Hi all, I am not a shaper, but a surfer for many years living in HI. I came across an unfinished surfboard and would like to finish it up as a fun project. It’s a mini tanker of about 8’. From my (limited) research, it looks like it will need a final ‘hot coat’ and most likely a longboard finbox installed. I assume this is what the shaper was thinking. I am looking at the side boxes, they say “s” on them. I can’t ID them as futures as most of futures are X for center and F for sides. What type of fin box is this? Also, will the proper steps be 1) sand down 2) hot coat 3) install longboard center fin box? I do have a friend who is a backyard shaper and will ask him when he has time to help me, but thought I’d try to do searching first.
Thanks. I also picked up a quad fish. It’s a traditional fish at 5’9 x 20.5. What do you think you would recommend for a woman (120 lbs)? I ride mostly shortboards, mini tankers and all thrusters. Usually ride small templete fcs fins, don’t mind medium fins, but wide tails have always felt weird to me. This is my first try at quads. Large front, and small trailers? Thanks a bunch. aloha, j
