Looks good Dean.
Have you tested it yet?

Looks great Dean.. What size is it?.. and does it glow in the dark?..

DJ

Very cool Dean what are the specs.

Rob

nICE board, bubblegum is the first thing came to my mind..

The "clown board" was made for more of a pocket surfing style, in more powerfull waves than prk, fast bottom turns & going vertical into a reo or whatever, but still retaining positive drive & track with the confidence to snap into turns without the single fin pop out.
Interesting to note that the total 4 fin area is 20% or so more than the large 12" single fins I had been using, so it paddles quite fast & straight.
The main difference I found is the ability of the small multi fins not to over power or pop out in fast snap turns, they slip a bit, "depowering" allowing the board to be kept under you & not being thrust forward as a large single fin can do.
Nose riding I thought may be a bit side slippy with the comparatively short quad fins, but to my surprise they tracked very high & fast with confidence.
The quad positions came off the McKee site, he seems to know his stuff!
Clown board was surfed for 5 hours today in Bells, Rincon & Center's in knee high to the odd shoulder high clean off shore.

husq2100 said...

awesome work Dean

when designing a board to have a quad setup, is it only fin postion that changes or does the design of the tail etc change to work with the fins. IE would the board be the same if built as a thurster?

A bit more rocker was put in the nose & tail to promote tighter turning & to "fit" into the curve of the wave.
Apart from this the board it self is very similar to the last few, this gives me more of an "apple with apple" comparison, to determine fin benifits.

The first thing I thought of was Brooko and that was before I even opened the thread
Nice board

Yea, Nice looking board Dean. So whats the go with four fins? Don't tell me we're going have to rethink the single fin concept. So is it built especially for Bells?

Allo said...

Yea, Nice looking board Dean. So whats the go with four fins? Don't tell me we're going have to rethink the single fin concept. So is it built especially for Bells?

Shape is good but the colour....well thats a bit out there
The single fins still do a good job in the waves they were made for, weak prk, they give plenty of drive in the long knee high fast breaking lines. We are about to get some good prk in the next few days so it will be interesting to use the clown board there.
We have had some shallow sand on the point producing some hollow waves recently making the single fin tricky to ride, thats the main reason for trying a quad. My boards being quite wide I think the 2 fins on the rail are more appropriate than a thruster.