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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:09 am

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.

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by JaM71 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:03 pm

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
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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by buddy » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:54 pm

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.

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:08 pm

Don’t want to let this go but I’ll be selling a few boards to put $ towards a new custom.

$250 single fin egg including 8’0 flex fin. 6’0 x 20 x 2 9/16. Deep single to double concave into spiral vee exiting the tail. smooth, lively, and user friendly.

Good condition, dings and repairs as shown, watertight and ready to surf.

Pick up Sydney.

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Sniff wrote:
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Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Beerfan » Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:34 pm

Very nice hatchie. Too small for me though. Post pics when you get your new one.

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sun Nov 25, 2018 12:36 pm

Too small for me now also. Have had heaps of fun on that board.
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Not enough for a full handbeak
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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:25 pm

SOLD
Sniff wrote:
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Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:37 pm

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Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by channels » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:43 pm

Get that today?

Those channels are so deep and sharp, speed machine.

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:48 pm

Yep. Took it for a quick paddle out curl curl. Can’t wait to get it into some meaty groundswells
Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by buddy » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:21 pm

That’ll go.

What’s the fin - an SEA 8 incher?

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:29 pm

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
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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by tootr » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:43 pm

Thought Phil Myers has a specific template for them?
Don’t Sideways supply one?

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:53 pm

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
Sniff wrote:
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Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:40 pm

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

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Sniff wrote:
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Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by tootr » Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:24 pm

Sorted!

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by Hatchnam » Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:05 pm

This has gotta be one of the nicest boards ever. Not mine, but it’s a 6”10 x 20.5 x 2.74

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Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

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Re: Single fin shortboards

Post by buddy » Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:35 pm

Colour match is not my cup of tea.
I’ve seen him make similar boards in much nicer colours for me.

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