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I hoping it will be more of an enhanced bodysurfing experience, finding bliss in the pocket of that hot curl, as opposed to a cut and slash shred-session. Definitely a pointbreak shape...and I just happen to have one close by.

I read that, too, but I'm not buying the "transformation from displacement to planing hull" either, because other than splitting the tail, the design of the hull remains the same, with belly and up-rails throughout. Flatten the bottom rail-to-rail and change the rail shape to a more 60/40 or down-ra...

Just the bottom tail of Roger Hall''s shape...McTavish has also done a Double Hot Curl

My research has uncovered some "Dual Hot Curl" shapes, which is essentially a finless twin V-tail shape. May be more applicable to a prone board...trying not to get distracted

I'll need to do a "proof of concept" first...but I have five G5s to get shipped to Florida first. Oh, and there will need to be some waves to ride, too...where are the waves?

Here's the tail-view of the Quam/Martin design that inspired it hotcurl.jpeg ..., so not quite as deep as the 8’0 x 15 1/2 x 21 7/8 x 16 1/2 x 2 7/8 original, but at 3" pretty deep by prone board standards. I found that it was virtually impossible to go deeper without putting a major kink in the rai...

Shaper’s tend to be very visually-oriented individuals. We prefer to “see” something rather than read about it; we would rather look at a map than follow written directions. We are quick to see spatial relationships and have good visual memory. When Jeff Quam presented his Hot Curl board as part of ...

I thoroughly enjoyed the "Gathering", and meeting RodnDTube, Dr. Robert and Jeff Quam, while renewing my acquaintance with Pes. I especially enjoyed the lively discussion on Sunday morning. While I was looking forward to actually riding some of the shapes I've only read about over the past 8 yrs, th...

Sat 4:30p....uh, where is everybody ?

Day Use Parking is only allowed until sunset...after that, parking available in the The Extra Vehicle parking lot. located at the end of the main park road near the Del Mar RV camping area. With Pes bringing brats, I'm going to bring some hot dogs and buns, a squeeze bottle of catsup & mustard, roll...

If Kage isn't going, will we lose #46?

Rod (#43)
Kage (#46)
Pez
Nels (possible, if can)
Dr. Robert
Thomas 805-856-8554

Sat afternoon thru Sun afternoon. Will stay longer if there's any surf, but not optimistic. How many vehicles allowed per camp site? Can you park overnight in the day use area?

Did someone say "ribs" on Sat night? I'll be there and I'll bring the beer...

Managed to get in a nice session at Moonstone Beach in Cambria, CA this past Sat. Not as big as I'd hoped, but a fun 4-5ft. Nice little reef break with a solid left and an A-frame peak just a little north of that. I've gotten into the habit of making really late take-offs by just stretching out with...

I guess I need to increase my prices

Great stuff...really amazing. Clearly shows the benefit of finless riding in hollow waves. I have found that , with fins, I have to battle being drawn up the face to the lip. Not the case in slope-y waves, regardless of size. In those waves, fins are a definite advantage for moving up the face. Not ...

I followed the same path, but shifted to the double on the G3. I think the double is more effective in directing and enhancing water flow then a wide single. Typically, the board is on one rail or the other. But this double exit concave is not new, nor my idea. It has been used for decades on the Bo...

Still waiting for some decent waves to test the G6...summertime blues...

interesting...I like the bottom contours and the foil I like to use FCS Fusion plugs which come with a choice of fin cants, 0, 5 & 9 which allow me to counter the impact of the tail concaves on fin cant.

That's interesting...I've never experienced that. It may be that the dual "exit concaves" I place on the bottom are doing their job and relieving the pressure beneath the tail, eliminating excess lift in this area. Lindsay Lord discuss this phenomenon in his book and which inspired Bob Simmons to in...