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Showing posts with label alex rowse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alex rowse. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Sunday, 15 April 2012
5'11" Super - Transitional Hull
Updated Super stubby, coming in just under 6ft. We've tinkered with the step deck on the nose and taken it right to the rail, flattened the deck and filled out the rails under chest. As the rail moves down towards the tail, it begins to pinch and become more down rail. The bottom contour is a hull which changes two thirds of the way down and transitions into a spiral vee (double concave where the centre point is higher than the rails). The tail is wide and set with a 9" flex fin to really crank over those turns and bomb the line.
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Super 6 for Alex
New shape for Alex
Scooped nose Hull up front, down rail with spiral vee in the tail
Some words from Alex "The Super 6 design is a Transitional Displacement Hull. The idea was to create a board with hull characteristics with modern short board turning control under the back foot. Its a lively board to ride either as a single fin or with the added side bite options. The single fin an inch up from the back of the box will give the board a loose feel, you can engage the rail more on the turns and maintain loads of speed. When the waves are steeper, the side bites (all set in a line - moving the single fin up further) will tighten up the back of the board and stop it sliding out. Thickness distribution plays a big part in the board, its almost 3" thick under your chest for moving around quickly in the line up and paddling in early, this volume then quickly tapers out to the rails and down towards the tail. Also, the foam in the nose is taken out to enable you to drop the entire length of the rail into the turn, on more pivotal turns, it feels light and responsive. Its a board that takes a bit of time to figure out, constantly shifting your weight and feet around to connect turns, more weight forward to feel the hull and increase speed, weight back for snappy turns back into the pocket."
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Monday, 20 June 2011
Sunday, 12 June 2011
The Sneaky-long
Here is Alex's review of his new shape
8.0 aka sneaky-long:
8' x 22' diamond tail, bladed out rails, s-deck, 8.5 hull flex fin
The 8.0 is influenced by the late 60s period when longboards started to come down in size opening up a whole new way of riding the face of a wave. In partiular, Bob McTavish and Wayne Lynch were experimenting with a template called the 'fantastic plastic machine', thin rails, roll to vee on the bottom and a George Greenough flex fin. Its a really diverse board to ride, paddles like a longboard, gets in nice and early and cuts a lovely trim. Set with an 8.5 hull flex fairly high up the box and bladed out rails, it has multiple turning characteristics; powerful full rail arcing turns from the shoulder back into the pocket through to more tweaky quick snap from the boards hips. In 4ft plus stuff, its feels solid, reliable and super fast, smaller waves, treat it like log and sneak out some cheater 5s...
Friday, 15 April 2011
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