What's your thoughts on stepped decks ? This is a couple of shots of Billie Waton's on a Chris Garrett 8-2 x 27 not a board for everyone , but you need to see this board in the flesh .Super pulled over short board rails with razor sharp edges

This might be the answer for us larger units to get on smaller boards without the boxy rails. It's always a trade off , rail shape for stability but with a stepped deck you can still pull the rail over with a nice thin tail but keep the meat in the board to float your fat.

The Uber fish in the early days brought out a rough attempt at it and now Southpoint of all people has brought out a really nice looking performance 10 footer with a great looking stepped deck.

My next custom will be stepped for sure around the 8-6 mark and would love some input into it for my 90 keg frame.

Rob

Twelve weeks after taking delivery of my new 8/8 I’ve just got my hot little mits on a spanking 8/7 shaped by Simon Forward at 4D surfboards. The 8/8 was a revelation. It paddled into waves super easy, was super loose and was getting better and better with each surf. Why get rid of it? I was back and forth to Simon giving regular ride reports and as with all shapers he would get that gleam in his eye and come back with lines like “maybe we could take a quarter of an inch out of the rail” or “perhaps we should go a little shorter” One thing led to another and with the cost of a changeover somewhere in the vicinity of a new deck pad I thought what the hell.
So here she is 8/7 by 30 by 4 and a half inches





The major difference between this and the first is that a quarter inch has been taken out of the rail width giving it a much more shortboard style of profile. Glassing was done at Triggers on the East Coast as Simon and Kenny were flat out trying to get their Christmas backlog sorted. It is slightly heavier than the mk1 but it also looks a little more bombproof. Anyway enough of the dribble. Its started raining and the wind is back around to the North. Time to christen the beast!
CHEERS
Merry XMAS
Sparx