Board Designs
May 3, 2010
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Hello Stand Up Paddle Board builders. This is the first of what I hope will be many posts addressing SUP board designs and construction.
You may want to have a look at some of my videos. Here is a link to my channels where I’ll be adding more content:
http://vimeo.com/channels/105757
Please feel free to post any and all questions and comments. Best regards to all, Dave Daum
Comment by admin — May 3, 2010 @ 9:39 pm
Hi Dave,
I’ve been looking around at different high performance SUPs for a while now. I ran into Colin McPhillips dad down at San-O a couple of weeks ago and he was riding a proto type that Hobie was going start making as a production board (Colin McPhillips shape).
That board was 9′4″ around 30″ wide and I’m not sure of the nose and tail dimentions but it had a pointier nose similar to your WCT model.
I’m a bigger guy and have been riding a Paddle Surf Hawaii board since July 09. It’s 10′6″ and 30″ wide and 4 3/4″ thick. Surfs great and flat water paddles good to but I’m thinking about upgrading to a shorter board with more of a “short board” / “thurster” look to it.
I’m 6 feet and 225 lbs. I’m 52 y/o but can still surf a shortboard well, but I’ve fallen in love with the whole SUP craze. I’ve been surfing since I was a kid and SUPing for the past year and I’m looking to start doing some more radical moves on a SUP.
Tim Stamps makes some insane looking SUPs and I really like your performance version as well.
I’m thinking of something bigger than 8′10″ though. More like 9′6″ or 9′10″ for starters. I’d like to keep the width around 30″, maybe 29.5 and also keep some thickness like 4.5″+.
Let me know what you think and if you’d be interested in talking. My name is Ron Thompson, I live up in Hunt. Bch. You’ve got my e-mail now. I may be out of town next week, heading to Cabo for a week 5/1. Hopefully get some East Cape SUP in Baja.
Thanks, RT
Comment by admin — May 3, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
Hello RT,
The Hobie boards Colin rides are really great. They are shaped by an awesome shaper by the name of Mark Johnson. They work really well.
For your size and weight I recommend a 9′ 6″ to 10″ World Championship Tour (WCT) board with no less than 130 liters of displacement. Hopefully you received the e-mail containing the CAD drawing for the board I have in mind for you. Many of our boards are custom design around specific needs.
I feel it would be best to have you stop by our factory so you can see first hand the various design options. At that time I’ll explain all the shape features and what that they do.
Best,
Dave
Comment by admin — May 3, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
Dave,
I have thoroughly enjoyed your posts on stand up zone. I am attempting to shape my first to two boards and have the blanks in the garage. I surf the Great Lakes and have found that SUP’s are the absolute way to go here. Our fresh water beach break waves are often very steep and quickly turn into mush-burgers. Therefore having a longer board with more volume (no salt for floatation) is a welcome advantage. Here are a couple videos of myself and a friend of mine (Larry Bordine) These should give you an idea of what we typically surf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=gQqJzQya6TM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=MmH3Y_LwtA4&feature=related
Nevertheless, Larry is an experienced shaper and is opening up a new store at one of our coast side towns on lake Michigan. He is a double degreed engineer and has years of experience in custom kayak building. However I am questioning his designs a bit and would ask you take a look at the attached file. In this design often times the thickest part of the board is behind center and I am convinced this leads to a predisposition to pearling.
I would like some design suggestions given our waters and wave type for a board around 10ft to 10.5ft~
Kind Regards,
Todd L. Mackey
Comment by admin — May 3, 2010 @ 10:04 pm
Hi Todd,
Please shoot me back a reply when you have a minute. I’d like to chat with you about your surf and paddling conditions. And, I’d like to give you a free board design that I’m certain will work great for you.
Best,
Dave
Comment by admin — May 3, 2010 @ 10:06 pm
Dave,
I would be honored to receive a design that you would recommend for our lake surf conditions!
Comment by Todd — May 7, 2010 @ 10:06 pm
Hi Todd,
I’ll be sending you a design today or early tomorrow. Please have a look and then contact me with your questions. Also, you may want to have a look at some of my videos. Here is a link to my channels where I’ll be adding more content:
http://vimeo.com/channels/105757
Comment by admin — May 10, 2010 @ 12:47 pm
Dave,
What are your thoughts on stepped hulls for reducing rail profiles on paddle boards?
Comment by Todd — May 25, 2010 @ 2:46 pm
I’m not sure about them. On a thicker board they allow you to produce a thin rail with thickness in the center for flotation. I’ve made some and they work awesome. They do disrupt water flow over the rail which can detract from the performance of the board. Our King’s boards have such extremely thin rails that stepped rails really don’t benefit the performance.
Comment by admin — May 26, 2010 @ 4:18 pm