design question

[willli]

well yes

or using breaks in the continuous outline curve running from nose to widepoint
could be done with resin only giving the board a fwd control point
could be used to sharpen an entry point of the rail
could be assym, one side only if rider has a stronger "foot"

I think beeline said it best, moving the widepoint
I surfed many boards based on the raindrop being optimum
coupled with tuna skeg

and I was thinking much less extreme than the "penguin"

[~]

Willli,

How goes it? I hope you are well.

Getting back to your original post(s) - the best athletes ( eg tennis players) rock from side to side in anticipation of the lightening bolt ball.

Sometimes iNStability leads to better reaction times, leads to better sStability.

In the same way, a small swivel to the left sets up for a turn to the right.

If you can, watch our fallen hero, Baden Smith, torquing up his turn.


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Remember - life is relative. Especially at christmas.

[john -]

hey ~

love your work

[willli]

~,

it IS isolated here in the vicinity of NYC, at least from a kneeling perspective, but world class doctors, teaching hospitals conducting clinical trials, my enemy at stalemate... in the words of a visiting researcher from Sydney doing a review of the trial I'm in, having examined me..."But...but...this man should be dead!!" I AM a walking talking dead man.
I've only seen Baden surf in Simon's videos, and my first thought was "He surfs just like me", the pre-loading you speak of well suited to getting quads to tourque their turns. MUCH discussion here led to an understanding that the quad design had a lot to do with a more upright stance, the worst case scenario the butt wiggle down the line...
Simon's style I thought was IT, but when I worked it into my surfing on Blast quads I found the projection out of turns extreme, throwing me waaayy down the line. The solution to that as posited on this board was a change to a kneeboard thruster set-up, and for that I "went to the well" so to speak, Bruce Hart. Now I don't claim to surf like Simon, I surf more like Willli, which is to say that even a geezer like myself can surprise himself when the wave opens up an opportunity, and thats what its all about, cos brother when your butt is on the cold stainless grounding plate and the light above is bright and fuzzy and the count is going backwards you need SOMEPLACE to send your mind and I'm always grateful for that last ride.

[~]

Thanks Dorje, the fijords were the hardest part. :wink:
And thanks Willli. I've read your stories. Great stuff, heartening, heartrending. Post more.

BTW that should be "one more last ride."

When you feel like paddling in, just don't.
And specialists? Hey, what do they know?

I bet he couldn't even get out the back.
In fact, last time I watched that chap from Sydney, he was waxing up the bottom of his board.



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Great view from here- especially when my eyes are open

[john -]

~,

Now I don't claim to surf like Simon, I surf more like Willli, which is to say that even a geezer like myself can surprise himself when the wave opens up an opportunity

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hey willli...pretty much what i ment when i quoted mr parkes and his wall statement some months back! sometimes it aint the surfer or the board but the wave ...and then the opportunity for all three to combine


i think simon's style can partly work on a quad if one is looking for down the line speed...and hart recently mentioned simon's style has been influenced by GG so that brings single fins in ...there are some pics of the foward lean from GG on a spoon

i should be on a flashpoint next week and surfing quality waves...looking foward to the fun

[surfhorn]

Hey, Willli - Hope you're doing better. At least the water on the East Coast should be warming up; Santa Cruz is still in the mid 50's.

I was all ready to go back to a thruster then I go out yesterday and have one of my best times on my quad/5 fin. Guess I just need to increase my quiver again.

Good luck with the upcoming hurricane season.

[Eric Carson]

I have a 6' quad shaped from a Clark 6'2" C blank. It's 24" wide with a bump rounded pintail. Here's the specs from Clark.

Designed to yield a wide range of shapes. The 6'2"C will produce modern rockers and thickness profiles without overshaping the deck, yet can't be considered a close tolerance blank. Rocker adjustments will play an important role in accomodating the wide range of lengths and shapes this blank is capable of. (Surfboards and Kneeboards)

This board works well in beach/shorebreak conditions. Are any shapers using this blank?
Thanks!