Cool one from the beach the other morning. Paul Gross prone board shape
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Nice pictures!
Asym twingle?
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symmetrical board shape with additional “inside” fin box placed for right points as an option; is what I took from it.
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Paul Gross. Mats and prone boards. What is often overlooked is his shaping ability. He could shape a nice Yater Spoon and a very good replica of Nat Young’s 9’4” that Nat used in the World Contest. I forget what he called that board? Sam??
Yeah “Magic Sam”.
This one is definitely a real nice shape. The design thoughts with the incut outline and the inside fin box - I like where his head is at.
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A paipo interview with Paul Gross on his prone longboards.
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I think that the incut is actually an illusion, it’s really just a straight line. Maybe our eyes are just not ready to see complete straights on surfcraft? The second half of this video shows that baby in action.
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He’s a good writer. Used to really enjoy his stuff in Longboard. I guess you would drag your feet to slow down and let the curl catch up. Too long of a board to cutback from a prone position.
Hey Muffcake - thanks for the video link, I think that’s swaylocks own “proneman” featured in the video, based on the fact that the name is the same (Roger) and he is riding a longboard prone at Malibu.
Yeah that’s him.
Here are more details on this style of board.
It may be a long board but it’s not a longboard. I don’t think Roger or PG had any intent on turning in this design. They are built for going fast in a straight line and staying in the pocket. Climbing, dropping, and stalling are the preferred techniques to control the ride.
Yeah figured as much.
hmm you might be right, but I thought I talked to Roger about it being incut and he affirmed. I don’t doubt that there are straight(parallel) other prior renditions.
If it is straight does the hip at the back not create an incut with how pronounced the hip is?