Q:
IF you knew it was going to be head-high [and a bit bigger ], offshore , and tubes , for a few days ....
WHICH of your boards [and fin setups] would you ride ?
....and ....
WHY ?
If you like , please feel free to post photos of the board[s] , fin setups , and the wave[s] in question [no locations needed] .
I ask these questions , as this thread got me thinking / questioning .... as well as because of some recent surf[s] I have had here ....
cheers for your input , guys !
ben
This 8-0 Griffin 5 Fin. But remember I am 60 yrs old.
Made myself this 6’5" a while back, still havnt ridden it as I havnt had the waves for it yet but am hoping it will serve me right in big clean waves…
Quad /widepoint forward and Full Rails, interested to hear what people recommend or find best for rail shape and volume on big wave boards?
That thread got me thinking the same thing, Ben…
I’d ride my 6’6 round tail… 2 1/2 thick, foiled thin in the nose and tail, with performance rails and a short, hard tucked edge. That board works so good in the tube it’s crazy, and I’m trying to figure out why. To answer that question, I thought about a few things…
Longer and thinner vs. shorter and thicker: The trend now is shorter/wider/thicker. But I’m rethinking that… equal volume overall, but longer and thinner for more flex, and thinner in the tail for flexing in a tight, steep pocket. My theory is that boards… particularly the tail of the board… flexes more than we think, and that helps in the barrel.
Reduced tail volume: Better hold… and this is pretty common knowledge, which is why rounded pins are the tail shape of choice for tuberiding boards. I’m thinking about taking a 6 gallon bucket and filling it up with a foot of water, then dipping my boards’ tails in and calibrating the inside of the bucket to measure the displacement of the last foot of board… the “tail volume.” Just to comare and see if that makes a difference, all other factors held constant.
taking off under the lip then the 6-1 swallow tail
trying to get in early then th 6-6 e-tail
the 6-6 has superior paddle addvantage and this helps in certain ( crowded ) conditions
tri fin ( Mick Fanning template ) in both
thanks , guys !
keep em coming !
Greg , nice fins ! you make them ? can I see a shot of them set up in the board , please ?
cheers
ben
Relax Ben...
....tubes will come.....
some crazy suff over at Surfline.com........
http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/jaws-swell-part-two_77469/
I am looking forward to seeing more pics on this thread, Im sure the clinker channels are going to pop up soon, yes im fixated on them, but great thread fins, chipper, ben, jeez, im getting confused on what to call you.
hi digs !
...will you one day make your dream 6-channel tube machine ?
...either a single fin , or a thruster ? ....
..."to be continued " ...
cheers
[just call me ] ' the tinkerer ' :)
9-5 Paul Gross Stringerless!
You mean waves like this? (Vintage 1970’s photo of my local beach break- 85% of the time there is no way out of such tubes).
I’d ride my magic 7-1 bonzer but it’s history, so in it’s place I have this 6’-8".
This is it, but I ride it as a thruster in head high and up…
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yes the are, I reckon the term clinker channels is just a aussie thing, I always understood clinkers to be deeper channels running all the way out through the tail, back in the 80s was the first time I heard this.
