Medina was a bit pissed off with the waves earlier
No, he was pissed off with the judging ... when he should have been pissed of with himself for not using his priority to win the heat. Rookie error and poor sportsmanship from the veteran.
Volume isn't just an outcome, sometimes it's a driver of those decisions. In this case I mean displacement. Volume might be a "driver" ... but it's still the outcome of all the other aspects of shaping. Otherwise you could end up with a 33.5lt cube of foam and fibreglass ... and theres ya problem, ...
As an over-arching measure of displacement and thus how well the board will float you volume is one of the handiest measurements there is for deciding on if a board of any combination of other design principles will work or not. That is why it has become so ubiquitous- because it's so fcuking usefu...
I'm not saying that volume is the only thing driving design, that's insane. As is saying it's only a result of design decisions. But volume is achieved by design decisions ... thickness, width, length, foil, concave and other varying factors all contribute to how much foam is left after shaping. Vo...
Rod Morgan makes a good twinny. He's Rasta's surf buddy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRliwzxHOMN/?img_index=6 Yep, that looks nice. Its amazing how many surfers don't understand even the basic design principles of surfboards ... this volume phenomenon is a classic example, where they bang on about ...
Best twin fin I’d ever owned was shaped by Nigel Beckham. Pretty sure he’s retired from shaping now. Nigel is still shaping. Ah that’s good to hear. Wasn’t he sick, cancer or something a while back ? I do remember he was getting tests for something, but it wasn't cancer ... seems to be out the othe...
What the fuck is a bellybogger? A quick google search results. This was the original vintage version: https://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000150x_red.jpg https://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000150bx_red.jpg The one being referred to in this conversation is pictured below. https://mylifeinwater.files.wo...