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laceys lane said...
Mac isnt one of them just a plain white one!!!!!

No mate it's not plain white at all and it also has a glassed in fin remember Wiz is not that well atm.

Meanwhile this ones taking shape with a coat of clear.

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Macaha said..

laceys lane said...
Mac isnt one of them just a plain white one!!!!!

No mate it's not plain white at all and it also has a glassed in fin remember Wiz is not that well atm.

I don't know about wiz.

so what is it already

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Macaha said..
Meanwhile this ones taking shape with a coat of clear.

So you got a sunset ironing board as well ?

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smh said..

Macaha said.. Meanwhile this ones taking shape with a coat of clear.

So you got a sunset ironing board as well ?

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asea said..

smh said..

Macaha said.. Meanwhile this ones taking shape with a coat of clear.

So you got a sunset ironing board as well ?

don't ask him whats in the bedroom

don't know, don't want to know

A tripple stringer would be the go

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asea said..
A tripple stringer would be the go

jokes aside. I know all the old school crew love all the 1 inch triple stringers etc, but in all likely hood it probably kills all the performance in a board

something that sdr suggested might have been the case with my captains log with the inch stringer.

never underestimate flex in a board and what it does.

and yes, the bigger the board and big fella riding it the formula is different

probably not enough thought on stringers goes into mals in relation to performance may I suggest.

of course if you only care about looks that's a different story

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laceys lane said..

asea said..
A tripple stringer would be the go

jokes aside. I know all the old school crew love all the 1 inch triple stringers etc, but in all likely hood it probably kills all the performance in a board

something that sdr suggested might have been the case with my captains log with the inch stringer.

never underestimate flex in a board and what it does.

and yes, the bigger the board and big fella riding it the formula is different

probably not enough thought on stringers goes into mals in relation to performance may I suggest.

of course if you only care about looks that's a different story

All jokes aside,you would have to be a pro to notice the difference.

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Macaha said..

laceys lane said..

asea said.. A tripple stringer would be the go

jokes aside. I know all the old school crew love all the 1 inch triple stringers etc, but in all likely hood it probably kills all the performance in a board something that sdr suggested might have been the case with my captains log with the inch stringer. never underestimate flex in a board and what it does. and yes, the bigger the board and big fella riding it the formula is different probably not enough thought on stringers goes into mals in relation to performance may I suggest. of course if you only care about looks that's a different story

All jokes aside,you would have to be a pro to notice the difference.

All jokes aside i was referring to Macs skate board

All Lacey's aside

That stringer comment is a cop out

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Macaha said..

laceys lane said..

asea said..
A tripple stringer would be the go

jokes aside. I know all the old school crew love all the 1 inch triple stringers etc, but in all likely hood it probably kills all the performance in a board

something that sdr suggested might have been the case with my captains log with the inch stringer.

never underestimate flex in a board and what it does.

and yes, the bigger the board and big fella riding it the formula is different

probably not enough thought on stringers goes into mals in relation to performance may I suggest.

of course if you only care about looks that's a different story

All jokes aside,you would have to be a pro to notice the difference.

bull mac. do you really believe that.

some shapesr have invested a lot into this area.

even spitting up foam types in one board

did you not watch those bert burger vids, how much a board really flexes.

I know from snow skiing its a huge part and I cant see any difference to what happens on the water under flex pressure.


you change boards because of an 1/8 difference in thickness for goodness sakes!!!!!!!

Lacey all that hi tech stuff your referring to is for the pros.

I'm a big fella and 1/8 makes a difference and I'm no pro but I know it works for me,the same if you had a board 1/8 too thick,you would find it hard to engage the rails.

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Macaha said...
New boardzzzzz hopefully this is the correct thread I wouldn't want to hi-jack and all

Heading down to Byron to pick up one on Friday or Saturday the other is a week away.
I'd post my artwork up here but some would just laugh and I couldn't blame them for
my grade one sketch


McHenry there you go mate I can pick up your McCoy this week or it can wait until the
following.

