Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
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- steve shearer
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Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
The outline is pure late sixties QLD with an eerie echo of forgotten pioneer....Kevin Platt, who died alone and destitute in a Casino caravan park.
Due to it's similarities in outline to Slater's deep Six (forward foil, round tail) and considering it's late sixties heritage I've christened it the Deep Sixty-Nine.
The materials and construction technique is high tech and contains a lot of secret sauce. This thing is light..
I'd say it'd be 5'10 or 11 by 19 by 23/8 with lowish, soft boxy rails , a slight belly to double concave and continous but pronounced rocker curve.
Hows it ride?
First sesh was at a fun but flattish faced pointbreak. It's lower volume than I've been riding and it felt hard to paddle. It paddled into waves really easily though, and was whip fast through turns. Liked staying close to the pocket.
Really smooth through a backside bottom turn /top turn combo and liked to run that turn through a full arc.
Second sesh on a head high really hollow left rip bank and the board came into it's own.
Some unique feelings related to the forward foil. Hey there's something under my front foot I can push off.......proper bottom turns.
With the rocker curve and outline it runs a full rail carve in the hook.......the arc runs to the base and a small check turn for the barrel......halellujah there's a forward trim point to tube ride on.
Don't know much about the materials but the deep 69 is lively......is that related to the flex pattern?
Too early to tell but I'd guess yes.
This thing with rocker adjusted accordingly will smoke a fish in any conditions.
No tracking.
Thanks Huie.
I'll try and post a pic.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
That's a beautiful plane shape, very nice indeed.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
havent got the right fins in yet
id beter go make some eh
id beter go make some eh
Last edited by huie on Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
Looks a very nice board.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
great report steve you have got me thinking.
light'' how light.
light'' how light.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
Wanna see some nice singles have a look at the six ounce site for a few from chilli. They look pretty good.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
I still don't gett it???
Bang up a photo.......... So easy back in the day.
Frustrating?????
M
Bang up a photo.......... So easy back in the day.
Frustrating?????
M
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As posted before Sean++
James makes great Ferrarries.
Singles????
Na.. i Love him, A great mate infact, way back.
A six ouncce Single from James.
Come on mate.
Sean Wilde or Hayden, But not Jame's...
I have had to back him on on many forums. For he IS the maker of A Ferrarri Shoartboard.
James makes great Ferrarries.
Singles????
Na.. i Love him, A great mate infact, way back.
A six ouncce Single from James.
Come on mate.
Sean Wilde or Hayden, But not Jame's...
I have had to back him on on many forums. For he IS the maker of A Ferrarri Shoartboard.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
But not the Golden Six Ounce Single.
M
M
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
where does the author mention single fins???
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Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
As Salty mentioned the outline is pure single-fin.
A particularly fruitful period of Australian single-fin design......short, forward foiled with roundtails and easy turning outlines.
Think Col Smith, Joe Engel, Thornton Fallander etc etc......just pre-thruster.
Unfortunately when Simon made three this outline was discarded.
Damm thing works a treat as a thruster (and would as a quad).
In fact I think I'm gunna take it for a lap of the Point right now.
A particularly fruitful period of Australian single-fin design......short, forward foiled with roundtails and easy turning outlines.
Think Col Smith, Joe Engel, Thornton Fallander etc etc......just pre-thruster.
Unfortunately when Simon made three this outline was discarded.
Damm thing works a treat as a thruster (and would as a quad).
In fact I think I'm gunna take it for a lap of the Point right now.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
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hey steve thought you might be interested inthe red one
this guy has been getting boards of the temp for 30 yrs
& we are finaly trying 4 but we will see
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Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
Red rails looks like a sick template.
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
thanks nick another shot
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
dinosaur wrote:enough pics already. The AKU file will do.
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Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
[quote="huie"][quote="dinosaur"]enough pics already. The AKU file will do.[/quote
Funny one!...yep, there are still hand shaped boards out there! Huie, we'll have to preserve your DNA and clone you from it when all the machines die...
Josh
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Funny one!...yep, there are still hand shaped boards out there! Huie, we'll have to preserve your DNA and clone you from it when all the machines die...
Josh
http://www.joshdowlingshape.com
Re: Modern retro shortboard in over the transom
huie its good to see your shapes on here my neighbour has one great board
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