Nice Casso - looks like a super fun session

Bangarang Casso! Nice vid

MickChard said..
Mad less ... What u weighing case atm ?? Been wanting to try an 8.5 speed for a while dunno tho at 95 kegs + wettie

I'm currently 89kg.

paperboy said..
Boomeranging?
Is that boomerang beach ?

Hmmmm - maybe

Casso, have you been on the Dog's Pie Diet?

Casso said..

MickChard said..
Mad less ... What u weighing case atm ?? Been wanting to try an 8.5 speed for a while dunno tho at 95 kegs + wettie

I'm currently 89kg.

89 kegs on a 7-11 x 26-1/8 x 94L board , great effort mate and that's why it turns so well in the pocket. AA was telling me the Balsa in the Sunova give and extra 5% float because of the density of the balsa over the foam . Can you actually feel it ? Nice video BTW ripping.

mybrosweeper said..
Casso, have you been on the Dog's Pie Diet?

Ha ha - thanks Robbo! Yep, Christmas really took its toll on the waistline.

Piros said..
the Balsa in the Sunova give and extra 5% float because of the density of the balsa over the foam

Of course, this is physically impossible. Float is just the volume less the weight. And Balsa is heavier than foam (160kg/m3 normally, 80kg/m3 for the lightest balsas, compared to the 15 to 25 kg/m3 of the EPS foams)

What can probably happen is that the volume is computed from the software driving the CNC cutting the blank, so do not take into account the added balsa layers? Thus the actual volume of the board would be larger than the one advertised? Balsa would add float because its actual volume would be added to the board on top of the listed volume.

colas said..

Piros said..
the Balsa in the Sunova give and extra 5% float because of the density of the balsa over the foam

Of course, this is physically impossible. Float is just the volume less the weight. And Balsa is heavier than foam (160kg/m3 normally, 80kg/m3 for the lightest balsas, compared to the 15 to 25 kg/m3 of the EPS foams)

What can probably happen is that the volume is computed from the software driving the CNC cutting the blank, so do not take into account the added balsa layers? Thus the actual volume of the board would be larger than the one advertised? Balsa would add float because its actual volume would be added to the board on top of the listed volume.

Unless manufacturers are doing displacement tests we're always going to have a variance in volume, there were huge differences in the windsurfing industry in the early days.

MickChard said..
Casso thats off tap how your paddling that so easy ... Makes me feel slack on my 120L flow at 95 kegs ..

I just can't get past the tail sinking all the time ... I swear I've pretty good balance too from all my skating as a grom...

Over the past six months I have upgraded to 97 kg (not sure why, unless eating the wrongs things in high volume has an effect) and it has made the 120L Flow a little more difficult to surf. Had a few great sessions over the past week but in the chop and wind I have to confess that I frequently sunk a rail and went for a swim. But still love it on a wave!

Sweet, having the non box rear setup kind of limits fin choices IMHO, I have found the shapers stealth large fins to work quite well with the speeed myself or a combo with the shapers s8 extra large (BTW I have no affiliation with any fin company....but I'm available!)