Thanks for the ‘heads up’ Huck. Nice to know that I’m not the only person doing this kind of stuff while testing. Perhaps Im not losing the plot after all.
Mattwho, when you say that you can feel the faults in the board that didn’t work so well, what faults are do you mean? I learn much more from mistakes than anything else, so would be interesting if you could elaborate on the problem areas. Let me know how the adaptions go. Which one of the boards in the photos is the board you want to do the adaptions?
I am still pondering rocker, the test board, although good, still room for improvement, especially in rocker I think. More testing today, but difficult conditions, super choppy and rippy, you know those light onshore conditions that just completely chop up everything, when the wind is stronger onshore it can often be easier to find some clean faces and sections amongst the chops. But still had some decent ones with the ‘extended double concave’ but I also kooked out on a fair few waves.
I have attached a photo of a ‘blast from the past’ the board long gone, only the photos and memories remain, going back almost 9 years to when the board was made, and my 3rd surfboard that I had ever made. A little rough around the edges… BUT the board wen’t insane- I wouldn’t say hyper performance or anything, but it handled anything that was thrown at it from bigger hollow conditions to small fat slow conditions- hacks ,snaps, gouges- it just did it all so naturally. Just luck in the build rather than skill. For the record it was fairly shallow single to double concave with slight vee off the end of the tail. It was a bit of an ugly duckling.
I am convinced that the secret was in the rocker, the photo is all I have, trying to compare it to other things out there, I am not comparing myself to Proctor, but to me the rocker on that board looks very similar to the monsta v 1.3 rocker that you can see on the webpage, feel free to tell me if you think I am talking out of my rear end. Back to the future, a new starting point from the past perhaps.
Im convinced the secret to rockers is the point where it starts to accelerate at the tail end, then its just a question of tweaking it slightly depending on the board or conditions. The test board I may have started the tail rocker too early and too abruptly, and doing so left a lack of curve closer to end of the tail. Again im nit-picking, because the board works, but to take things to the next level I need to be considering all this stuff.
My opinion, and only my feeling on how deep is too deep for concaves (because I havn’t tested it to any extreme, so i don’t know for sure) is that the webber in the photo is far too deep- i am GUESSING that rail to rail transitions could be made difficult especially while turning off the top??? the charcoal board is probably too deep for me too, its not that I am saying that it can’t work, its just potentially more to go wrong IMO. btw how does that board go? Also deep singles have potential problems in choppy conditions???
More Snooping, but I figure I’m not really competition for the big guys.
If you get time, take a look at the JS Industries website, choose a board, and click on concaves, they run a straight edge down the boards in a short video clip. I am aiming for these kind of depths.
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