Can anyone go into more detail about this board McTavish is holding? I can’t tell if it’s a trick of the light or is there some sort of weird double concave vee thing going on in the nose?
Can anyone go into more detail about this board McTavish is holding? I can’t tell if it’s a trick of the light or is there some sort of weird double concave vee thing going on in the nose?
Hi Monkstar - The very first board I owned was a Morey-Pope and it had a fairly deep forward Vee but no concave. When I saw some early photos of the Meyerhoffer designs, I thought I might be looking at the nose end of the boards. DOH! I recall there being a name for that design feature but…
Greg Griffen shapes longboards with channels in the nose…
https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/chine-you-crazy-diamond-or-dark-side-zoom
When I reread the post from 3 or 4 years ago I notice the prediction being easy to pearl. Have ridden this board dozens of times in 2-15 foot surf. Never experienced pearling. Such a fun board. Easy to paddle to the outside reefs. Just a few pounds too light for huge surf. Chines work magically especially in smaller surf, redirects on a dime.
That is very cool. Did you ever noseride it?
My 6’11" has a very subtle double concave in the nose, and a straight edge rocks about 3/32" on the stringer.
When paddling over a wave and a piece of chop hits this V’d double concave, I am surprised at the velocity of the spray off to the sides.
Can’t really determine whether there is any benefit up and riding. Its not a noserider and so far, does not want me trimming forward on it.