I’m making a funboard for my gf’s dad, and I was wondering if someone could help me out with the concaves. it’s 7’6 x 21 7/8 x 2 7/8. I put in a light double concave startin 4" in front of the midpoint running up to the fins where it fades into a very light single out the tail (This way water won’t go through the double section and run into a flat, and I don’t feel comfortable putting a double concave or vee through the fin section on a board for somebody else because I’ve had sand throughs on my own boards ive made like that). my question is should I bring the double closer to the nose or leave it flat for speed and trimming? Thanks
You don't show pics or drawings or anything, Kinda hard to comment on the bottom contours of a board without seeing it. I'm guessing its an egg shape? I've had good success with flat bottoms on an egg.
Sorry. I’ll post pics tomorrow, I thought all funboards were basically the same, eggy type of shape. I had considered a flat bottom but the ricky Carroll 7’6 I copied the dimensions from is double concave, I thought it was probably a double to help it turn. With that much volume and no big longboard fin, I thought it would be important to give it something to “roll” off of to help with rail to rail. I would just copy the bottom from that board as wel but i dont have it here and i won’t see it for another week. Like I said I’ll put pics up tomorrow, it’s basically an egg with a squash tail and fat rails with a slight tuck.
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Sorry. I'll post pics tomorrow, I thought all funboards were basically the same, eggy type of shape... [/quote]
Yeah, probably true. I just meant that bottom contours like a lot of things are kind of a subjective thing, and it always seems easier to state a preference when you have a visual reference. Is this for a beginner? Single, single with sidebites, or thruster?
It is for a beginner. Otherwise I’d probably run a spiral vee down almost the full length of the board. It’s going to be a thruster, although I considered putting a box for a longboard fin as the center. I’ve never done one before though so it will probably just get FCS plugs.