OK, sorry about the Cat Stevens misquote in the thread title. Maybe I should have called it “show us your longboards!”
longboards are a category unto themselves, with their own terms and design features. Sure, they’re still a surfboard, so a lot of the generic surfboard terms apply equall to long or shortboards.
But how about a thread just for longboards - designs and design features, post pics, talk story, tell us what you have, what you like, etc.
I’ll throw some basic ideas out, off the top of my head. Correct me or direct me, I’m here to learn. Love to get a glimpse into the esoteric world of longboard design.
How do you define a Mal, or Malibu? I picture a 9-10 footer, 23" wide, 3 1/4" thick, round kinda spoon looking nose, very little rocker, soft rails all the way around, square tail about 9" wide, single fin, a little V out the tail. Kinda the generic longboard that comes to mind when you hear the word longboard.
What is a Glider? I’m gonna say its a longboard with a thinner template than a mal, pulled in nose that comes to a point rather than an arc, pulled in tail, could be rounded pin tail or square, diamond, or whatever, but not a wide tail. Hard down rails in the tail, unlike the soft rails of a Mal. Halfway between a Mal and a Gun - is this what is also called a “Tweener” by some?
High Performance longboard? Dunno - help me out here. OK, I’ll guess that it would have a more pronounced rocker throughout, especially in the tail, since its probably gonna be ridden off the tail more than a standard longboard - modern hard down rails tail, probably thruster or quad fin setup, probably built and glassed lighter. How am I doing?
Noserider - similar to a Mal, but with more rocker in the tail, and a scooped out teardrop in the nose for lift.
Belly - a gentle convex curve on the bottom from rail to rail, as opposed to a flat bottom, or a concave.
OK, that’s a start. Anyone else care to share?