JB, mite get to meet you Friday if your unlucky

Woo-hoo!!!

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Macaha said...
Lacey all that hi tech stuff your referring to is for the pros.

I'm a big fella and 1/8 makes a difference and I'm no pro but I know it works for me,the same if you had a board 1/8 too thick,you would find it hard to engage the rails.

See thats where you are so wrong. When your taking off on a wave and crank a bottom turn you are flexing the board. More so for you are a bigger guy.
The thickness you just talked about and engaging the rail directly involve the flex. Has the penny dropped
Geez Im finding it hard to believe im saying this to a guy who has done years of surfing.

the right flex and a big guy are so important along with the other factors too.
like the heavy glass jobs you get affect the flex. Might be good for you might not.
You will never know tho

Flex makes heaps of difference I reckon. Can be difficult to isolate it in certain boards but once it's gone you notice it straight away.

Flex is incredibly hard to define, but I think it is important, maybe not so much to a fat old kuk like me, but to a good surfer, it could make a major difference.

That said, recently I've even noticed its absence in the new board I made, don't get me wrong, I love it and enjoy riding it, but at 4 inches thick, it's pretty much devoid of any flex. Where it seems to miss out is when you need the board to give you back some push after a bottom turn to get you back up near the lip for a run down the line, that push does not seem to be there.

On the plus side, I would never know what I'm missing out on unless I managed to get a decent wave in the first place, and that's where the thickness really helps me.

I've already started planning the new one, I'll be dropping the thickness by 1/8" and doing the double conc longer and deeper, that again will drop volume.

OB has got the bug!!!

Yeah. Nice write up

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obct said..
Flex is incredibly hard to define, but I think it is important, maybe not so much to a fat old kuk like me, but to a good surfer, it could make a major difference.

That said, recently I've even noticed its absence in the new board I made, don't get me wrong, I love it and enjoy riding it, but at 4 inches thick, it's pretty much devoid of any flex. Where it seems to miss out is when you need the board to give you back some push after a bottom turn to get you back up near the lip for a run down the line, that push does not seem to be there.

On the plus side, I would never know what I'm missing out on unless I managed to get a decent wave in the first place, and that's where the thickness really helps me.

I've already started planning the new one, I'll be dropping the thickness by 1/8" and doing the double conc longer and deeper, that again will drop volume.

Nice work bro!!

Obct knows an 1/8 of an inch matters.

What about fins that have adjustable flex...

www.fluxfins.com/

I agree SP..flex makes a lot of difference in fins

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Macaha said...
Obct knows an 1/8 of an inch matters.

Your still guilty of art crimes

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laceys lane said..

Macaha said...
Obct knows an 1/8 of an inch matters.

Your still guilty of art crimes

Everybody makes a mistake or 2 or 3 or

I agree with Macaha, in my opinion you have to be pretty damn good to notice the difference.

Flex is critical for some boards particularly performance boards... but where should the flex be? And are you able to tell the difference in flex properties between one board and another (Other than uter Islands Flex-tails obviously)? Whats too Much? and whats too little? and when? and at what length is it critically important or not?

OBCT sounds pretty in tune with his craft and shapes them so is way better placed than i am to comment, but i'd still be asking is that flex or lack of that's giving you that feeling, or could it be rocker and rail feedback?

It's definately something ive never come to grasp and would love to understand better,

A mate and myself were discussing flex and fancied that on a longboard there is probably more happening because of sheer length alone.


Its how boards work god dam it

If you surf you flex your board

I recall a story I was reading once about Mark Rabbige, he said he once had this killer board that surfed like a dream and had amazing power and feedback, one day he hit a turn or a lip really hard and heard a distinct noise in the board that he had never heard before, like a bang or a crack.

the board never broke and for all intents and purposes, it still looked like a perfectly good board, but from that day onwards, it never surfed the same. He put it down to the loss of the inherent flex with the original structure of the board.

Had a few of his channel rail boards a long time ago