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Shortest freestyle board that rides well

Created by leto leto  > 9 months ago, 6 Jul 2021
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leto
leto

284 posts

6 Jul 2021 12:57am
Guy how short can we go? I saw some freestyle boards from Flikka, Starboard at 205-207cm. Can we go shorter and what are the limits and why?
boardsurfr
boardsurfr

WA

2454 posts

6 Jul 2021 1:05am
Shorter means less inertia and a lower chance of the nose touching the water in power moves. If you're working on Paskos and double Air Culos, that matters. The drawback is that slightly lower directional stability and more effort to get going - which does not matter much for freestylers with good skills.
On the freeride side of things, board lengths have gone a bit the other way, getting longer again, since the drawbacks matter to people with average skills who don't care what a double Air Culo is.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia

WA

23526 posts

6 Jul 2021 7:16am
Also you need a certain amount of rocker. Once you go too short, the entry rocker inhibits planing
Finding that with experimental freestyle kiteboards I've been doing, getting down past 4'4" is hard
leto
leto

284 posts

6 Jul 2021 8:42am
I guess I'm looking for more numbers. Does it mean that somewhere shapers calculated that there shall be certain length of completely flat section with then certain length of progressive rocker to make the board plain fast and at the same time not catch water with too steep abrupt rocker at speed..?
LeeD
LeeD

3939 posts

6 Jul 2021 8:53am
Calculation.......
Feel spread...22" plus adjustment for weight.
Spread front strap to mast base.
Now, how much more float to uphaul and tack without getting ridiculous in nose thichness.
leto
leto

284 posts

7 Jul 2021 2:54am
Not sure I got it but thanks anyway.
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