Found this paper on www.mickeymunoz.com as I surfed the internet searching for a review of Mickey’s 12foot Surftech, NZ$1480-1500, exchange rate probably NZ$1.00-US$0.66-68, anyone able to critically review the board?
Back to the paper, just to add fuel to the embers of Roy’s board speed thread, possibly the biggest thread in this sites history.
MrT, There are a few guys at Cardiff Reef in Cal. who have 12ft. Surftech Munoz boards. They fall into two catagories: Older guys who need an easy wave-catching board that can actually turn pretty well. And stand up paddle surfers. Stand up paddle surfing has become more and more popular on small, mushy days.
Mostly I hear that they really like the boards. General comments, nothing scientific. Doug
I am in thr first category, I have a 10-6 X 25in but had the back made too narrow, therefore not catching waves easily, the 12 ft board looks like the one, just to get more wave time from further out. I like the philosophy of catghing four and going home, the Munoz board might make that an easily achieved goal.
There are file size limitations for uploads, the pdf file is two large, I have copied and pasted on to word, each page as a separate file, however that is still too large, I am looking for a tip on how to compress it even furher. The reason for going to this hassle is that I have had a pm from someone who cant access the link, asking me to email the article to them, I only have access to hotmail so attempting to put the file up on the BB.
I think your title is taking the quote from the paper out of context. When I saw your title I thought you were implying that a smaller board will go faster than a longer board. The paper says:[=1]
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[=Black][ 2]The smaller the board,however,the faster it must move if the board and the surfer are to plane rather than sink.[/][/]
The paper isn’t mentioning anything about the maximum speed of a board. Only that a board with less planing area must travel faster to support a certain amount of weight in order to plane, and therefore not sink.