mini simmons. stringer or no?

General Discussion
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I have some sheets of EPS and I have been putting together a mini simmons template to lay onto them.  But I have come to a bump in the road regarding whether or not to put a stringer in.

The board would be between 5 and 6 feet, made out of 2 lb EPS. the blank itself is 3 inches thick.  I would probably glass with 6 oz cloth because I dont care much about weight on a mini simmons.  2 layers of 6 oz on top (not a deck patch, just 2 layers) one on bottom.  would this have a foot dent in it pretty fast? i cant say i have ever surfed a board that didnt have a stringer or parabolic rail stringer in it.. besides a tuflite or t2 board, but they dont really count.

does anybody know if brilliant bob put stringers in his original EPS planing hull surfboards?

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I've seen the interior of only one Simmoms sandwich construction board.   Balsa rails, foam core, plywood skins, AND a center stringer of 2 1/2 or 3 inch wide Balsa.    It's the only example of the interior of his boards that I've seen, but is likely indicitive of his usual construction technique.

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Geez thats a lot of wood for what is defined as a foam surfboard.  Good luck dinging that thing