steve forstall

been surfin for 35 years and the best board i have ever ridden are Steve forstalls eps epoxy boards(handshaped)have 7’coda that i love and just ordered a 6’8" double wing rocket fish,they just flow,he really knows what he’s doing and is great person ,can’t wait to get my hands on the new one!!!

Have you got a piccie or a link to the 6’8"

cheers

Hicksy

sorry hicksy,its not even finished yet,dimensions are going to be 6’8" x 20 1/2" x 2 3/4"

nose 13 1/2". tail-15" Q-Stick label

Aloha , Steve is one great board builder IMHO . He uses resin research products and has been in the next bay to Greg Loher for years . He was making and riding fish shapes long before they became “hot” again and he really likes fish. His EPS / Epoxy boards are extremely light and strong . He uses some kind of special material on the decks to make them even stronger . Steve can make anything you want . I am enclosing a pic of a funshape I had him make for me . He made just what I wanted and didn’t try to “improve” on what I asked for . I can’t say enough about his boards . If you check him out you won’t be sorry . He is a real nice person to deal with also… Mahalo Don J…

hey hotcoat,yeah my coda looks just like that,except its got a swallow tail and small channels,i like the channels it makes it really loose,the Q-stick he’s making me now is gonna have em too,the cloth you are talking about is called syntech.

I have known Stevie since the 70’s. We owned a surfshop/ surfboard factory together. We sold almost 170 boards in eight months. The guy is a pro. He has been the master of Eggs and hybrids for years and I have yet to ride a performance longboard that rides the same as Stevies. His Epoxy 10’ rides like a 9’0. One of the good guys of the industry. His 7’2’’ Cheaters have yet to be matched.

Boy loves him some Britney Spears CDs though. Guess he can’t help it, being such a fan of KC and the sunshine band in the 70’s. Steve if your looking in. Whats happening.

Does Mr. forstall have a web site or photos of is board line?

not at this time. I used to have them on my site. I have alot of pics though.

Here’s one of Steve’s longboards in action this past weekend in Central Florida:

Photo by JOHN LASSETER

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Here’s one of Steve’s longboards in action this past weekend in Central Florida:

Hey lawless… glad that you used the pic… fun day!! Steve is a great guy :slight_smile:

Another shot… same board / same day

Think I’m gonna get one of his 10 ft. boards . Here’s a couple of pics I found of them Mahalo to all…


is that a chined deck i’m seeing ?

Aloha , It’s not chines but “channels” for a better word . Steve puts them on most all of his boards . Their for extra strength. I think. Seems like it would be 1 more of a pain to glass but that’s how Steve is about his boards . Told me he would need to build the 10 footer I want with 4 layers of glass on the deck (thin 4 oz and syntech?) I think and 2 layers on the bottom . For the strength he wants out of his boards . Steve also uses a lot of double and triple stringers . He really doesn’t want any of his boards out there to be “2nd best” …

i fail to see how channels on the top and bottom of a board could add strength…anyone?

are they only on his longboards, or does he do it on shortboards, too…if it’s only on the longboards, maybe they help the board lock in better for a more stable noseride?

The furrow down the length of the board has more surface area and acts like a perimeter stringer. If you filled those depressions with glass and flattened it off with the rest of the board, they would be even stronger.

Hope you understand my interpretation.

cheers

Hicksy

ah…didn’t consider that they’d be filled and sanded flush. i suppose with an ultralight eps/epoxy board, you can stand to add a little weight here and there for better durability.

There not filled in…they add strength and stiffness. I have seen where people route out along the rail(bottom) an inch or two in …fill with glass rope and sanded flush…but that was on the bottom of a gun shape. The rail channels add strength and no weight…and as an off shoot give a good grip for ducking…have fun…

what resists bending more ??

flat sheet metal or corrugated iron???

regards

BERT