So far I've only used Xtra blanks from TriOcean. I'm using a 6'5" fish blank which is the 'Bunty' shape they sell which has alot less rocker than their standard fish blank.
The second pic show the outline cut with the edges squared up. As soon as I did this I could really see just how much different this board was going to be compared with the stubby fish style boards I have been using. Looks a nice shape though...well it was good enough for MR so its gotta be good enough for MM!
Next was putting the foil and rocker in, nothing too drastic with either really, rocker was kinda in between a standard shortboards and a fish.
Its foiled in the center of the board where its 2 3/8" thick.
I've put a Vee in the wings on the tail which really thins it out but thats only in the last 3 " of the board.
The shot of the boards foil is nose down! ;)
I was gonna stop for the day after putting the Vee in but just couldnt help cutting the rail bands and unleasing the shapers gauze, thats gotta be be the best part of shaping a surfboard!
The rails are pretty sharp and performance orientated, a profile gauge was used to copy some rails from a Simon Anderson shortboard.
I also added my concaves in, a single concave starts just after the entry rocker and that goes into a double concave between the fins, it all needs a good tidy with just a couple lumps and bumps to iron out but all in all I'm pretty stoked on how its gone.
May do a bit more tomorrow, looks like the North coast is gonna be pumping though so I may have to take a little drive. :)
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Nice!
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