Just ordered :

1 x 9'6 blank with a 1/2 inch balsa stringer for a gun shape
1 x 10'2 blank with a 1 inch Obeche stringer for an square tail log


...super pumped to make some longer sticks to ride

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YYYYYEEEEEEAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Awesome. How big will the gun surf? Fin set up? Planned thickness?

you have left us with the headline and not the story. More more more....

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thedrip said..
Awesome. How big will the gun surf? Fin set up? Planned thickness?

you have left us with the headline and not the story. More more more....

Bigger than my balls will take me out into probably going to go with a 2+1 for maximum top end speed probably around 3in thick....vee to flat to vee I am think at the moment...very early planning stages got a couple fo other boards to knock out first...still pumped...love big boards

Nice...looking forward to the build threads

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Tux said..

thedrip said..
Awesome. How big will the gun surf? Fin set up? Planned thickness?

you have left us with the headline and not the story. More more more....

Bigger than my balls will take me out into probably going to go with a 2+1 for maximum top end speed probably around 3in thick....vee to flat to vee I am think at the moment...very early planning stages got a couple fo other boards to knock out first...still pumped...love big boards

Tom Hoye's 5 stage vortex bottom works a treat in solid to huge waves. Vee or very subtle concave (very very subtle) into flat into single into vee with a very subtle double running out through the tail. He also puts very subtle chines on the rails, almost imperceptible. If it didn't take a year to get a board off him I would be ordering a 9'6" off him.

Double 6 glass I take it?

Look forward to the build thread...
And
How did the midlength Howard knock off type thing go? Happy owner?

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SP said..
Look forward to the build thread...
And
How did the midlength Howard knock off type thing go? Happy owner?

What he said

Looking forward to some pics. The last one you did came out nice.

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SP said..
Look forward to the build thread...

yes that would be awesome Tux

Awesome Tux, looking forward to the outcome on these.

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SP said..
Look forward to the build thread...
And
How did the midlength Howard knock off type thing go? Happy owner?

Oh yeah that thing is ****ing insane....super fun to ride....nose rides pretty good for a mid (not that I am much chop in that department)...paddles real nice and turns super sweet off the tail...been running it with a 7in fin and some side bites

looking forward to the build.

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Tux said...

SP said..
Look forward to the build thread...
And
How did the midlength Howard knock off type thing go? Happy owner?

Oh yeah that thing is ****ing insane....super fun to ride....nose rides pretty good for a mid (not that I am much chop in that department)...paddles real nice and turns super sweet off the tail...been running it with a 7in fin and some side bites

Good to hear...
Looked really nice.

Like to see some footage of it being used as well

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Like to see some footage of it being used as well

I thought about grabbing some on the weekend waves were pumping

yep a goddard type board build thread would be good...not a half arsed chrispy one which was your last effort tux

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chrispy said..
yep a goddard type board build thread would be good...not a half arsed chrispy one which was your last effort tux

No pressure