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The Shape Shack / Re: Chinook 16" tracks
« on: December 20, 2023, 02:14:46 PM »
We been attaching the boxes to full thickness stringers for years now, and haven't had a single problem of an sorts.


On the last two DW boards (using 15" boxes instead of the 9" ones in the picture above), we've gone to cutting out four triangles in the stringers to make a truss like piece to reduce weight and - fingers-crossed - haven't had a problem yet with those either.

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Congratulations Robert... great race, and finish!!

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The Shape Shack / Re: Ultralight Board II – SUP Foil Bumblebee
« on: July 20, 2023, 10:35:45 AM »
never seen anyone laminate a board in khakis and a white button down.  very nice work!
I love that it doesn't look like much finish work of coating/sanding, etc.
Hahaha... and sandals!  That's exactly the first thing that caught my attention, and I immediately thought, "That's one confident, and experienced laminator right there." ;D

I'm happy when I don't epoxy my shoes to the floor when I'm just doing ding repair. I'd probably wind up being an epoxy covered statue by the end of a full on lamination session. :o :D

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Neither of the two boards shown are Laird/Pearson Arrow boards. The L/PA boards weren't painted, nor had bamboo on the deck.

I have an original 9'6"x27-7/8" L/PA hanging on my board rack, even though I'm no longer SUP surfing... but it's too beautiful of a board, not to mention an "old friend" to bring myself to selling.


While I never rode one of the hybrids, as far as a SUP longboard, this board is/was head and shoulders above all of the others I had ridden back in the day. Compared to the Surftech Laird boards of the same model, this hand laid up version is much lighter in comparison. That said, it's not necessarily "light", but pretty much middle-of-the-road weight wise for boards its size that were made during its years of construction.

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The Shape Shack / Re: Falcon Foil
« on: June 19, 2023, 08:57:48 AM »
Wowza, such a remarkable thing of beauty; I can't wait to hear the report back on how she performed. When science meets art and technology.

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Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP / Re: Knee starts
« on: April 13, 2023, 01:31:30 PM »
Unfortunately, because of knee problems, the best I can do is go from my knees (that I can only be on for a short period of time), and then have to get my front foot on the board and start from there. I tried again yesterday trying to stand directly from my knees, and nope...wasn't going to happen. Back knee just kept locking up when I tried to get it under me to push up and off of it. :(

But that was in really light winds with very little assistance from the wing pulling me up onto my feet. Stronger winds definitely help the process, and I've been able to do it in them when I'm more or less getting pulled up vs. standing up...if that makes any sense.

EDIT: I guess I'm closer to doing the ptone method where his front leg comes up first, and then his rear one follows it up.

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With a narrow enough stance, everything can be compensated with fast-twitch muscles in the lower leg.

.....With feet closer together, less movement is necessary in the body to do so.  If you get too close together there is not enough leverage to right the board when it starts rocking/tilting.

This is interesting and illuminating for me (as someone with a SUP stance that is chronically too wide).

It seems you are saying a narrower stance width can allow more effective and efficient board roll corrections, while taking stance too narrow will diminish this ability and benefit. I wonder how to appreciate narrowing my stance.
This is a really good explanation from 10 years ago as to why narrow stances make sense wrt board stability, and not just width and liters that was the thought(s) years ago...

https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,19100.msg185179.html#msg185179

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Classifieds / Re: Brand New F-One 8M CWC and Duotone 5M with Boom
« on: February 25, 2023, 09:09:05 AM »
The F-one 8M is SOLD

The Duotone 5M is still available. I currently have it in my possession so I was able to inflate it to figure out what the heck it is. It has no model name markings on it, and appears to be a first edition wing from a few years back.

It is in very good shape, and would be suitable for someone just starting out, or maybe as a practice wing on a skateboard for someone who doesn't want to use their new wings in fear of falling and ruining/tearing them. That said, the price is now dropped to $250 obo. The seller just wants to get whatever out of it, since he's given up winging, and has no use for it.

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Classifieds / Brand New F-One 8M CWC and Duotone 5M with Boom
« on: February 20, 2023, 10:46:31 PM »
Last year, a friend of mine bought a couple brand new wings, inflated one (a 5M Duotone something with boom) twice to trying sup winging on a lake, and a F-One 8m CWC that's never come out of the bag. He's now selling them since he really didn't enjoy it that much, and wants to spend his time doing other things.

