Page 16 of 17
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:09 am
by Hatchnam
This is probably a nick Carroll question but - why the channels running so far up the board? Just seems that unless you’re winding the board out at top speed on a point break then all that’s going to do is limit the board. The Parmenter way of including channels, in the tail only seems more versatile in wave type and turn angles.
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:03 pm
by JaM71
Jack Knight from Harvest surfboards shapes a single fin with Jim Pollard influenced curved channels which run from nose to tail. Trippy but he has been doing them for decades..... I know this doesn’t answer your question Hatchy but I to am curious, hopefully someone can chip in and explain, cheers
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:54 pm
by buddy
I find it interesting that Phil's sideways models have the hard edge channels and his customs are rolled.
In this interview
https://www.swellnet.com/news/talking-h ... phil-myers he states:
Your channel bottoms are eye-catching, all those angles and spines, yet you don’t like sharp edges, right?
Yeah, I don't really like hard-edged channels. I did a board years back and I resined up the edges and everything to see what the difference was and I didn’t like it. These days, when you run your hand over one of my channel bottoms it’s not hard and sharp anywhere, it’s not like a simple concave of course, but the channels rolls from one to the other, and for me that’s the secret. Nothing dominates the board. The channels create lift and drive, speed and all the rest of it, and they can feel flighty through the lip, but there’s no catch.
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:08 pm
by Hatchnam
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:34 pm
by Beerfan
Very nice hatchie. Too small for me though. Post pics when you get your new one.
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:36 pm
by Hatchnam
Too small for me now also. Have had heaps of fun on that board.
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:25 pm
by Hatchnam
SOLD
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:37 pm
by Hatchnam
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:43 pm
by channels
Get that today?
Those channels are so deep and sharp, speed machine.
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:48 pm
by Hatchnam
Yep. Took it for a quick paddle out curl curl. Can’t wait to get it into some meaty groundswells
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:21 pm
by buddy
That’ll go.
What’s the fin - an SEA 8 incher?
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:29 pm
by Hatchnam
Nah it’s a 9” volan flex fin shaped a while ago by Trevor hewston (huie on RS). Think he was about the first shaper ever on the Sunshine Coast
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:43 pm
by tootr
Thought Phil Myers has a specific template for them?
Don’t Sideways supply one?
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:53 pm
by Hatchnam
Not sure. Didn’t ask them or Phil (actually spoke to him this morning and didn’t think to ask about fin).
Will see how that one goes. If not, I’ve also got others, including a Wayne Rich power 8.5” that I’m currently using in my old seventies downrailer
https://www.trueames.com/products/wayne ... r-surf-fin
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:40 pm
by Hatchnam
Ok. Just spoke to Phil Myers. He suggested a specific fin based on his board. Only 7” because the channels provide extra grip. But wide base and heaps of rake. $89.95 just ordered it.
https://surfeclipse.com.au/sample-freeflight-7.html
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:24 pm
by tootr
Sorted!
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:05 pm
by Hatchnam
Re: Single fin shortboards
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:35 pm
by buddy
Colour match is not my cup of tea.
I’ve seen him make similar boards in much nicer colours for me.
