Just thought you guys might be interested in a few pics of my new board from Simon over at DEEP. Guess this should be in the equipment Blog but I keep forgetting to check there myself.
I have been riding a 8'9" PSH Hull Ripper for a while and had a ball on it in Fiji recently but I came home thinking this board would be unreal if it was not quite so heavy so I took it over to Simon let him have a look at it , basically I wanted a similar board but in the new Inegra finish so we went for an inch shorter, half inch narrower and a bit more volume in the tail with a little less rocker and presto here she is.
Tricky for him to get the Hull bottom the same so the rail is not quite so sharp but it came pretty close in a lot of other aspects, the result is a board just on 8kg fully loaded with fins and deck grip as opposed to just on 10KG with the ripper and you can definately feel the difference.
Its the best board ive ever surfed,its really strong, I reckon Ive been in the water more in the last 3 weeks than in my whole life with all the waves weve had on the Goldie and there is only minor knocks on the rail as opposed to what normally would have been on a Wally Wallpamur paint finish job.
It actually feels more stable than the PSH which may be due to the different rocker but I suspect the weight difference and the fact Im standing a little lower in the water may also help, certainly a battle still to get through broken waves and chop but thats the same for most small boards.
Thanks for an excellent board Simon, you nailed it.
Yes it got some serious speed up on overhead Kirra a few days, handled the dredging takeoffs with ease
Great looking board !
You too a good idea and improved it in my book.
Nice compromise on the nose...looks stronger
Really good pad and stomper placement
lighter & stronger is reason enough to copy a good design, nice redoux!
The Hull design "talking point" is that they have to be ridden from the tail.
I am a bit conflicted about that.
I am a fan of "Chined Rails"... because the made my longboards easier to turn "rail to rail" without standing on the stomper, so when running down the line, you could pump speed turns while maintaining a faster trim point than standing on the tail.
I have felt that some vids of the hull rippers have appeared to have too much "Big board bounce" at speed. I seems to me that this is caused by staying on the tail when pumping down the line.
Why the Chines...if not to transition faster rail to rail?
If you are always on the tail... you don't use the chines.
The rounder "Hull" design up forward appears to promote bounce by creating lift every time the nose hits the water.
It seems to me that the design as a whole would benefit from shifting your weigh forward a bit when running down line.
Maybe your flatter rocker would ease that...
I would be interested to hear your take on that impression.
Thanks for posting so many good pictures of your version of the Hull design... looks like an improvement to me.
Lawn looks perfect... go SUSing
Very nice. Chined rails aren't my cup of tea but still looks like an awesome board.
Looks like some high density foam around the fin box? That's a good idea.
Lawns-smawns, they can wait until flat days!