Shaping a Bonzer Zinger

General Discussion
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Aloha everyone,

I started shaping and glassing boards in the early 70’s but stopped in the the 80’s and stopped surfing too.  I have returned to surfing in 2006 and have been reborn again.  Why did I ever stopped?  Because I’m middle aged and gained about 50 lbs I’ve been longboarding and do surboard repairs since its a lot cheaper than buying new boards.  Recently I saw a beat up 7’6" Eaton Zinger Bonzer (twin fin Bonzer) on line.  It brought back memmories of the orignal trifin Bonzer that came out in the early 70’s, a board that I never shaped.  I bought the board to use as a model to copy it for a 9’ Zinger.  I thought I ask on how this board surfs since I never heard of a Zinger until I saw this board used boad on line.  I’ve been surfing twin fin (5.5" to 6" heights) on my longboards to help loosen up the turns, so the Zinger should be more to my liking the the original trifin.  Let me know how the Zinger performs if you have surfed on one.

Mahalo!

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I’ve had three shaped by ACE.  I liked every one of them.  He post here at times.  Maybe he will pitch in.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he shaped yours. Mike

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Worth doing a search through the forums as said above ACE has contributed a fair bit of knowledge on how these boards work.
Might have some of the threads bookmarked at home I’ll have a look later.

here ya go pages of bonzer musings

http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/thinking-about-twinbonzer-twonzer-experiment

http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1020924

http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/time-to-shape-my-bonzer

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Mike,

Thanks for the comment, I’ll see what he wrote first before asking him.  I’m still new to Swaylocks.

Aloha,

Bryce

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Tommorth,

 

Thanks for the info, your tags were helpful!

 

Aloha