New small wave ripper ideas

danegleesack · September 16, 2011, 2:13am

Well last year i shaped a quad fish and i really enjoy riding it because of the pure down line speed i am able to get. It is sorta a Lis inspired shape( i know i said quad so im automatically wrong) with twin pins, down rail, flat to a tiny bit of vee, beaked nose, ect. Alot of people are suprised to see that it is not a keel finned board after they see be ride it. The idea when i shaped it was to get the down line speed of twin keeled fish boards but perhaps make it more snappy and give it a tighter turning radius by breaking up the fins and making it a quad. To some extent the board was a success. I love it because it is supper fast and i am able to turn it pretty well but the turns are still drawn out, unless i completely throw myself into it. I have also started to do some some little airs on it because i can get so much speed. I wannt to shape a board that will haul down the line, but be more snappy and more loose. I was thinking something like a pod or perhaps something somewhat like the ci neckbeard. Maybe a little wider than the neck beard but still have the fat square tail. I was thinking maybe bridge the gap between a mini simmons (which i have shaped also, my second shape) and a shortboard, and make it a five fin convertable. The vernor silver bullet looks kinda interesting but i honestly dont know. Any help/ picture/ ideas are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

TonyLion · September 16, 2011, 2:34am

How about something similar to a Pavel Speed Dialer, fast down the line and very high performance (turns on a dime). You can also check Manuel Caro’s site for inspiration: www.mandalacustomshapes.com

knowaloha · September 16, 2011, 4:32am

sounds like you want something like a fish hybrid

big side fins , small trailer

http://trueames.com/shop/channel-islands-twin-fin-Finger-fcs-compatible

danegleesack · September 16, 2011, 11:24am

that thing looks sorty like a pod with more foam foward and the wings. it looks sick. I might attempt something like that in the nose cause that nose looks nice and then do a real wide chop square tail. Is that the fin setup for the ci mtf? My friend has one and love the thing

knowaloha · September 17, 2011, 3:09am

rusty talks about the chop tail

http://www.rustysurf.com/website/surfboards-boards-highperformance/choppa/

and them are the MTF fins

cuttlefish · September 18, 2011, 1:06pm

Here you go…mini-simmons tail and shortboard nose in a 5 fin configuration.

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unclegrumpy · September 18, 2011, 7:12pm

FWIW Steve Lis is currently into 4 and 5 finners.

You can see a photo of his quiver in TSJ Vol. 20 # 1 in the article "Home Grown" by Cher Pendarvis.

danegleesack · September 23, 2011, 12:07am

cuttlefish hell yes. that is what i am talking about. do you have the dimensions for that thing

madpirate · September 27, 2011, 11:41am