Hi mate have you ever tried to make a blow up of an existing board....I'm thinking of trying to blow my 6'6 up to 9ft or so and making HWS but am just trying to wrap my head around the rocker and nose tail lift variations

Yeah.. Dean's workshop is a beauty.. ..and here's a better pic..

Hey Dean.. I'd love to see a better pic showing that full deck concave.

DJ

Oh my god!! Dave Parmenter was here on the Surfcoast over the Ripcurl Pro .Then, oh my god!! I have made a complete and utter knob end of myself without even knowing it. I went for a paddle at point Roadknight late one sunday arvo,small , gentle right hander and was joined by a bloke paddleing a little 9 footerish board .We got talking,(the guy had an American accent) mainly about the break and I was giving him the local knowledge about how the tide here is really critical etc etc.I thought ,friendly guy!he seems kind of familiar. anyhow we started talking about boards,I was filling him in on making surfboards at home!!!!,(i was on my latest home made,and it really is as rough as guts) he seemed interested,asking me about my construction techniques , design theories etc.(he must have been cacking his guts up inside) I think at some stage of our conversation(now nightmare)I may have even encouraged him to try and build his own surfboard at his place .The penny still had'nt dropped as I caught my last wave in, then watched this bloke absolutely rip apart his next wave from point to beach.I thought gee that guys not a bad surfer.yep, Dave Parmenter.

log man said...

Oh my god!! Dave Parmenter was here on the Surfcoast over the Ripcurl Pro .Then, oh my god!! I have made a complete and utter knob end of myself without even knowing it. I went for a paddle at point Roadknight late one sunday arvo,small , gentle right hander and was joined by a bloke paddleing a little 9 footerish board .We got talking,(the guy had an American accent) mainly about the break and I was giving him the local knowledge about how the tide here is really critical etc etc.I thought ,friendly guy!he seems kind of familiar. anyhow we started talking about boards,I was filling him in on making surfboards at home!!!!,(i was on my latest home made,and it really is as rough as guts) he seemed interested,asking me about my construction techniques , design theories etc.(he must have been cacking his guts up inside) I think at some stage of our conversation(now nightmare)I may have even encouraged him to try and build his own surfboard at his place .The penny still had'nt dropped as I caught my last wave in, then watched this bloke absolutely rip apart his next wave from point to beach.I thought gee that guys not a bad surfer.yep, Dave Parmenter.

.. Classic stuff ..

I've heard that Dave Parmenter was staying at Wayne Lynch's place so I wonder if we'll start seeing Wayne on a SUP soon.

Thanks for the deck pic Dean (looks great) .. I'll be seeing you again down there soon..

DJ

On the subject of Wayne, Jarrod & I were at Danger last week when Wayne came sailing out of Bass Strait, flew past the reefs & dropped anchor at fishos, not long after I noticed a SUP'er in his cloths, with a large back pack on making his way out to the 50' cat.
Being a nice 15 to 20 knt southerly we thought let's do a down winder & say giday too.
On arrival it was clear what Cusso was carying in the "large" back pack, "liquid refreshment" .......most of it gone.
Cusso was intending to leave the same way he arrived.....on his standup paddle board....but after dark

what are the specs on the 10' & the 9-6

NewcastleSUP said...

I think we may see more concave decks being made in production boards in the future, it just makes good design sense, less weight, lower c of g, less inclined to slip off a rail, pushes buoyancy into the rails were needed, hence you can go a bit narrower in width.

Dave was riding the new 9'6 Sub Vector whilst in Oz. This along with the 9'3Sub Vec and 10'0 Sub Vec production boards will have the concave decks.

log man said...

Oh my god!! Dave Parmenter was here on the Surfcoast over the Ripcurl Pro .Then, oh my god!! I have made a complete and utter knob end of myself without even knowing it. I went for a paddle at point Roadknight late one sunday arvo,small , gentle right hander and was joined by a bloke paddleing a little 9 footerish board .We got talking,(the guy had an American accent) mainly about the break and I was giving him the local knowledge about how the tide here is really critical etc etc.I thought ,friendly guy!he seems kind of familiar. anyhow we started talking about boards,I was filling him in on making surfboards at home!!!!,(i was on my latest home made,and it really is as rough as guts) he seemed interested,asking me about my construction techniques , design theories etc.(he must have been cacking his guts up inside) I think at some stage of our conversation(now nightmare)I may have even encouraged him to try and build his own surfboard at his place .The penny still had'nt dropped as I caught my last wave in, then watched this bloke absolutely rip apart his next wave from point to beach.I thought gee that guys not a bad surfer.yep, Dave Parmenter.

One word would describe someone like that and it is Humble. mac