Anyone know whatsup with all of these boards(especially merricks) in magazines with what looks like a tail patch on the rail only.
Many of us do not read surf mags, so we cannot answer you unless you provide a picture illustrating this thing you speak of.
OOOH mee I can. well when you start doing ding repair on pros boards that do airs that little area is always smashed and I have fixed way to many of them so they lay a extra layer of 4 oz there the designs where just something thomas Cambel came up with.