The new board looks pretty sweet, it's 8 x 27 3/4 x 41/4
I know it's not dramatically different from other Laguna Bay boards but thought I'd post a few pics anyway. Haven't had a surf on it yet but the forecast is looking good for the morning.
I weighed it without fins and deck pad, 6.4kg, finished up at 7.1kg with fins and grip.

Looks very nice! LB are definately pushing the boundries in regards to length and WIDTH especially.

One thing I have noticed with regular longboard shapers and SUP shapers is that they are all still toeing in the
side fins approx 1/4 inch. I had a chance to catch up with Bob McTavish & Steve Walden when they were
doing their tour of Vic and they both said themselves and other shapers are starting to toe in the fins less, if at
all and that it makes the board faster and doesn't limit the boards ability to turn.

They both said having the fins upright limited drive through turns so setting them at an angle is still the way to go.
Makes sense to me, anyone else?

Looks nice Cam, you must be pretty light eh? The narrower boards are definately the ticket for performance. Jacko's 8 0 Naish is only 26 1/8" wide I think. Let us know how you go.

Cam Gillies said...

Hey Goaty - I weigh pretty close to 80kg

Actually I am 82kg and my Laguna is 28" so that makes sense. The rounded nose allows you to go shorter as Tully explained to me.

I am looking to get a gun next and it will be 27 1/4 wide!

Enjoy!

Goatman,

That width is exactly what you want for a gun.

What length were you going to go?

The JL 12'0" gun is 27 1/2" and feels insane in surf it's made for.

Cheers,

Courts

Bnaccas said...

Looks very nice! LB are definately pushing the boundries in regards to length and WIDTH especially.

One thing I have noticed with regular longboard shapers and SUP shapers is that they are all still toeing in the
side fins approx 1/4 inch. I had a chance to catch up with Bob McTavish & Steve Walden when they were
doing their tour of Vic and they both said themselves and other shapers are starting to toe in the fins less, if at
all and that it makes the board faster and doesn't limit the boards ability to turn.

They both said having the fins upright limited drive through turns so setting them at an angle is still the way to go.
Makes sense to me, anyone else?

that's interesting about toe