Nothing new. Guys have been doing this for decades. I was just bored and looking try this. You may have seen the outstanding Asymm board that George Gall at PlusOne built for me. It had no nose to speak of, giving it a bit more rail line. And as an added bonus, I love to reach up and use it as a lever help with minor duck dives. It is like a handle, sort of. So, I cut my nose off on an existing board for which the nose seemed superfluous. It went from a 6-5 to a 6-2. I saved the cut off piece and put it in the freezer in case I wanted to reattach it.
If you have a thought, let’s hear it.
I made the cut at a bevel and rounded the nose a little for…what? Looks? If for looks, why not just leave the whole thing on there?
Anyone know how to embed the youtube vid here? Besides doing that, could you also explain how? thx
BTW, I think there is more to it than just cutting the nose off, as I did. I think the rocker needs to be planned out to match. That could take some time.
LOL. yes I did. luckily it came off the board. You know, I knew that would happen and cleaned it with alcohol first, but stil left some residew.
BTW, since it is OK to hijack your own thread, I guess, I was particularly interested to see the foam/glass interface. I glassed it with 6 oz Xglass from GM. I had sealed with just spackle and there was just about no resin soaking through. And the skin was strong and unyeilding to the pinch. The total stack was 6 oz Xglass and 4 oz E with a 2 oz cover on that. Holding up well, but it has been lightly riden since getting the one you made for me.
Ha, just the other day Bauguess was retelling the story when he was shaping with Brewer on Kauai. It was the heyday and Brewer shapes were gold… The way he told it, Hakman, an Aussie and a S. African come into the shaping room to look at a new shape. One of the guys spoke up and said, “Hey, I ordered a 7 foot board, this one is 8…” After an uncomfortable silence, Brewer’s reply was to grab his saw and wildly chop the tail off the brand new shape, “How’s that?!!” as they guys watched in abject horror. They were so blown away, not knowing what to do, they all just left quickly… (the only thing worse would have been for the guy to say, “But, it’s a square tail, I didn’t want a square tail…” but not in those days… …they did the right thing by splitting.)
BTW, I’m declaring that this is not a hijack, since it does tie in with deliberate amputation of otherwise perfectly good shapes…
(Not sure if you can hijack your own thread though Greg… …the Mods are onto you man…)
I’m a very strong paddler that gives me an advantage in catching waves.
Sometimes I get in waves that most wouldnt catch.
One of those situations is when Im paddling for a wave and its beginning to pass me up, my nose(and rest of the board) is submerged in the crest, but I’m still paddling and pull out an ace(through hard charging paddling) and catch the wave.
A blunt nose would be a liabilty and I wouldnt catch the wave in this situation. Having a pointy nose assists in this situation and with a snub nose I’d lose the wave.
are you guys really brothers? I ask because brothers (other than twins) tend to be opposite stance. If I remember right Bernie (Oneula) is regular foot. I will be VERY curious to find out how that board goes for a goofy foot, as we have been doing a lot of studying on it here with surprising results. One of my concerns of the broad noses was the offshores you get, but you guys are making them work. I’ve sent 3 A_Symms to the S. Shore and they seem to go pretty good.
Also, I’ve been corresponding with Jeff (Alexander) in Bali and as you probably know his boards are very broad nosed (twin tipped) which gives that great parallel outline in a shorter length.
The boards paddle faster and catch waves well too since you can scoot up forward on them, and since they are so short, don’t seem to catch too much wind under the broad bill (see it as a regular board without that triangle nose sticking out, I guess…)
George, we are brothers. I am also regular, but I can switch. I would like to try the board in town where the wave are usually a lot better. Bernie is bigger than I am so his boards have a lot of float for me. One thing I notice about switching is that I used to like riding shorter boards when I ride goofy. I think it’s because I skated goofy foot and I can get that hard turning action I’m used to when I skate. I haven’t ridden the skate board for 20+ years so I’ve forgotten how that feels.
Bernie has 4 Gemini boards and I have one, we like them too. I really like Jeff’s fin placement for the quad. I rode an old board I made that has Jeff’s quad fin placement the other day in a really good south swell and was very happy with the way it handled. I was going to give it away, so I thought I’d ride it one last time. Now I’m not sure if I want to give it away.
I always wanted the Gemini shape without the two pointed noses. The way I see the gemini is that the front has a longer rail line, but the back has a lot of curve. Like 2 boards blended. I guess that’s what you’re doing, blending 2 boards but in a different way.
Sorry to hi-jack the thread. I actually have a 6-6 with a very pointed nose and I wanted to cut off the tip the way Greg did. I think I will now.
Love it. Not that I care about trends, but this is one that I forsee growing in popularity, once the herd gets their head around the concept and the potential benefits.
Board makers should love it too, as you can essentially make a board with less materials all the way around if you plan it that way from the beginning.
