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The Shape Shack / Re: Progress, revelations and musings

« on: February 08, 2023, 12:49:55 AM »

‘I am filled with ideas and plans, and what price tag can you put on that?‘

Amen!

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Gear Talk / Re: So I bought a Hobie Eclipse Mirage...

« on: April 15, 2019, 02:43:30 PM »

Hi PB - you ever get that Eclipse DW session in?  Very curious.

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The Shape Shack / Re: New ideas

« on: May 03, 2014, 04:08:54 PM »

PB,

great post.  ive been dreaming of a board to get me UW better and have been playing on aku shaper for some time

i now have a block of foam.  12 ft x 33in x 7 inches

i find heeling the board to one side while going up wind helps best.  rather than trying to strike a balance between displacement and planing nose, i will have both: displacement while heeling, planing while flat.  she's got some V up front which diminishes toward the back.  pretty parallel rails. low nose rocker, decent bit in the back. the rails are key, and I will need help with waterline calculations.

i'll start a new thread for it soon with cad and actual pics and updates

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The Shape Shack / Re: Is all that volume neccessary in a race or down wind board?

« on: January 27, 2014, 11:44:16 PM »

none whatsoever !

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SUP General / Re: Leash ... don't leave home without it!

« on: January 08, 2014, 12:17:35 AM »

some people need to wear leashes at all times.  some dont.

some people need to wear leashes at all times.  some people dont need to wear leashes at all times.  and all people need to wear leashes under some circumstances.

debate resolved!

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The Shape Shack / Re: 12'6" build wrapup

« on: January 06, 2014, 10:33:56 PM »

looks professional!

what's this mean?:

"4. Vector net full bottom (uncut) and around rails"

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SUP General / Re: Opportunity to move to Big Island from FL

« on: December 22, 2013, 09:21:36 PM »

HI is expensive, big island communities vary in terms of how welcoming they can be (hilo v waimea), and if the job has a limited demand, like say nursing, even nurses from a different island may face friction.  guess it all depends. if you make it out and get work, great. if not, what's the worst? move back in w the folks? 

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Technique / Re: Deep thoughts.

« on: December 21, 2013, 12:42:47 PM »

the perfect stroke is different for every individual- height, shape, muscle and joint condition, ocean/water conditions, etc.  I don't think a jig could ever do it.  Only time paddling to dial in the most efficient stroke for you, your blade, your board, and your surface conditions. 

If there's any jig, it has to be a mental one.  This is the meditative practice of standup paddling.

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The Shape Shack / Re: Is all that volume neccessary in a race or down wind board?

« on: December 20, 2013, 11:18:40 PM »

im working on a radical new dw board and its perfect for all conditions; it makes no excuses and no compromises.  stay tuned.  it may even fly.

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Technique / Re: Upright v Bent Over Paddling

« on: October 06, 2013, 10:05:23 AM »

Also, the best paddlers as I see it don't move their arms as much in relationship to their bodies as they're powering through their strokes.  Their arms are certainly moving a lot, but the angle of the upper halves of their arms to their body is almost fixed as they pull.  That's less true of the first guy (who is himself much better than the average paddler). 

You can try it yourself.  Lock your arms completely as you stroke, and you can still stroke very well--much better than if you lock your waist and pull the paddle entirely with arm movement.

Agreed.  For outrigger paddling, I was basically taught to make a "C" or "V" with my arms and hold it from blade entrance to exit.  Use more body and less arms.

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Random / Re: Zoners, which do you support -- Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act??

« on: October 03, 2013, 08:30:05 AM »

i think the bigger problem is "race to the top." educate kids better and they can fix our problems, eh?

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Gear Talk / Re: Hey,hey,hey.. it's fat Albert Fanatic.

« on: September 18, 2013, 10:32:03 PM »

intriguing. any idea how much one of these costs? site seems to omit that spec

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Random / Re: DW run sans paddle?

« on: August 19, 2013, 01:02:57 PM »

seriously. show up on that one and you'd hear from everyone in the lineup.

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Random / Re: DW run sans paddle?

« on: August 18, 2013, 11:44:12 PM »

yea, probably doesn't generate enough power to get into ocean swell...

that little spinnaker is cool!

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Random / DW run sans paddle?

« on: August 16, 2013, 11:31:38 AM »

wonder how one of these would handle on a DW run...

http://www.google.com/patents/US7232350

http://www.google.com/patents/US8043134

http://www.google.com/patents/US7267586

Just a little friday morning patent search for "human-powered watercraft."  pretty interesting stuff.