Tuesday, May 22, 2012

for Matt (but not me)




this is a fish i just finished up the other day for a fellow Matt. He wanted a more traditional fish as far as low rocker fuller down rail with a beak nose twin fin all that good stuff....soo her she is at 5'10" 22" 2-7/8" he got a burnt orange tint top and bottom and cokebottlie tint on the rails (that was done in lamination because its more gangster that way and life is about being gangster[normaly it is either airbrushed on post hotcoat or opaque resin panels not this time]) he got a gloss and pollish glass on matching keels,, leash loop..also we decided to do a sturdier version than what you typically see these days....we did green weight US Blank which is a denser foam then for the orange on the deck i used this super custom 5oz gnarly weave that looks almost like a straight up sheet of fiberglass and then the bottom got 6oz then 6oz for the rails and 4oz over the deck and rails to seal it all up. the shape has low rocker,,,with flat entry to vee started just ahead of the midpoint developing to spiral vee just ahead the fins and out the tail,,,this allows for the flat entry helps the board plane going into waves and down the line (faster) then the vee helps rail to rail transition since fishes have a tendency to be stiffer, and then the spiral vee helps with rail to rail but adds drive and control through turns and rodeo flips and stuff. the deck is pretty flat the rails are full and down railed with a beak nose and this thing is gunna be reall fun great for those days at pipeline.

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