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« on: July 07, 2008, 11:12:34 AM » |
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i have a 7'2A blank (thanks clams). not too sure of what to make with it. my quiver is pretty well rounded out right now. thinking a 6'8 egg or something of the sort. a good beachbreak board for when its knee high or so and i don't feel like longboarding or riding my fish.
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 11:21:17 AM » |
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Sounds like a good idea to me. Eggs are Fun!!
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 OK, ok.... So maybe multiple fins are a good thing. |
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 11:25:45 AM » |
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you've got to head it straight to the top if you really wannna be the best
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Bubba
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 11:26:01 AM » |
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That's not a great blank for an egg or hull.
What about an '80's style thruster? If that's the blank I think it is, its a Pat Rawson design and best suited for performance type boards and semi-guns.
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2008, 11:45:34 AM » |
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That's not a great blank for an egg or hull.
What about an '80's style thruster? If that's the blank I think it is, its a Pat Rawson design and best suited for performance type boards and semi-guns.
Do something with channels. |
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you've got to head it straight to the top if you really wannna be the best
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2008, 12:39:04 PM » |
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That's not a great blank for an egg or hull.
What about an '80's style thruster? If that's the blank I think it is, its a Pat Rawson design and best suited for performance type boards and semi-guns.
it's a rawson design, but us blanks catalog says it's a big fish blank. what do channels do to the way it surfs? |
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 01:17:46 PM » |
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Channels made boards go fast in the early 80s.
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you've got to head it straight to the top if you really wannna be the best
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2008, 01:30:26 PM » |
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Channels made boards go fast in the early 80s.
how do they effect how the board turns? |
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2008, 02:50:16 PM » |
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They give you more speed on a clean faced wave so you can make bigger hacks.
Check out Kong Island for more on what Channels do for surfboards.
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you've got to head it straight to the top if you really wannna be the best
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Bubba
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2008, 03:04:52 PM » |
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Crackie loves him some channels. For what its worth, probably not a good idea to put channels in the second board you shape. But that's just me.
I looked at the catalogue and you're right about that blank. I was confusing it with the old Clark 7'3"A, which was a thicker, highly rockered blank that lots of guys used for semi-guns or beefy thrusters.
That 7'2A blank would make a great quad in the 6'10 range.
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2008, 03:16:11 PM » |
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The Hot Buttered twinnys that Chappy Jennings & Rabbit Bartholemew have in Kong Island are the most channeled boards I've ever seen.
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you've got to head it straight to the top if you really wannna be the best
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« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2008, 03:27:47 PM » |
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That 7'2A blank would make a great quad in the 6'10 range.
yeah, staying away from channels. what outline would you recommend for a quad? |
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« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2008, 03:47:34 PM » |
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That 7'2A blank would make a great quad in the 6'10 range.
yeah, staying away from channels. what outline would you recommend for a quad? Been drooling over one of these at a shop in NJ for almost a year. With that blank, maybe go something like 6'10"x21"x2.5/8". Although, looking at the catalogue, you could go slightly longer, to 7' and add a half inch in width, too. But then, I'm larger than your average surfer, so I always think a board is too small.  |
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« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2008, 10:03:37 AM » |
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You can definitely get an egg out of that blank without a problem. It might be harder to get a hull out, but its doable. You'd have to flatten the rocker about an inch to an inch and a half from the center. Since this is board #2, don't do that you might mess up the continuos curve of the bottom. You can get a GB style hull out of it no problem all you do is center the template on the blank and cut away. A lot of foam wasted though. I think either big fish or egg is the way to go.
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« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2008, 10:16:59 AM » |
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i say go big fish
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