Anybody use them? They are common on longboards, noseriders etc. I’m making a semi gun and I was visualizing an off the lip and with all that extra nose in front of your front foot, I was thinking a nose bevel might lessen the chance of digging a rail coming down from a top turn on a steep wave.
Thoughts from the experts?
I have a Dave Parmenter Malolo Fish that has them from nose to tail (Very sharp and angular…)
That sounds like a ‘‘chine rail’’. George Panton (Inspiration Surfboards) used that on most of his boards back in the early 70s.
llilibel, if you’ve got enough volume in the nose rail, it might be worth a try. On most contemporary semis, that rail is so thin there wouldn’t be much room for a bevel or chine.
yeah its hard enough just to shape them round accurately
i actually leave mine hard. after i finished shapeing the board and everythings rounded off i run over the bottom of the nose a bit with the block and create a harder edge
every board I make has a chine in the nose
back to the engaged rail at width
where it mellows into a round rail
before going into a down round rail.
swear by this railplan.
…ambrose…
Mike, remember the boards I was doing for Kurt Wilson, Charlie Kuhn, Robbie Persan and myself, blunted noses, with the rails going to high around the tips ?
As I recall, you wound up with one of Kurt’s boards in your possession and called to to tell me that the shapes of 1979 had the same rockers as todays boards, I took a ton of shit for the no nose, hyper rockered boards I was shaping while everyone else had widths ahead of center and flat tailed rockers.
Hell yes I remember those boards. You should also mention that a lot of them were chambered Clark blanks. By far the most outlandish shapes on the APS circuit (and that’s saying something because of DCB’s boards). I wish we had some pics of those things. Come to think of it, I bet Jim Wilson has some. Should look into that…
I did see one a few years ago, one of my neighbors had it. I borrowed it and took it to work to measure that ‘‘hyper-rocker’’. 5.25’’ nose, 2.375’’ tail. You were WAY ahead of the game, but yes, everyone thought you and Kurt were crazy. Crazy like a fox, as it turned out.
I would like to chime in on chine. it works.
Ace,
That’s a good looking board you’ve got there. Any chance of getting the dims from ya?
bandito
Well I guess with a name like “Bandito” I do not have to worry about you stealing anything from me…
Length 5’ width 23" nose 21" tail 19 1/2’’ . Thickness to your liking.
Nice bevel.
I have beveled rails in the nose of my current board. I think it helps with paddling flat water, but might inhibit pushing down the face.
It sometimes feels as though the nose isn’t there, especially through a top turn. This can be nice and free feeling, but the lack of feedback from the nose can be disconcerting when rolling into a full railed cutback.
I’m undecided whether I will have it as extreme on future boards, but I think the concept works great.