I am looking at shaping board number #2 and #3. One of them is going to a 6’ 4" diamond tailed quad however i am a little stuck with the other.
I have been surfing for a number of years in total but had a long break before getting back into it recently and i am not 100% sure what effect different fins set-up and rails will have on some shapes/types of board.
I defintely want to use this blank http://www.xtrafoam.com/images/8‘3’'.jpg and keep it as close to 8’ with the round nose. I’m really want a board that glides well but can turn well etc. I do know i don’t want a board that pivots around the tail however.
Shape wise i am thinking of going for either a squashed mal or egg shape, 8’ x 19" X 22" x 17" x 2.75" ??. Rails wise and fin set-up i don’t know what would be fun but without making it a dog…
Rails maybe soft 50/50 through the nose, body and going really tucked under to hard through the last 18-20"?
Fins maybe a quad set-up with a flat through to double concave on the bottom ?
I’m currently riding a 7’10" board that I’m very happy with. I will bring that post back to the top with some comments…
I just made an EPS blank and will be shaping a board like you described some time in the next month. Check out this link. Shorter than what you are planning but answers some questions. http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1049.
During the planning stages of a project I go to the Resources section and look at boards that other Swaylockers have built. The rolled bottom is my next training assignment…
Hopefully someone can comment on the rolled bottom. It’s something I’m learning about. I think it’s also called Belly. Shipman often talked about rolled bottom with pinched rails. That’s how he described it. I saw his eggs with soft 50/50 rails. No concave but this rolled bottom thing. Hard for me to discribe but think oppisite of this whole concave to double concave stuff. And Vee out the back. I can see it in my mind but maybe I’m just making things more confusing…
Hopefully someone can comment on the rolled bottom. It’s something I’m learning about. I think it’s also called Belly.
Bill Thrailkill told me about what Belly is on a surfboard. The bottom is rounded off towards the nose of the board where the rocker turns upward. I looks kind of like a belly sticking out. This helps push the water aside while you are paddling. The board that he showed me had a pointed nose. I don’t know how it would work with a rounded nosed board. I would think that it wouldn’t be a good thing for a nose rider.
