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I'm pretty sure that most of my relatives float.

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...

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:29 pm

Volume is a basic design principle.

Volume is the result of the basic design principles ... its a displacement measurement, nothing more.

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 ...

alakaboo wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:20 am

Looks sick but it's not a twin

If thats not a twin fin, then neither are the the MR Super Twins ... the rear fin is an optional stabiliser.

buddy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:03 pm

Heart problem.

Quite possibly ... but it was an odd one, not your run of the mill issue.

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...

Hatchnam wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:06 am

Best twin fin I’d ever owned was shaped by Nigel Beckham. Pretty sure he’s retired from shaping now.

Nigel is still shaping.

Way too much Dunning Krueger in this conversation.

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...

Flounce-bounce-rebound !

Big names with egos in check Shane Egan. Rod Dahlberg. Slightly lesser name but famous brand Dale Wilson Cory in Torquay also seems like no ego. There's heaps of good shapers without weird ego slash complexes ... way too many to list. I know a few that are deep into conspiracy theories, but I won't...

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:53 am

That board he made looked and surfed like dogshitt.

His own theories are equally subjective.

Its always dangerous to drink your own Koo-laid ... and how many times did he mention kinetic energy.

Nothing comes close to the feeling of being cremated in the back of a hire car after being beheaded.

One of the incongruities of comps and that one in particular was how high the scores were in some heats for both surfers and how lame others were. Of course you can never get the last minute scores in a wave pool. They reset the bar on every heat ... an 8.5 in one heat could be a 7 in another, but ...

Imagine the God status if he had walked away after winning Pipe. Yeah, that would have been a nice exclamation mark. On the subject of not running the other day, its mostly keyboard warriors that are doing all the stomping of feet and yelling. A few f the Hawaiian guys were keen to go, but if you l...

Beanpole wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:48 am

John John is a freak. His heat made every one else look lame.

Callum Robson says hi.