Pumpkin Seed

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Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby soulglider » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:57 pm

Newie. 5'x22.5x2.5 at rails and 1.5 down the stringer. Displacement hull, knife sharp rails with a scooped out deck.
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby jbw4600 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:35 pm

A very interesting board. It would be fun to try it out sometime.
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby bgreen » Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:59 am

Is the widest point about a 3/4 down the board toward the tail or is this just my eye playing tricks. The rail looks like half an almond or is this also an optical delusion on my part.

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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby soulglider » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:33 am

3" behind center bob and the rails are a variable but, super sharp hull rail, high in the front and super low in the tail.

heres a couple of photos of the fin set-up. i do move them back and forth occasionally to change it up and not necessarially for wave conditions, just different rides.
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the board ended up a little thinner than i thought so thats the reason the rear of the fin doesnt sit all the way down. could sand it down, lazy.
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby ClanB » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:04 pm

Wow very cool looking board! Hows it ride?
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby soulglider » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:12 pm

Super duper. Really fast. Easy duckdiver too!
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby GeoffreyLevens » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:23 pm

Surprising to me it would need/be able to use that large of a fin. I would be very tempted to try it w/ a much smaller version, sort of proportionate. Esp since having legs/flippers if needed to recover tail slide if it starts to pop out and slide. If it would still hold you would get even more speed due to reduced drag.
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby Uncle Grumpy » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:54 pm

You have really got the hang of those hulls Tim.
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby soulglider » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:56 pm

hey thanks grumpy. its all i put my mind into these days. i cant say enough about them. i am working on a 4'5 version. i cant go much shorter, my big self drags at around 48" if you know what i mean?

heres a photo of my 11.25" fin. havent used it yet but will as soon as the waves bump up to at least 1-2'
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Re: Pumpkin Seed

Unread postby ClanB » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:47 pm

And the shaper is Clause Jones in the Nard???? aaannd do you ever ride it as a half man?
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