18 Holes with a Mako

skansand · Post by **skansand** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:30 pm

my friends bodyboard has 1/4" dimples all over the bottom of his board...its a no.6 BB, very high end....

i feel i can get into waves easier with this board and delayed bottom turns are a blast! The dimple bottom loads up and recoils fast...

it wouldnt be the same in a glassed board ...but would be perfect for a high performance black ball beater....hmmm

knee_boarder · Post by **knee_boarder** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:52 am

actually, it might have been on a bodyboard I saw that on back then. I'm 40 now, the memories started to go!

RMcKnee · Post by **RMcKnee** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:19 am

Mike Fernandez wrote: I'm too young to golf ...

Mike, anyone living is too young to golf.

Mike wrote:I doubt if dimples work in the water, or else the powerboat racing/America's Cup/US Navy submarine folks would have figured it out.

See my earlier post. Spend a day wet rubbing with 1200 grit paper and see how slick your fingers feel afterward.

As for dimples, try substituting the word "gimmick" in Mike's sentence above ...

womble · Post by **womble** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:49 am

There is a slight issue with this concept.
Sharks don’t have scales, they have a skin.
Their skin is very rough, and in fact it could be used as sandpaper.
The problem with dimples on surfboards in the past is that they have all been around the 2 to 3 inch size. The “dimples” on a shark are less than a millimeter (fractions of an inch).........
....And in fact are tiny little raised dots, not unlike a non-skid surface on a boat. (With me RM?).
Don’t know if that would work on a ridged structure like a surf board.
If you really want to find out paint the bottom of your board with a marine non-skid paint.
As for me I'm happy with a wet rub.

Wet rub

No thats not a crude Australian joke, a wet rub as in sanding the bottom.
No, No the bottom of the surfboard

RMcKnee · Post by **RMcKnee** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:43 am

womble wrote:As for me I'm happy with a wet rub.

Wet rub

Womble, if you make any oblique references to wet rubbing a tug you'll end up in trouble.

Damn. Look what you made me do. Now Cappy's gonna lithp at me.

Must ... get ...self ... out ... of ... trouble.

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Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:24 am

You don't have to have a patent to wax the bottom of your board like a snowboard, or ski

Ok, seriously, and I'm sure I'm not letting out a secret, but Baden Smith waxes the bottom of his boards with car wax. Can't argue with Baden.

KneeBumps · Post by **KneeBumps** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:05 am

Mike,
You got a close look at Chumley, was he dimpled?

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:30 am

I thought I detected a little dimple in his cheek from what I perceived was his smile as he floated there about six inches from my face, his eye staring at me, I'm sure his nose detecting the electromagnetic signals emanating from my body, the signals of pure fright, of which I am sure he felt proud for causing, reassuring himself he was, "da man."

ted torrey · Post by **ted torrey** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:38 am

no secrets......who's Chumley

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:33 pm

Ted, this is Chumley, during a shark cage diving trip in Maine.
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My friend Chumley scared the crap outta me on this dive. I never got inside the shark cage, and I was drifting about five feet underwater looking for the sharks, and I turned to my right, and RIGHT NEXT to my head is Chumley's eyeball, about six inches away!

I couldn't move for about two seconds as he hovered looking at me. When he started swimming, I blasted three shots off with a wide angle lens. He was so close, he didn't even fit into the frame. He is my friend, since I think he could have taken my face or head off.

ted torrey · Post by **ted torrey** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:33 am

it's nice to make new friends, cool shots.

RMcKnee · Post by **RMcKnee** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:39 am

Mike Fernandez wrote:
Ok, seriously, and I'm sure I'm not letting out a secret, but Baden Smith waxes the bottom of his boards with car wax. Can't argue with Baden.

So does anyone have any feedback on the effect of waxing your bottom?

(Shut up Womble.)

ted torrey · Post by **ted torrey** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:43 am

If you mean clean and shiney type of waxing, I think it looks good and keeps the bottom clean. If you mean textured waxing, yuck

I don't think ieither makes a difference in performance, but if it works in ones head, perception is everything

ted torrey · Post by **ted torrey** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:08 am

Hey Mike, are you getting waves down your way? According to swellinfo.com we are expecting overhead this weekend. Water temp is a toasty 53.4' F. Can't wait, checking right now

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:20 am

Ted it's suppose to be flat on my days off, or blown out when there are waves this week. Also, I would come up for a surf this winter if your up for it. I have never surfed Rhode Island.