Epoxy Board

[Eric Carson]

I'm getting a local shaper make me an epoxy kneeboard.
Steve Forstall (Neighbor) has been shaping for 25 years and makes Coda boards. He's an accomplished shaper who does his own glassing and I trust him 100% to make an amazing board.
Here's where you guys come in.
I'm going with a 6'0-6"2" quad epoxy, 22"23" wide. I'm leaning towards a fish design, and am looking for feedback as to, thickness, center point width, and fin placement.
I weigh 195 L.B's, 88 kilograms.
I have 3 Flashpoints in my quiver (I am blessed, thank you Bruce Hart) and am looking for a quad that will perform in mostly 2'-6' surf.
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

[Bud]

Go a lot shorter, 2-4 "s

[jimithesaint]

Eric sent you a PM
I would probably go 5' 9" or 5' 10"

[Rick]

I just started knee boarding a few months ago. I am now completely hooked. Does anyone know of a shaper in San Diego?

[red]

At 88kg, as a kneeboarder you are probably looking for a board of 35-42 liters (a surfer would use around 30 liters - we seem to need more float for the wide pigs we surf).

You can calculate approx volume by:
1/2 length x width x thickness +(10x evry inch over 6')
You get a big number (cubic inches) that you divide by 60.02 to convert to liters.

Your 5'10" at 23" and 2 1/2 would work out to 33.5 liters. Compare this to your current one and see whether you need to bulk up or not.

For EPS foam I think you can drop 1/8-1/4" in thickness to cater for the extra float of the foam.

[skansand]

id add an 1/8" for 1ib eps , keep same for 1.5ib , remove 1/8"-1/4" for 2.0ib

[Eric Carson]

Thanks guys both for the pm's and posts.
Red, your knowledge of boards and shapes is especially appreciated. I have a much better idea of what will work for me with an epoxy now.
Eric

[kidrock]

I just started knee boarding a few months ago. I am now completely hooked. Does anyone know of a shaper in San Diego?

Rick, you have a PM.

[Howard]

Got a stringer less epoxy parabolic Quad from Vern Jackson and it is great. 6'1" 22 1/2. Expensive but really holding up well ( 2 seasons Okinawa, 3 trips to Bali and the Maldives) so the money was well spent.

[Cuttlefish]

Just about to get my first kneeboard again after a long time surfing stand up surfboards (or footboards as I've seen them called) and suprised that the use of epoxy hasn't seemed to have gained the acceptance like it has in stand up surfing circles.
The fact that kneeboarding is such a niche in the surfing world has meant that most kneeboarders still seem to be buying custom boards and don't have manufacturers like Surftech making boards for the market.
Not a bad thing at all.
But could this have a negative effect as well.
Having mass producers of boards using factories overseas and touting stronger boards for sale to stand up surfers would appear to have caused many board shapers to improve their boards especially in the realm of durability. Many now make epoxy boards as well as PU.
Is kneeboard design as dynamic as it could be?
Seems like the biggest leaps in the future design of stand up boards could well be in construction materials and methods.
Curious because I have a few epoxy boards and my favourite boards are epoxy/carbon fibre boards that are phenomenal to ride.
I assume they are still under the radar in kneeboarding circles.

[analbirth]

C/fish i've been pushing that barrow for years