I imagine the resident 2 McT lovers on this forum will be over this post. One im-particular given the theoretical nature of the question

Simondo will respond shortly he is just getting his reply peer reviewed and putting his reference list together

I look foward to constructive suggestions, thankyou

Get with the programme Lacey

boofy said...


I look foward to constructive suggestions, thankyou

Get a Longboard up you Lacey

62mac said...
Sometimes I feel sorry for anyone asking a serious question.

Talk to your shaper and ask him to amke you a board with lower entry rocker and dicuss adding some forward v under the chest area thia will increase you paddle speed considerably...

Thanks for the input most constructive I have had todate.

I plan to speak to a shaper but just wanted some other comments first.

Hi Tdog

Thankyou for your interest and here are some answers to your questions:

My McT is the sports version as McT describe of the Fireball EVO and it mostly works for me but need help with wave catching on the bit bigger waves.

My EVO II is 9' 1" lg x 22 7/8" wide x 2 7/8" thk, it is their lighter weight version with 6/4 cloth and 6 oz and I am 76kg - and not that young.

I am just back into surfing after a long time but have been doing windsurfing and now kite surfing for the last 12 years plus 2 yrs on Stand Up Paddle in surf. I just love all of it.

My thinking ATM is 22 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" thk, continuos rocker curve from the middle to the tail and less rocker towards the nose plus concave from nose to double concave towards the tail.

What do u think?

Hey Warwick

I'm also on the EVO II, pretty much same dims as yours but a bit narrower at 22 3/4", and I'm about 86 kg, also bit older & not the strongest paddler atm due to shoulder bursitis.

I think a flatter rocker right through the mid section (which the EVOII has) is good for paddling, as long as your chest is back a bit, so you're over this flat section. This would be improved by a somewhat flatter nose rocker.

Need to be careful with flatter rocker in the nose section though when the wave is steeper on take off (to avoid pearling). The flatter nose rocker would help you paddle but you'd need to be back enough on take off to lift the nose using a good amount of tail rocker. Simondo's "shallow 3 stage rocker" set up sounds like a better way to go.

I can see that you're thinking of gunnier dims for the new board (narrower, not as thick) but this means less volume and you need more for paddling!

Some ideas to discuss with shaper are possibility of - decreasing width to maybe 22 1/2 or 3/4" but increasing thickness to say 3 1/8 or 1/4" and possibly increasing length ( to maybe 9'4") to give more volume. Somewhat fuller rails would also provide more volume.

If you're wanting this board for say 4-6'+ waves I think you'd learn to use the power of the wave to compensate for the bigger board size and help with your turns. Seems like Simondo's loving his 9'6" pin for the bigger stuff down south. He posted dims of that board on an earlier thread of mine - looks like 9'6"x22 1/2 x 3 1/4.

warwickl said...
Thanks for the comments.

Looks like I am off to see a shaper tomorrow

who are you seeing out of interest

warwickl said...
Just going to a local guy that nas been doing a good job for locals for a good number of years

Hey mate we're sordid blatant pimps who is ya shaper we won't tell

You should actually think along these lines...




As a "Step-Up" Longboard, think rounded pin, pointier nose, meaty for paddle speed, and about 4-6 inches longer than you normal ride.

Board now ordered and should have it within 2 weeks.

Specs did change a bit once I visited the shaper and showed him my current board and discussed more fully what I hoped to achieve.

Left field, good to have someone else from SA on the forum!