggestions on placement? I want to do the 5 fin thing, don’t really know why though because I’ll probably only ever ride it as a quad. The tips of the swallow tail are 8.5" apart with a 4" crack, 5’11" on length, 20 7/8 on width, 16 3/4 nose width 16" tail width (12" up) and 2 3/4 width. The fin placement seems like the most complicated part of the whole process. Isn’t there a rule of thumb that the toe is supposed to point to a spot 2" forward of the nose or something like that? Thanks guys.