Anyone have success with vee/belly bottoms on small wave surfboards. I live in south FL and small wave boards is pretty much what I shape. I haven’t been shaping very long so I don’t have really any experience with vee bottom, I usually do straight single or single to triple concave. I wanted to try something different, modeling a board like the Lost Bottom Feeder and the JS Pier Pony, I made a 5’2’’ X 19 3/4’’ X 2 3/8 with a vee bottom that has a double concave with in it started a little before the fins out the tail. I shaped the vee in first, staring it about 6’’ from nose then gradually more defined 12’’ before the fins, then fade back out the tail. At its most defined the stringer is about 1/8’’ higher than the rails on both sides. I then cut in a double concave between the fins to give it some drive. I haven’t ridden it yet cause of a month long flat spell, but Im curious what others have done with vee bottoms on small wave boards.
I pretty much put some vee in all my shortboards if they have a tail anything over 14.5". The wider the tail, the more pressure required to put that tail on the rail (turning).Vee helps the board go on rail. Guys with larger feet have less trouble than the smaller footed surfer. Some of the (soap-bar) style boards need an even more pronounced vee even farther up. Try it. It works well. The picture I attached is my personal board. Probably not the best shot of vee, but best I could find. Barry windigosurf.com
Cool tail, thanks for the advice. Ya the board is a lot wider than im used to and I was using the vee to help me get it on rail like you said. I think it will be a good combination with the ultra flat rocker.Is there a point on the board where you have the most pronounced vee and how pronounced is it. When I do concaves I make it deepest kind of between your feet which is in front of the fins, is it the same for vee.
Depending on the model, I try and transition the vee from the concave to the vee just forward of the front fins. Mostly on performance shorty’s it’s just in the last 6" to 8". Usually the wider the tail, the farther the vee goe’s ou the tail. Barry
5’8 x 18-1/2 x 2-1/4 PUPE with narrow Vee panels starting just ahead of center increasing out through the tail. There’s also a bit of concave in between. I try to be careful blending the vee to avoid bumps in the rail rocker
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I’ve experimented the past year or so, done about 8-9 boards like this for myslef, both twin fins and quads. seems to give a nice squirt out of turns. me riding this quad small day rocky point -
Yes I have…but i use much wider dimensions and longer lengths (22-23" wide). although you could go short though.
I like that bottom, is that a tri-plane hull, single concave within the vee huh. How does that work. Mine i scooped out concave on each panel instead of the middle, kind of like the pic attached. Man I wish I still lived in hawaii, rocky rights every morning. Its goat island paddles this time of year. Its tuff surfing in Florida, but boy shaping makes it a whole lot better.
By the way 5’8’‘x 18 1/2’‘x 2 1/4’’ are my magic boards dimensions. I think I went 12’’ in the nose 14 5/8’’ in the tail but with a squash. We must be about the same size. I used to ride 5’11s, 5’10s by 18 1/8’‘, 18 1/4’’ but I followed the trend and have been going shorter, wider, flatter, and fuller on my reg shortboard with better results.