My Number Two

General Discussion
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My 20c worth of stoke

Finished my second garage attempt

The ’ modular ’ shaping bay and vac setup for the planer

Worked a treat- but 3 wks later I’m still sweeping foam dust.

This time I got smart and copied the rails off my fave shortboard with a flexi curve , making templates.

All tricks I picked up from Swaylocks.

I went for a refinement of my first one - finer rails and tail , quad with a ( kind of ) Speed Dialler bottom.

The photos are artfully arranged to hide the cosmetic and structural faults ; )

This one fought me a bit ( things like the planer ripping the blazes out of the foam- I used a Shapers Barrel the first time ) but it’s all experience.

First spray , first box install ,all great fun.

It 6 7 ‘’ , 21 3/4 and a hair under 3’’ thick thicker than I planned , dunno what happened but you don’t feel it cos the rails are quite fine.

First surf today in shoulder high onshore with the rip sapping power from the waves and a nice side wash/wobble off the rocks for good measure.I got one little roundhouse cutty to take home , the rest of the time flailing around like a goony bird.

Floats me well though - we shall see.

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“The photos are artfully arranged to hide the cosmetic and structural faults ; )”

Man, either you’re a pretty good photographer or this board is just fine (at least for a second board…)

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From memory you have a twin keel??. If so, how do you find the difference in manouverability??? I love my twin keel, but a lighter, looser version for more verticality would be sweet

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Nuclear,

That came out sweet! Love that color,too. Mike

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fantastic work. your board looks really fine mate.

flexi curve, i’ve learnt something. does anyone know where you can buy them in oz?

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Beautiful man!

Looks like you’ve got a nice space to work in, and a good eye.

Sometimes it makes me want to go back to poly for a bit, but then you remind me of the dust :slight_smile:

Killer photos too, the shaping bay shot is styley, and the scenery in the other shots makes me feel right at home :wink:

Nice one

Kit

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NuclearFishin, That is some beauty of a #2 board. Talking about being a starter, you sure start off with a BANG. Really like the board color choice, my favorite color. If I may suggest changing your front inserts to the White ones and see if you like your board better.

Welcome to the ProBox Movement!

Mahalo,Larry

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super nice board!

can’t see any flaw…

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Thanks for the encouragement guys, it means a lot.

Beerfan , yes it is noticeably looser than my twin keel- I surfed today , had my local about as good as it gets.

The boards plenty fast,responsive and loose, almost too much so for me at the moment , ha.I wasn’t getting the bomb sets or anything but pulled off a coupla roundhouse cutties and flew along a couple of nice walls.A bit of very embarrassing trouble with foot placement but I’ll work it out. I’ll enjoy experimenting with fins and positions to fine tune , as Larry suggests, for sure.

Me on the twin keel

Apologies for blowing my own trumpet but after 35 years surfing that’s the only remotely flattering pic of the five I have of myself !

Hey oldy, I got my flexi curve online from a local art supply or office(tech drawing) supply place.I think it was about 15 bucks.

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gracias. i’ll start looking.

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Here’s the thread

Rail template tool

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thanks again.

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Sweet mate. Like everyone has said, it is beautiful!, looks like #50 more than 2. Keep up the good work mate.

If that’s you on your twin keel i can;t wait to see a pic of you on your quad !

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Hey jeff

Sweet as old mate, there’s plenty of fun to be had on that buedy !!!

W