Josh Dowling Designs

[huie]

hmmm you have been lead in to a n endless minefield

josh not being clever but all the early stuff i done the general concences was the fin placement
needed to be running off the face of the channel

but the only way is to glass em on

i have found the rohacell to stiffen things up a bit but have good wear& tear reports

i finished a 4 channel a few weeks back looks to be going great

[speedneedle]

Hey Huie,

Yes, I saw your 4x4...I had a think about it, no way to get FCS there...

I had a slice of D-cell that happened to be the exact 6 channel width, so...

Anyway, If I did glass-ons, I'd have to shout the glasser and sander TWO six-packs AND a night out at the pole-dancing...

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com

[PeepeelaPew]

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[huie]

Hey Huie,

Yes, I saw your 4x4...I had a think about it, no way to get FCS there...

I had a slice of D-cell that happened to be the exact 6 channel width, so...

Anyway, If I did glass-ons, I'd have to shout the glasser and sander TWO six-packs AND a night out at the pole-dancing...

Josh
http://www.joshdowlingshape.com

haaa'' only if the sander didnt catch the pad on the inside fins
then a black cloud would rise

but seriously good job
keep ya head down stay ahead of the pack

what colours are going to come flying out of this one

[speedneedle]

Hey Huie,

I think I'm going nude with this one...

Definately the bottom is as-is...I like the colours.

Ta for the nod...

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com

[Chillin]

Hmm, methinks its something really new Josh, cos it looks more like a RIDGEbottom than a channel...well to me anyways.

[DV8]

I would like one of those ..................how many boards can I get with the new Baby bonus before the wifey finds out ............I'm sure I can find him a good home !!!

[speedneedle]

Deev that money is for nappies, bibs, pureed vegetable pap...

Anything but surfboards! No really!

But congratulations on the arrival of the worlds newest DV8.

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com

[dazbloke]

Well done Josh - very nice

KS has one-upped your 5 channel bottom with an NZ inspired 1 “chunnel” see link below:

What do you guys think about this design?

http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/45142/news.htm

[huie]

venturies all been done before best he leave the shaping to al.

[BDL77]

Awesome Josh - Bet the orders for channels are gonna flood in now. I know I have been staring at the board without blinking for a good 10 minutes.

Let us know how she goes.

[dolfn]

Love to see a profile pic from the rear to see the depth of those suckers

[speedneedle]

Hey Presto!

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Channels- Its deceptive because the down-angle of the channel is not vertical, so they can look deeper.

I like them not-too deep. Under a centimetre. I have had deeper than these. Too deep tends to dictate to me rather than be useful...i.e too stiff.

These are a moderate depth channel, and the fading-out middle channel, not running right out the channel, means its a little looser.

Kelly's thingy - I guess the chunnel has a hole through to the deck. Air would be drawn through to create lift.

I speculate it would be difficult to control. But it is fabulous that a surfer of Kellys calibre now has the time and resources to throw off the shackles of competition and competition-proven board design.

Huie..I saw an article in an old mag, on through-deck vented bottoms. Was it Ted Spencer? McT ?


Josh
http://www.joshdowlingshape.com

[speedneedle]

Simmo's Screaming Comet...

And Marty's Firebird...a bit of musclecar going on there...

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com

[huie]

Hey Presto!

[attachment=0]tail_channel_depth.jpg[/attachment
Channels- Its deceptive because the down-angle of the channel is not vertical, so they can look deeper.

I like them not-too deep. Under a centimetre. I have had deeper than these. Too deep tends to dictate to me rather than be useful...i.e too stiff.

These are a moderate depth channel, and the fading-out middle channel, not running right out the channel, means its a little looser.

Kelly's thingy - I guess the chunnel has a hole through to the deck. Air would be drawn through to create lift.

I speculate it would be difficult to control. But it is fabulous that a surfer of Kellys calibre now has the time and resources to throw off the shackles of competition and competition-proven board design.

Huie..I saw an article in an old mag, on through-deck vented bottoms. Was it Ted Spencer? McT ?


Josh
http://www.joshdowlingshape.com

aw shit i dont know who would claim on that. the guys in our old factory at duke st

had done acple with a fin box out off glass right through to deck
but if i can remember they were trying to do them on the little dble enders
ha'' called an egg today
remember in those days betwen angas. & noosa was the great experiment capital of the world
someone somwhere in that area would have done it no mater what
somemore nice boards i see looking good

[speedneedle]

Hey Huie,

Looked but can't find the stuff...I do remember the boards were mid-length...

There were slots across the bottom, running diagonally through to the deck, the openings bigger on the bottom.

Also mention of a soda substance, another experiment, added to trhe bottom just before a surf. The resulting fizz supposed to create lift...Schweppes bubbles! LOL.

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com

[bohdidontsurf]

Simmo's Screaming Comet...

simmo_deck_s.jpg

And Marty's Firebird...a bit of musclecar going on there...

marty_bottom_s.jpg

marty_deck_s.jpg

Josh
http://www.joshdowlingshape.com

That is a smoking paint job that comet, guess what I am going to ask you to do for me when I order one?

[speedneedle]

Ta Bohdi...I was nervous about that one, seeing as Simmo bites heads off chickens an' all...

He got it yesterday and txted his stoke, so Relaxo Josho...

I'd like to have another chance at that one, but my perrenial favourite is of course the abstract vagina spray...I've done hundreds of variations! So consider it! LOL...

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com