Thursday, September 1, 2011
Custom XL Winged Skate for Jim
Update email from Jim 9/16/11
Hey Wayne-
I wanted to give you some feedback on the Wave Skate you made me. I want compliment you, this board works great! Just what I was looking for.
We had a
smallish (waist to chest high) clean swell yesterday for me to try it
out. The wave skate paddles great, catches waves REALLY good helping me
to get in a bit early, creates speed pumping through the sections,
carries speed through the flats, holds in on steeper faces, turns good
(I had a few good full wrap cutbacks) basically does everything I wanted
it to do. When a board feels that good on the first session you KNOW it is gonna be a good one!
Put my
straightedge down the length and it looks like this has a bit less
nose/entry rocker and a bit more rocker in the last third than the last
7’0” you made me. I’m an engineer I like to analyze stuff LOL
I have 2 questions:
What size waves the do guys ride these in? , do these type of shapes get a little too fast in bigger waves?.
What is the volume on this board? It feels good.
Thanks
for providing me such good boards (BTW the DG has been a great board, it
is always in rotation- unfortunately it is starting to show some signs
of wear)
Aloha
Jim
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
New Micro Pocket Rocket for Ed at Hydroflex
The benefits of vacuum bag epoxy lamination's to polyurethane foam are strength (much more solid than hand lamination with an even adhesion to the foam) with excellent flex properties. Using polyurethane foam eliminates the wonky feeling the EPS foams have a tendency to have also with out all the heat sensitivity. Poly foam also shapes much more accurately and easier to fine tune shapes. It's a blending of the best of both worlds. ; )
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