I’m making a stand-up paddle board and am have trouble finding what to do for bottom contours. I’m guessing I’ll need some belly in the nose and maybe some vee in the tail? If anyone has any knowledge about these I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
The board is going to be 12’0"x30"x4" (template from a Laird model paddle board)
flat to vee, tuck the rails. or just experiment with what you think might work. at least that was the fun for me.
Thanks, sounds like it’ll work. I’m going do flat bottom through the nose and middle and vee out the tail.
Thats the way to go. Depending on how much you weigh in at, I would consider going to 5 in thick. I just finished mine about a month and have been learning ever since how to ride the thing, now I have the hang of it, but that extra volume definently helped in the learning process.
Anthony
How much vee are you using on these boards and about where on the board does it start? Bottom third, or just in front of fins?
The vee will be in the rear third of the board, going from flat to about 3/16 at the tail. Does that sound good?
copy the laird template copy the laird bottom
copies are copies.
make your own contour plan make your own template
laird will copy your board when you make it go
better than…
who shaped the "laird pop-out?
isnt it then not the laird board til laird shaped it?
…ambrose…
well maybe a ford is a ford because the ford company made it.
mickey mantle signed louisville sluggers
make your own board…
who shaped the "laird pop-out?
isnt it then not the laird board til laird shaped
Ron House shaped the plug. He still makes customs with the “Laird paddle surf” logo
…ambrose…
make your own board…
I agree, just do your own thing. I planned on 1/4 of vee in mine, it came out a little steeper. Turns good for a 12’6
the rider is on the house!
praise the house
Do Ron Ron
yes he do!
praise the ron
the rant about the copying is not uncommon to my rantings and Yet I must say
thaT as much as one may try
the rendering of the ''copied lines and cyrves
belie the attenuations unique to the craftsman executing the piece…
ala rodins bronzes signed
that were done by his mistress were recognizable
to the illuminated eye.
the back cover of the mag has the house logo
with his prominance encrypted thereupon
praise be where praise justly resides.
the days of wine and noseriders long since past
the shapers day carefully forming the lasts
for the shoes worn for the naked emperors
quoted in perpetuity
for the less than illuminated to
quibble into the later century
over nuances derrived from production limits.
long live the hand shaped one offs
and may dr.House be paid well
his due
as he has a dues book filled with
paid mark stamps
I say this with no knowlege
or evidence specific
just an optimist’s
hope
that the shaper is
not paid
in dope.
with a trend like that in place
there is no reason for the
craft not to achieve inter stellar space.
royalties to the true king,
the crafts man whose
ships sails or flounders
at the whim of the
mass producer.
…ambrose…
yes I do .
Aloha kevincc,
Your question may be one of those, ask ten guys and get ten different answers. I’ve been stand upping a while and making custom paddles for a few of the long-time “experts” here, so I get to see many various shapes of paddle boards. One of the primary questions to ask is, what will you use the board for?.. mainly paddling on flat days, or getting into the line-up and catching waves (hope the guys at your break are friendly).
The “Laird” board is mainly a paddling board, though Laird has surfed big waves with it here on Maui. I’ve ridden it and a few of the guys I paddle with have one. It has no belly, no “V”, and very little rocker. Instead it has down rails and a slight concave down the entire bottom nose to tail. This design gives it good side to side stability but in small waves it’s not a turny responsive board if you want it to surf. On a 12’ board I agree that you want more thickness than 4".
Bottom line suggestion (generally speaking): A little V, belly, more rounded rails, and rocker for a wave catching rider. Back off all the above for a more stable distance paddler. Do your own thing, take a little of this and that idea, and get what you want.
Enjoy the ride!
richard mccormick
Thanks for the input Richard. I am going to use this board for flat days distance paddling. I may make another one for catching waves though. I’ll try the concave for this one and some vee in the next.