Swinger with length...

[pridmore]

Few pics of todays creation, it'll be tested out by some fairly decent longboarders...





not the best pics but you get the idea....

[ric_vidal]

Oh come on MP, we don't get serious until they are over 9'

[Cpt.Caveman]

That looks like the bottom half of a shortboard stuck to the top half of a mal

[pridmore]

yep....

[marcus_h]

Looking good mark, dont know why but I was imagining more of a pronounced flyer.

Lets get this thing up here soon aye!

[pridmore]

its not glassed yet so might be a little while.....but it'll get up there mate, no worries, unless I become attatched to it in the summer beachies......

[pridmore]

it is at my glassers and its getting a 2 x 4 deck and 1 x 4 bottom, not too light but wanted a bit of strength so it'll hold up, plus my 2 x 4s' are lasting really well of late...Got a big skull and cross decal from SDC so it should look the business ( and we all know thats the most important thing )
setting up with quad fcs and have 2 or 3 diff fin combos I want it trialled with.....Havent caught up with the guy who is supposed to try it for me so might be me on the thing...ha ha , me on a longboard should be fun, or dangerous but I am keen to see how she rides.....I know the perfect wave too, just need a bit of a south swell.....will get it up to you MarcusH for a bit of a spin, and a few of ya longboard ripper mates too ??? ..... should be right in about 10 days or so....

[marcus_h]

Have talked to a few of them up here about it and are keen to try it out when it lands.

[WANDERER]

are the rail shapes the same forward and aft of the flyers??
I always thought that the 'stinger' design would be the best board design to attack the noserider/tailsurfer balance, ie soft 50/50 rails forward of the flyer and harder and possibly lower behind... in essence, a half and half board, the front half to 2/3rds is noserider the rear 1/2 to 2/3rds is tail surfer...

PS sorry it took so long to get on here but when I changed my email address I got locked out and it seems no one cared to notice that was the case... anyway, I'm back now... so suffer!!

[pridmore]

you ae pretty close Wands....the rails are soft up front, not 50/50 but very soft and forgiving, then after the flyer they are quite boxy with an edge but Iust take the hard edge off till x" from the tail, this is what is working great on the others I have made so just transferring it over to the big rig with a few minor adjustments to suit the additional length.....but I have high hopes for this baby, cant wait for the feedback.....

[pridmore]

[marcus_h]

Sh!t yer mark looks the goods!

Hey im hitting DI 23/24th december and north straddie for a week after christmas, let me know if you want a test pilot

[black duck]

MR Prids
Strangest looking board i think i have ever viewed on the small screen. Like the idea. Keen to hear if it works. Like the 2 boards in one thing - similar to Slater's Pipe board in concept yes? Different front and different tail in order for the board to achieve different things. Hope it works for you. Also hope turbulence from the stinger forward of midpoint doesn't become an issue? Release at that point when drawing a line could be good - or bad. Plan shape is very curious. Hope you get some good testers. Punch out the feedback when you get it

[pridmore]

board designed for better manouverability and mostly to be ridden from the tail so the flyers are mostly out of play during turns, but you can move forward and nose ride if you want, the flyers shouldnt do much when planing straight ( as I have learnt from my smaller versions that I ride daily ),
this theory suits longer boards more so than the shorter ones that are going very well for me ATM, not many game to try them but those who have have really enjoyed them....theory is similar to what KS is doin I guess but it wasnt influenced by him, actually did them before I knew of his deep 6 but there was many who did this stuff or similar before me.....it may be weird but it is always about function for me....I have testers lined up but they travel on the pro longboard tour alot and havent caught up recently, if I dont see them soon, just may have to have first crack myself.....the board is getting tons of interest in the shop and plenty want to ride it....it'll be at my next board testing day for sure.....alot of people want a longboard for when its tiny but they dont like the limited turning of such a longer length board, this allows them to have a board that catches everything but much MORE manouverability...testing will be interesting and feedback will be taken onboard to continue to improve this design......

[Trev]

Me too. Please?

[pridmore]

next board testing Dat ev.unless it gets up there with Marcus and co earlier....

very surprised by the amount of interest in this puppy.....

[otway1949]

The Otway is interested to see how it goes Mark. Have a little research for you to do see what you would make of a John Kelly Hydro board with modern fin set ups etc. ode one way back when..... it was bipolar sluggish but then would turn easily and accelerate unbelievably when you step forward.
Might be worth a revisit with modern profiles

[sean--]

Nice bit of tail kick in it. A rocker pic would be good.