Dimple Bottoms ???

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Re: Dimple Bottoms ???

Post by Cpt.Caveman » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:25 pm

What a mess!!!!

I like the asthetics of dimples way more, and I'm sure Phil Way does too :)

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Re: Dimple Bottoms ???

Post by RichQ » Sat May 26, 2012 8:59 am

Glassed & sanded aboard like that a few years back ( shiit,15 years??!!)
Shaped by a guy called George Para.... Paid Dick Brewer thousands to teach him how to shape. Glassing wasn't so bad, sanding was a bitch. He let me ride it aftr it was done, went ok nothing special. Like all of that stuff, dimples, channels etc. it's just another way of putting concave in a board

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Re: Dimple Bottoms ???

Post by Cpt.Caveman » Sun May 27, 2012 8:40 am

RichQ wrote:Glassed & sanded aboard like that a few years back ( shiit,15 years??!!)
Shaped by a guy called George Para.... Paid Dick Brewer thousands to teach him how to shape. Glassing wasn't so bad, sanding was a bitch. He let me ride it aftr it was done, went ok nothing special. Like all of that stuff, dimples, channels etc. it's just another way of putting concave in a board
So you reckon they'll all different ways of creating lift by redirecting more water than a flat bottom?
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Re: Dimple Bottoms ???

Post by RichQ » Sun May 27, 2012 10:00 am

Yep exactly.I think that it does it differently in each case but the end result is the same...

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Re: Dimple Bottoms ???

Post by Deesee » Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:45 pm

Hey Mark, have you tried experimenting with different shaped dimples (instead of circular), and also differing positions and depths in relation to positions and shapes? I have no idea if it would change anything, but inspired experimenting is the key to progression!! Possibilities are endless.. Bottom contours, fins etc..

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If it feels good, do it.

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