He's asking $750 obo for the brand new F-One and $500 obo for the Duotone with the boom. He's in Oceanside, CA and can ship, but at those prices doesn't want to pay for it.




DM me if interested, or for more info

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The +1 degree stab shim seemed to do the trick. It added just enough lift and front foot pressure to equalize my feet. Today my pitch control was much more solid.

I was using the BSC 1060 with the 400 rear. It will require more time on the board to confirm but I might be okay now with the base plate all the way forward at the end of the tracks.
Great to hear! If you ever get a chance, try one of the new Progressive tails (if that "400 rear" is an older Freeride or Flat Speed).

I've found that they're something special with lift, speed, and control. So much so that some of the larger HPS wings (980 and 1050) hat I wasn't a fan of earlier, all of a sudden came alive, and are so much fun with the 350 and 325 Progressives.

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I'm considering drilling out the Axis base plate if necessary to give me an extra inch in the tracks. It seems easy enough to do since the threaded holes are already there. What are those threaded holes for anyway? Does anyone know?
I never did ask why they were threaded (which never made any sense to me either), but I did receive a new baseplate a few months back, and was happy to see that the holes were no longer threaded, and that an 8mm bolt slipped right on through.


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If my mast plate is all the way forward in the tracks and I find that I still don't have enough front foot pressure, would adding a mast plate shim help?
If I'm understanding you correctly, if you have too much lift from your wing and mast position (...don't have enough front foot pressure), you need to move your mast rearward to take out lift, before adding any shims to your mast or rear tail.

Edit: If I read that wrong, and you meant that you don't have enough lift in order to use your front foot to pressure the nose of the board down for better pitch control of the board/foil throughout your runs...then yes, if you're all the way forward, you could start by shimming the stab so from level, the trailing edge is higher than the leading edge.

I'd try that before starting to trim the baseplate, which more or less just changes the ride level of the board when the foil is riding flat/level, and doesn't change the overall riding lifting characteristics of the foil as shimming the tail does.

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I'll be in Cocoa Beach March 8th-12th for the Ron Jon "Beach 'N Board Fest" if you're in town on those days, maybe we can say "howdy" and chat a bit.

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Foil SUP / Re: Kalama E3 - 5'2" 105L
« on: January 29, 2023, 09:20:38 PM »
Hey, yeah I went with the Kalama. The 5'2" is a lot quicker, there is still a bit of a drop in stability in short period inlet type of mess. I take my licks there, but for the most part it's a solid upgrade and as small as I want to go for my weight (175 lb). Data off my Apple Watch as shown it's quicker overall. Now that I've gotten the cadence down a bit better it definitely pops off the water quicker, I don't really foresee needing another board (except maybe a barracuda for prone) anytime soon.
I have a Kings 5'1x27"x102L and a Kings 7'10x19.5"x115L (Barracuda style) DW board, and find that that's the perfect two board quiver that give something small and maneuverable in the surf for surfing and winging on average -->bigger/windier days, and surf, winging in smaller/lighter wind days, and then (attempting) flatwater starting on days when there's none of the above.

Haven't tried DWing yet, but looking forward to that day in hopefully the not too distant future.

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Foil SUP / Re: Weight Matters
« on: January 29, 2023, 09:11:58 PM »
I found it easier just to lose a few lbs off the old bod, than continually fret about a pound or two heavier board. That's also why I trunk it 90% of the year, and wear a 2mm jacket when it's "cold" instead of carting around 2-3 lbs of wetsuit full of water.

Also, while I didn't watch the video, I gotta say that the thumbnail photo of an aluminum mast on the "light" board in a thread so worried about every ounce of board weight did give me a giggle. ;D

And honestly, wth do us 50, 60, 70+ year olds, 185lbs plusers on sup tug foils, really think we're going to accomplish with a pound or two less foil board...foil like the 15, 20, 30 year olds, and sub-160lb "kids" on their tray table boards? :o 8)

That all said, I ride Kings boards, and Dave consistently turns out sub 12lb boards, so it's never been too much of a problem for me anyway.

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