Hi all,
I currently ride a 8’6" longboard and would like to make the move down to something a little shorter, that turns a little better, but will still catch waves.
Just looking for shape suggestions in the 7’ish range. fire away.
Josh
EGG.
Review some of Reverb's posts.
YES. Or a 7’6ish big guy tri. The journey all depends on where you want to end up.
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YES. Or a 7'6ish big guy tri. The journey all depends on where you want to end up.
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Or Quad.
Thanks for the Egg idea tblank, I’m reading a few threads right now.
Whats a big guy tri/quad???
Josh
It’s just an over-sized shortboard shape of any fin design. (‘Big guy tri’ is just the concept.) It depends on whether you want to end up on a 6’-6ish - 7’ egg or a 6’-6ish shortboard.
If you are a bigger type guy; as per UncleD's advice, check out Joe Blair Surfboards. He's onto something there.
I’m actually a really small guy, only 5’10" and 150lbs so I don’t think the big guy tri is for me.
still looking into the egg.
Big Guy Tri-no go Fo' you. Try da egg.
Hey man,
I'm 5'8'' and 150lbs, and have been riding a great board that you might like. It was inspired by a Marc Andreini shape I saw in a beach parking lot one day - check out Vaqueros De Las Olas on Google Images.
I shaped up a 7'4'' version for my friend who is 6'2'' and 185 lbs (pictured, yellow one w/ deck patch), and a 6'8'' version for myself (pictured, green one - big thanks to @lee_jordan for helping out on it). I don't know if you'd call it an egg per se (would like to hear from other Swaylockians how to classify it), but I can tell you that this board has been universally loved by all my friends who've ridden it. It's my go-to board on days with small waves or big jumbly slow ones.
Dimensions of the 6'8'' are 16'' (nose) x 21'' (center) x 14 5/8'' (tail), and 2 1/2'' thick. I'm happy to send over the .brd file if you'd like - just PM me.
It's super easy to paddle in, but it's pretty damn maneuverable. To increase maneuverability, I actually just shaped a 6'2'' version, thinned it out, and gave it a quad fin setup. But I haven't ridden it yet, so no insights as of today...
For full disclosure, I don't really know what I'm doing. I started building boards a year ago relying on the collective wisdom of Swaylocks, and am just pursuing whatever seems to work.
Hope that helps, and good luck!
Dave
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I shaped a board as an experiment from a “big guy” blank. It’s 7’10" x 25.5", with a pintail and an pointed nose. With that kind of width, the outline is mostly curve, width pulled back to float my long legs. I put a single fin on it. It turned out to be one of my favorites; the volume floats me like a longboard, it is incredibly responsive (consider the leverage when you stick a wide board on a rail), and it will duck dive due to the nose. You’ll probably never see a board like this on a shelf because it’s too wide to be sexy, but dang I like it.
Like Tblank said check out the boards at http://www.jblairsurf.com/Custom_Boards.html. If I was your size, I would something like Joe's double wing quad pintail around 6-6. You want a wave catcher that can dip and snap turns off the lip.
Aloha
D
