Hello,
I’m a french surfer, i come to the french forum “shaperoom”.
I want to built a 12’ balsa longboard.
Can you help me for the shape, I work with DAT designer
Some pictures of the board
Thank’s for our help
kite85
Clark Foams has a catalog with some dims, you may be able to scale some of the smaller blanks and/or put your own twist on it.
http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/Product_Catalog/Blanks/blanks.html
What are you planning to do with the board? I made a 12’ ultra glide inspired by 12’ Munoz Surftech. 12’ x 17 3/4" x 26 1/2" x 14 3/4" x 3 5/8". This is a real crowd control board.
this is not a humble opinion,the dat?
is too flat
turning will be a monumental task.
this plan is acceptable for a platform
for waves of any steepness it may prove difficult
pearl diving as a negative thing
can be avoided with more rocker.
Nose riding a board of this length requires
such a massive area fin as to further impede turning.
add rocker in tail,for turning +2’’
add rocker in nose to aviod pearling+2’‘18’’ back from nose
…ambrose…
studying 12 shapes since 1977,with an attitude…
I make either 12’ guns, tandems, paddle boards or crowd control boards. The rocker and template would vary with each. That is why I asked what was the intention of the board and of course the type of waves that will be ridden is a factor. I used my crowd control board out at Haleiwa on an overhead day and had a blast. There are a lot better boards to ride in those conditions but I got to ride what I brought out.
Thanks for repply,
The board is for surf small wave’s (20" to 60") and for paddling
Sorry, i’m not very good in english.
I see an article about tom wegener who built wood surfboards.
I wan’t built a balsa longboard like this picture
picture of french forum “shaperoom.net” built by timy40