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by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:56 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Hi Alakaboo, Some parts don’t lend themselves to being connected and joining parts of a snowboard looks like a real challenge. How about interlacing sides that snap together, bindings over the pucks for stability with the usual tip and tail clips ? D1DE1640-B8A0-47C1-97CD-6FF20B0C8E83.jpeg I haven’t...
by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:03 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm loving it Surffoils. You know though, nobody here actually surfs, it's a bit of an affront to broach the subject tbh. I think you'd get a lot more positive feedback. I really enjoy the pithy humorous comments and a little intimidated by how quick you all are....
by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:39 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Offshore1 and Cranked, thanks for your appreciation.
If you like that, how about this from last year ?
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by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:14 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Here’s the 2 test boards. No.1 is a reshaped EPS soft board. No.2 is a poly shortboard. I’ve reshaped and glassed the open end. At this rate it’ll take me a year to find enough donor boards so maybe I can start a Donate your broken board to Science club ? If you’re on the.Northern Beaches in Sydney ...
by SURFFOILS
Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:03 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Thanks Offshore1, a bit of encouragement is always welcomed. I’d like a computer shaping setup too but I’d churn out too many ideas and never finish anything. I too noticed the variety of designs in the water especially a high % of creative designs like Sunova and Tomo. Years ago people would dream ...
by SURFFOILS
Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:37 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

I read in a really old Tracks that he did a spell at Her Majesty’s Hotel, right when he was in his prime. That’s very unlucky.

Looking back at this thread my pics have been viewed over 250 times but only Beanpole is chatting.?
Gotta love the lurkers.
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by SURFFOILS
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

About a year ago Tom was very ill, unable to finance essential eye surgery. Sad that the industry stands on the shoulders of these giants but they have to almost beg for basic healthcare through crowd funding. I think the limited design experimentation is due to financial reasons. R and D has no gua...
by SURFFOILS
Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

For me seeing boards like the Peanut by Morey and Tomos then videos of people riding Pipe on Motorbikes and snow skis, and then Foiling makes it clear that there’s a world of design we’re not even trying to discover.
Or choose to ignore because it’s not 6’1” x 18.5 x 1 7/8.
by SURFFOILS
Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:18 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Beanpole, I saw the video of how the Morey Popes go together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOF8cjnXq1w

Interesting that bisects and tri sects all work on equally dividing the length so they must not have experimented with design.?
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by SURFFOILS
Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:54 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Offshore1, I’ve paddled and proned a prototype with different front sections but it was a board too small for me. But all the water flow was right on target. Just not enough volume to let me get up. So I need to find a larger donor board or a test pilot for this smaller board. It was originally a 5’...
by SURFFOILS
Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:12 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

While it sounds simple to attach a front planing foil to the main body, there’s a lot of trial and error. And a whole lot of free thinking, just looking for ‘What ifs’ ? You know, what if I used FCS plugs ? What if I tried a 3D printed inlaid frame? What if I’m Completely wasting my time on this ? 8...
by SURFFOILS
Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:04 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

No, fairly average type of guy, except for that one time at band camp...
by SURFFOILS
Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:42 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Hi Offshore1, some people dream, some sit at home watching Netflix, others are driven to do things- build, create, surf, climb, ride. When I first saw Laird riding a foil with ski boots on in 2004 I thought, yep, that’s me. Within a year I had a boogie board foil working and it was in 2013 that I pu...
by SURFFOILS
Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

The designs process involves a lot of drawing, thinking, speculation, visualisation, creativity but in the end you have to pick up a surform and have at it. It’s the one step that separates the dreamers from the do-ers. But in this case it’s an easy step because it doesn’t cost a cent to find a brok...
by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 02, 2021 2:51 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Hi Nick, Instead of dragging a Triple board bag on holiday, a 6.4/6.6/7.2 could fit in a boogie board bag. If you like trying different boards this would be a cheaper method than buying new boards. A new front section would be about $99. In the surf you could adjust the board as the tide changes. If...
by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:34 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

Re: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

Thanks guys for your replies. It’s much appreciated. Trev , you’re right about this going beyond dividing a board into 2 or 3 equal parts. I believe that the front 1/2 doesn’t function as constantly or effectively as the back 1/2. The tail and fins control a lot of the drive, grip, pivot but the fro...
by SURFFOILS
Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:54 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.
Replies: 85
Views: 63436

New Concept in Surfboard Design and Construction.

I look at the modern surfboard as the pinnacle of design evolution, every square inch has been refined for about a century to an amazing level where shapers and riders can make it do amazing things. But I thought what about reconfiguring the essential design components as seperate pieces and having ...
by SURFFOILS
Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:15 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Shortboard Hydrofoils
Replies: 114
Views: 64368

Re: Shortboard Hydrofoils

Have a look at others converting shortboards into foilboards.

https://www.swaylocks.com/forums/how-to ... -hydrofoil