Just got the greatest compliment ever

Hey guys/girls. I just received a phone call from a guy who bought a 6’2 x 19 3/4 x 2 3/8 fish from me a few weeks back. He informed me that the 6’2 was the shortest board he had ever ridden, his everyday board is a 6’8 x 19 1/2 x 2 1/2 Stretch quad. He said the board i shaped paddled faster, turned tighter and was the fastest board he had ever ridden. He even said he is going to sell his Stretch and use the 6’2 as his everyday board. Now i am smitten by this compliment, but cannot figure out why my board performed better than Stretch’s. I actually have 3 Stretch boards in my quiver that i use as everyday boards and his boards are far superior to mine by far. Can someone explain why? Is it just a fluke or am i missing something? Here are the complete dims:

Length: 6’2

Width: 19 3/4

Thicknes ( 3" up): 2 3/8

Rails: 50/50

Fin Placement: 10 1/2 up from tail (Twin)

Entry Rocker: 4 1/2

Exit Rocker: 1 7/8

Deck Lam: 7.4 oz

Bottom Lam: 3.7 oz

Bio Foam Blank with Epoxy Resin and has a Sand Finish at 400 grit

Have any pictures?

He went from a 6’8" to a low rockered wide tailed 6’2".

OF COURSE IT TURNS FASTER. Board length is a major determinant of board turning ability. Even a singlefin 6’2" is going to give a 6’8" a run for its money.

You did not say anything about the staging of the rocker, the planshape, the rails, or the fins…

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Have any pictures?

Everytime i upload a pic it says it exceeds the maximum size. is there a way to resize my pic?

you could use photoshop, paint, or a online image hosting site like photo bucket

just upload it to imageshack.us and grab the ‘Direct Link’ and paste it in to the

image widget in the compose window.

Alright, I am not very savy when it comes to computers and technology so here is the exact design and rocker measurements. I am still working on getting the pics downloaded. Fish slit met 3 1/2 up from base. This was only the third fish i had ever shaped. I usually stick with high performance squash and round tails.

That looks absolutely great–I’m not surprised it works!

Did you have that cut to spec by a machine, or did you cut it?

I stand by my statement, up until a certain point more foam does not equal better paddling. my one question is where the rails 50/50 the whole length?

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That looks absolutely great–I’m not surprised it works!

Did you have that cut to spec by a machine, or did you cut it?

Thank you, And i cut it to size by hand. Fish are totally foreign to me and i was just glad to hear it surfed, everything else he said about it was just icing on the cake.

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I stand by my statement, up until a certain point more foam does not equal better paddling. my one question is where the rails 50/50 the whole length?

Rails started 60/40 from the tail and gradualy blended into 50/50 about 12" up if i remember correctly.

no crisp downed edge? weird. well congrats.

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no crisp downed edge? weird. well congrats.

Thats funny you said that, when i was coming up with the design i mentioned giving the board a real nice sharp edge, and he said no, he wanted the back edge nice and soft. Im just glad he likes the board.

did you take any shots of the rails before passing it on? I’d be interested to see what those rails looked like in the tail.

For what it’s worth, the paddling ability may have to do with those soft rails throughout, but with a board that short I don’t know if it makes a difference.

Pat

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did you take any shots of the rails before passing it on? I’d be interested to see what those rails looked like in the tail.

For what it’s worth, the paddling ability may have to do with those soft rails throughout, but with a board that short I don’t know if it makes a difference.

Pat

I didnt get a closeup of the rails, i am actually going to surf Fort Cronkite with the guy who has it in a few days, so i will take some pics when we go out.