widow maker and stub vector

I have seen these designs mentioned over the years and have never seen one or heard any theory on this design . maybe some one can enlighten me.

I own a board dubbed ‘widowmaker’ (on the stringer along with the dimensions).

Its an ‘aleuian juice’ by D. Parmenter.

8’0" x 19" x 3" - the tail is about 11" pin

fins = 7 1/2" center with small sidebites.

I use this board at ocean beach san francisco when its double overhead + and am quite happy with it

for me, the 1+2 fin is not ideal on a board this ‘small’ - I probabaly would go with yer standard tri-fin setup, not wanting to go single fin on anything under 9’6"

This is a great board, well designed and excellent craftsmanship.

hope this helps…

shred on

Lunch time answer:

There’s a fairly comprehensive article Sam George wrote in Surfer Mag several years back about his experience with the first “Stubb Vector”. You should ask Chipfish I’m sure he can dig it up some where.

I have 3 Parmenter Aleutian Juice Vectors I bought from Hale Nalu Surf Shop in Waianae, Oahu. I should’ve bought more. They are basically thin wide low rockered performance oriented fun boards. Basically a shallow vee with lots of flat on the bottom. Point Blanks has a version called the Rocketsled if you want to see a picture. There’s an Australian version on Seajuice called the “waterskate” if you want another version.

They paddle very efficiently(fast) and fly down the line, not much of vertically oriented board but if you step back on the tail they’ll pivot around nicely. Deep high rail gouges off the top are difficult because they have wide noses which tend to catch. Very good boards for heavy front footed surfers…

The Widowmaker was done I believe for northern california sort of like a high performance 2+1 shortboard.

Dave has another shape called the Malolo which is a outrageous little fish shape but that’s another story.

I guess you can tell I’m a fan of DP boards…