7'11" 28" and 6'10" 28 both channeled bottom, <100liters
This is what i would better buy in a shop rather than shaping them in my garage , so please do that kind in a TufLite versus
Give more info of your 8'6"/28 good board for all around playing.
Congrats Dogman I,m sure what ever you make it will surf really well.
Wow Kami those two boards remind me of the old clinker bottoms that Byrne surfboards used to make in the 80s, they surfed really well and went like a scaled cat.
I like to know more about these boards shown in the photo are they your customs?or are they some french secret factory boards.
Whats old is new again
Dogman it might be worth looking into some these old shapes/designs and incorporating into a SUP shape one day
Red heeler for mine.
I am honestly amazed no one over here is going the simsup direction. They are absolutely raving about them on the American forums. A lot ain't much wider than 28' and are going around 8' and just under. If I had the cash I would import one. 
Select to expand quotesurfershaneA said...
I am honestly amazed no one over here is going the simsup direction. They are absolutely raving about them on the American forums. A lot ain't much wider than 28' and are going around 8' and just under. If I had the cash I would import one.
Hey, not getting pushy. Just hit quote instead of edit!
I'm with the big guys re the size @ 9'3". I just rode my new custom for the 1st time today at Noosa. Shaped by Peter White (Classic Malibu) 9'3" x 31" wide Swallow tail flyer. Bamboo deck and bottom with carbon fibre rails. The size seems good for my size (6'2" & 98kg). "Rottweiler" for the big boys.
holy crap how cool does that board look with the rasta deck pad, Kami...
thanks for all the input crew
my mind is spinning now.....yer like it wasn't spinning before.....derrrrr
Kami ,
I wish I could find a photo of the old Byrne clinker bottom twin fin, as far as I know they were the only ones making them, with the larger deeper channeled bottom. The channels on the rails were at least 1 inch deep, I had a couple of them during my hey day(when I could surf). They were only ever produced in a twin fin so when thrusters came out they just fazed out. Most guys went for the thruster because of the extra drive off the bottom and ability to snap of the top and obviously they took a lot of extra time and effort to shape.
Now I,m getting emotional ,AHHH the good old days, The older I get ,the better I surfed.
Red 
PS I absolutely love that 7,11, NB Dogman
I'd - 10kg for weight divisions and rethink channel bottoms for mass production as not many short boarders ride them any more, even in Indo, I have had many good surfers check out one of my channel bottomed boards,pretty sure glassers are not big fans of them either..
oppphsss had a knock on and deleted this:
insane boards kami
mate I've just got off a long winded phone call with tully frothing about your channel bottom sups......him and his old man are toying with some crazy mutant shortboard with a similar headspace ATM......classic
my current headspace is leaning towards going with a featherweight, middleweight and heavyweight option on the current shape I'm riding.
next question is "how to pigeonhole" the target weight divisions???????
exibit A
feather weight max 75-80kg 85L 8'0 x 27
middle weight max 85-90kg 95L 8'6 x 27
heavy weight max 110-115kg 125L 8'10 x 31
the max weight is around the point it will be nearly impossible to paddle it without a snorkel n goggles (so any thing under those weights will be fine) with good balance)
8-2 x 28.5 x 4-0 ,apx 100litres , still should let the bigger units have a crack and chuck in a retro styled Stinger-flyer-swallow tail for the hell of it.
Fair enough - there's a few options already there that would be of relevance for the 28" wide boards and the 8'5" x 30" would be useful.
I have only bought boards from WSnS so only look at Fanatic, Naish, Starboard etc.. I'll take a look at Surftech.
Cheers
hi ben
they have got a few options there and luckily a few holes to fill
hi lazza
it may sound selfish but (it won't be the first nor the last time for me)
but I've aimed the middleweight board to be exactly what i ride everyday @ 90kg.
so at least I'm a happy camper waking up in the morning and having to go to work surfing it all day.....lol.....
I'm really interested in where the hell this larger heavyweight model is going....... don't want to go too wide but for it too be user-friendly you got to have some "extra support" for those beautiful upsized creatures from the black lagoon to shred on.....lol...
OK this is a little disappointing...not much chatter on the featherweight model...(do any skinny guys get on this forum.....hahaha)
i had a good point thrown at me the other day. just like a screaming backhander from my good old nan.....
to make a smaller sup to accommodate some of the young up and coming shredders popping up all over the place.
and also as an option for our 2 new super hot female surftech teamriders to shred on.......
who's with me on "talking about hot chicks shredding it up on sups"......
enough of this "upsize me" model talk...haha
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If it is glassy and not choppy (especially in the summer NE'rs) then maybe I'd be ok on the 8'6". Any chance of a board at about 28 and a half?
But Redfezz, as you say these could be purely for the hard core/pro level SUPers.
Ben,
You hit the nail on the head, when is it ever not windy on the south coast of NSW ?. The tides ,swell and wind aline ,a couple times a yr, its not like we get trade winds for 6 months then travel to the other side of the island for the next six months. Unless you have a quiver of several boards ,The average SUPer sacrifices performance for versatility .
I myself am looking to upgrade and I,m in two minds get the board that I know I can surf well or get a larger board in the same model that has a bit more stability and can handle the chop better.I talking about the Hokua 9.5 vs 9.10 ,I know I could do the 9.5 or even 9 ft but it would be hard work and not enjoyable.
So it just depends what market Tha Dogman is aiming for.........by the sounds of it very elite performance end of market.
cheers
Red
Hey dogman
I went out and bought a laguna bay surftech 8'6 after borrowing the one out of your trailer late last year. Usually after I get a new board it takes about 2 months before I start planning the next one, but this time I'm absolutely stoked with my board. I weigh 90-95 kegs and it can be an absolute bitch to stand on if there is any backwash or chop, but worst case you fall off and then get back on again. There's nothing wrong with getting wet especially when your board surfs as well as the 8'6 does.
I love the fact that there is a bit of volume in the nose, but I would definitely want to demo a similar board with more of a shortboard style pulled in nose.
At 27 3/4 wide my surftech was fairly unstable at first but your balance soon gets better.
I recon you should stick to your guns and go for high performance. There are plenty of boards out there that are stable and user friendly and it seams with now with the carbon models they are now getting pretty light to.
Thanks for letting me demo the board from your surftech trailer. I for one am looking forward to surfing on one from you range.
Justin
