i was watching morning of hte earth the otherday at an amigo’s house. how long are the boards they are riding, on average, and how thick are they? they all look around 7 feet, and around 3 inches thick. does this sound right or accurate?
i need to know. please old timers, hook me up!
Michael Peterson’s board is 5’8" i think,
Chris Brocks is around 6’ i think.
Nat’s is 7’ something
Steven Cooneys board is 5’9"
Rusty Millers is around 7’.
one of Baddy Trelours is a 6’3" i think.
Baddy’s board
Steven’s bali board (replica)
Nat’s backhand board
[some more small boards from that era on here … "the stubbie photo " thread ]
from that thread , here’s another Michael Peterson shaped “stubbie”…
"Well, according to the ‘APS3000’ bitmap image that Josh posted [can you please post it again HERE, Josh ? sorry mate, it’s just not readable when I reduced it to 80kbs],
the dimensions are : -
16 1/4" x 5’8 7/8" x 20 " x 15 7/8" x 2 3/4" [now, we just need the pod measurement !]
nose and tail thickness 12 " up is 1 5/8", and 1 15/16" respectively [we also need the nose and tail rocker measurements!]
I CAN tell you on this earlier [c 1969] one of Andy’s, the Joe Larkin ‘ski free’ that Michael Peterson shaped…
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… the dimensions are : -
16"n x 5’9" x 20 1/4" x 16"t x 3"thick [c 8" pod]
“c. 3” nose rocker, tail pretty flat"…is what Andy told me…Gil, or Lucas… perhaps you know too ?
okay… hope this helps, KF !
ben
Have fun "
(This post was edited by chipfish61 on Oct 20, 2004, 12:52 AM)
Andy , the owner of the above pictured board , posts here as ‘A.D.68’.
You might like to ‘p.m.’ him , perhaps …he’s a friendly , helpful bloke . (He would probably be stoked someone else was interested in his old boards . hehe )
cheers !
ben [‘chip’]
Howzit flow,I was watching Cosmic Children last night and thinking the same thing. Aloha,Kokua
you guys are amazing. all of you.
i like my singlefins 3 inches thick. corky and real trimmable.
This spins me out.
I only saw Morning of the Earth for the first time last week. (I’ve now watched it about 7 or 8 times)
I’ve only just decided to try and make a board similar to MP’s and was trying to find a good pic.
Da da DADA here it is on swaylocks. thanks Josh.
The reason I never watched it before was because I thought it would be boring.
What a mistake. I loved it.
My board that I ride at the moment is a 6ft Michael Mackie hybrid fish. The outline looks almost exactly like
MP’s board except mine has a swallow tail. So I templeted it on the weekend and got rocker measurements
and i’m just going to square it off or add a diamond tail.
anyone got any other MOE board pics?
thanks, Justin
Stacks of different stubbie photos in this thread
http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=177640;search_string=Stubbie%20photo%20thread;#177640
My stubbie is very thick. i love the ride!
Chris Brock still rides a 6’1" stubbie with a winged keel too.
Here’s my MOTE inspired board. I hope.
Yeah I like it.
Ok so whats the dims?
And more importantly HOW DOES IT GO?
Have you got any pics of the rocker? I’m looking at making something similar but I’m a bit stumped on what sort of rocker I should put on it. So I’m curious to see your rocker and hear what the rides like and what sort of waves you ride it in.
thanks, JD
Hey JD,
It’s six foot long. 21.5" an inch or so in front of center(going by memory). Probably 15.5" in the tail and nose. 2 3/4" inches thick. Probably 1 3/4" thick in the nose, 1 5/8" tail. I can measure exactly with my fine, fine calipers tommorrow if you’d like. I don’t know the rocker numbers. I rarely measure them. I just eyeball the foil. I’ve rode it in knee to chest high waves. Pretty fun board although I prefer my fishes when it’s good. Mike
Thanks Mike. No need to break out the calipers those estimates are fine. Similar to what I’m planning.
Would be nice to see a pic of the rocker if you can. No stress if you can’t get one.
thanks for helping out.
JD