So release is the way the rail lets go of the waterflow under the board.
I see light!
The quality of a boards release depends on many factors, like: angle of the board to the water, angle of the board to the movement of the board, speed of the board to the water, bottom shape, rail shape, surfers weight?
John,
I keep hearing this over and over and I just don’t think it ever happens enough to make it a design element. I think it only happens if the board is stalling (as in nose riding where the water (wake) dumps on the tail of the board) or when you are pivoting at very low speeds. If you are up and planing, I don’t think the water gets past the apex of the rail. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at my rails (both on hulls and standard boards) and I have never seen water wrapping up onto the deck. A lot of really experienced people insist it happens, but I’ve never seen it in person, in still photos, or movies. And I’ve looked really hard 'cause it’s a little pet peeve of mine.
Do you have any more info to show me the error of my waves…
Lee
Hi Lee -
With all due respect, I may be mistaken but I thought I'd read it right here on Swaylocks that hull riders for example 'bury' the forward rail as they lean in to a turn. Most of the photos I've seen don't really show what's going on with the deck side... I was mainly relying on what I thought I understood of the theory.
Based on what I'm seeing in this scanned photo, I stand by what I said about water flow over the deck.
one of the other elements of the hot curl thucking
of the face,much like a kissing festival with ones’wife
in years past, was the elemental round of the rail
which is where I would put my support as to the
antepodal feature to the flat bottom in the tail and rail.
that flat and the tucked under edge was always
pitched and swung on by the release merchants.
now as to work release
that is when you promise
to come back to Jail
at dinner time after
you worked all day.
and if you are not actually incarcerated
you can also get a kiss from your wife…
aka sucking face…
…ambrose…
boards under 15’’ can be tested in a sink tank
a place where implements are dish cussed.
Close but, nope, not good enough. See his back foot? No wrap. The same thing is happening under his front foot but you are looking at it from the "back". When you put it up on a rail, the "wake" is on the inside rail, the root spray is moving from the inside rail to the outside. I'm not saying it doesn't happen occasionally but just not enough to create a dynamic that is useful in some manner. My mind is still open. Any more photos?
"The same thing is happening under his front foot but you are looking at it from the "back". "
Sorry Lee - I don't get what you're trying to say there.
If that photo which anybody can see clearly shows water flowing past the rail apex and over the deck doesn't convince you, I'll save my breath.
Wait a second.... aren't you one of those hull guys??? My bad. I forgot I'm not allowed to question the function of a thin railed hull.
Too hard to put into words for me-- I always go back to the old experiment theory of putting the teaspoon under the running tap and then turning it over to feel the different effects with concave or convex...............then again, it depends what sort of rails you got on your teaspoon
We’ll have to duke…er…discuss it out in person in October where my feeble attempts at written descriptions and equally inept talent at computer graphics won’t inhibit my ability to convert you to the truth.
Hi Lee -
See ya there! Meanwhile I'll be working on my aluminum foil hat. It's the only proven protection against the insidious Vulcan Mindmeld.