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Author Topic: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?  (Read 21293 times)

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2018, 03:59:15 AM »
What I would really like to know is, what is the rocker profile? 6" nose 1" tail?

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2018, 06:57:45 AM »
Why don’t you just email Dave and ask him?  He’s a super nice guy.

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2018, 10:48:57 AM »
I messaged him and he told me he would have a website soon, but no info. I got the lengths from HiTech but they have no other info. 5’6”, 6’, 6’6” and 7’.
Lots of foil boards 6’7”-7’4”, L41 TVD’s and Jimmy Lewis Strikers..

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2018, 03:27:13 PM »
Dave did message me last night that the 6’0” is 115L and the 6’6” is 133L.
Lots of foil boards 6’7”-7’4”, L41 TVD’s and Jimmy Lewis Strikers..

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2018, 10:33:01 PM »
Dave did message me last night that the 6’6” is 133L.

Wow, this blows my mind!  My 8'4" (not a foil specific board) is 136L, so I am guessing these are like 5" thick?
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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2018, 10:49:02 PM »
I've been looking at a lot of these boards close -up. They are blown-up Boogie boards. Here's my quick take in Shape3D.
It's not overhead to me!
8'8" L-41 ST and a whole pile of boards I rarely use.

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2018, 05:32:22 AM »
Well, I may need some advice.  Just finished shaping a 6' x 29" Kalama style "Fugly" .   I left the center flat section on bottom cross section 19" wide.  Bevels are anywhere from 45 degees in the back to far lower in the front.  Through shear curiosity I had to put it in the water and stand on it.  Without the mast and foil it had very little initial stability but plenty of secondary stability.  I know having the foil on there will decrease the side to side wobble a bit or at least slow it down.  My question is-  Is this normal?   I'm thinking of adding a 1" strip of foam in the center and making it a double stringer which also would make for a bomber tuttle box support.    This may not increase stability from side to side much but I do not want to end up with a board I find difficult to foil with.  Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated and a big thank you to guys like Dave Kalama for pushing the limits and experimenting with new shapes.  Without experimentation, none of us would be having all this fun. 

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2018, 06:23:45 AM »
His boards are legit ... lots of volume packed into a wide stable platform .. he nailed it because I think a lot of people were still going for a surfboard shape but he went straight for a foil board design to set his shapes apart
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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2018, 09:41:38 PM »
Thought this was pretty interesting, and revealing wrt the subject...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdLSuBbB-To
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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2018, 04:35:24 AM »
Yes, I've seen this video.  Very helpful.  I like what he does with the added release edges.  I'll  post some pics of the final shape.  Instead of  ventral fin I shape in some forward verticals between the bottom and the bevels.  Also put in a forward release/lifter  on the bottom to keep the hull from adhering to the water when touching down.  It's always fun experimenting.

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2018, 04:44:40 AM »
Its changed a bit since these pics but essentially similar.

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2018, 04:45:38 AM »
One more.

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2018, 07:30:22 AM »
Nice work!

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2018, 09:10:27 AM »
It's interesting to see how your board and Kalama's are starting to have similar weight distribution to a waveski. The really short waveski's have a ton of volume right where the bulk of the weight is. With the waveski's the volume is placed on top obviously because they need a surfboard bottom. The Foil boards don't need much of a surf bottom, so the volume gets put below in the form of a large V to flat bottom.
It's not overhead to me!
8'8" L-41 ST and a whole pile of boards I rarely use.

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Re: Anyone with specs on the Dave Kalama type foil boards?
« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2018, 11:14:35 AM »
Its changed a bit since these pics but essentially similar.
That's really cool, reminds me a lot of this board....
Me: 6'1"/185...(2) 5'1" Kings Foil/Wing Boards...7'10 Kings DW Board...9'6" Bob Pearson "Laird Noserider"...14' Lahui Kai "Manta"...8'0" WaveStorm if/when the proning urges still hit.

 


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