chrisrum said...
I love the slates. I have ridden a Raptor (until I snapped it) and I am now riding a JP Slate which does the job. Both were the smallest available and yet a little too big for me (7''0 and 7''2).

I have been getting tubed off my nut on both of them.

If youve got some pics, post them up. We all love quality sup surfing. Gives kook like me something to dream of.

I could say but I won't.

That is a great looking board!

b-local, not to put words into Blane Chambers mouth, but to me the bottom complex shape is a wide stable platform at low speed then subtract 4" width for planing surface and when you get it on the rail instead of 2 inches of foam you are at 1.25 inches. The tail on this board was not just an after thought, but a plan from the start to work with the bottom shape complexities, fin set up, to have speed and maneuverability for this wide ass platform. There is a lot more going on in this bottom shape than the pics can show. I will let Blane describe and promote it if he so chooses. The tail is more oval than round and not quit french curve outline. Last pic of my double hulled to inverted V quad tow board on top of Blane's 120L 8'6" SUP with similar tail outline. Mine is a perfect circle for this narrow tail. These tails are semi difficult to shape,plank out and glass in my opinion. Having felt up this board multiple times while planking out, glassing and sanding. it makes total sense to me this will work well and I will let you know in the next few days.

Amen colas.

bb30, did you bag the wood veneer on that board? If so great work. I know that is not easy to do.

Kirk

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Thanks Kirk. Love your boards and shapes. Very inspirational to my surfboard and SUP shaping. If you or any of your employees are on oahu, I would love to show them my system to vac bag these boards. Could knock out a a bunch of boards in a short time and still have plenty of time to surf/vacation. The parallel outlined boards are a bit easier than you think to vac bag the wood planks. I consider veneer at about 1/40th inch think, These wood planks are 1/10 and 1/8" starting thickness at initial vac pull.

8'6" x 31.5" x 4 1/4" 120L Blane Chambers SUP. Urethane spay with three coats top and bottom.Will sand tomorrow with 1000g foam pad getting urethane microboogers off. Pics of top and bottom with last pic money shot.

got a 7'2' x 28' slate recently and have enjoyed it on smaller fatter waves! light and small for travel too.
found it a bit squirelly with 4 fins, so chucked a 5th in and goes good. havent tried thruster set up yet but probably should.
this was at balangan a few days ago zooming away from the barrel :-/ but having heaps of fun

Agreed. Wondered where you'd gone Colas.
Really lovely boards. Those rails look like such a smart solution, but that tail with the turquoise and carbon...Oh my...

Mwstard said..
Agreed. Wondered where you'd gone Colas.

And of course the Zone admin deletes any post that tries to hint at this situation (and is quick to ban their authors). There is another forum in France with a similar approach.

As bb30 said, the real value of a forum is brought by the posts of the users, not the advertisers...

Zonoid madness. I know people who were booted for making unkind remarks regarding sponsored boards. What a joke.

The thread on the incredible wood lamination of the BC square board was awesome.

Penny wise and pound foolish..

Glad to see information on this board surface (pun intended) over here.

And my JP 7'6" Slate seems to prefer HUGE shapers S9 thrusters having tried small quads, bigger quads, five fins, and small thrusters. WTF!

Timboards, Awesome wave bruddah

8'8" x 32"x 4 1/4 finishing up this week. Blane Chambers shape

Frame it and Claim it.

no drama green room resin final coat