Hi watermen & women !

I live in France and I practice sup ; I like waves but my locations give us many possibilities to practice SUP race because we are in mediteranean sea you know... so many locations are flat and good for this kind of board.

but we 've got a problem ; we don't have possibilities to buy one 14 or 18' here ; one distributor here, who sell Bark sup, but the price, ouach !!

so, with my friend Antoine, we have decided to shape our personnal board, yes !!

we have shaped many boards like surf or winsurf boards, so we have experience and materials for this work.

we have found specifications like longer, width and others about the outline, but nothing about scoop.

we want to realise a 14 & a 18' ; the 14 for flat water ocean and lake with little wind and sometime chops, the 18 ' for flat water ocean and rivers.

the 18' will shape for Antoin, a solid guy with 180 pounds ( 85kg) and the 14' for me, 65kg.

so, we look for the scoop specifications like nose and tail rocker ; can you help us please ?
thanks you very much,
regards,
Joanna.

Welcome to the breeze Joanna!

hi,

thanks for your reply !

NC surfer, are you sure about these indications for the nose and tail rocker ? they are superior than our ahd sealion.... the nose rocker is 5" on it and it's a wave SUP... usually, a race rocker is flatener than a wave one, isn't it

when you say " Extend the 14 ft dimensions to find the 18 ft rockers.", how can I process to find that ? do you think it will be less or more than the specifications you give about the 14' ?

anyway, thank you very much for these indications !

If you like to paddle on flat water & light wind, no rocker needed
Much easyer to make.
20' x 26" x 4"

You'd need at least 14'-16' to get a similar feel, depends on your weight.
I'm going to do one about 14' x 24" next

lagoongarage said...

Hi joanna,
Have you try the french forum ?
http://standuppaddle.site-forums.com/matos-f5/sup-race-le-matos-t87-30.htm

hi lagoon,
yes I have read many things on it, but nothing witch can help us

NCsurfer : okay, I think I m in a trouble with the pics' SUP race...and also for me, a board wich have speed potential is like a slalom board in windsurfing : many rocker and no tail rocker.

but when I saw the LSD 'shape with no rocker, I m surprise and confuse...

about the 18', it will ride only in flat water like river or lake, not in downwind conditions, so do you think rocker must be like 9" for use in this program ?

LSD : how longer is your flat bottom zone on your 20' shape please ?
I find it 's really tense, isn't it ? you haven't kick tail on it ?

thanks your very much for your advice !

joanna said...

lagoongarage said...

Hi joanna,
Have you try the french forum ?
http://standuppaddle.site-forums.com/matos-f5/sup-race-le-matos-t87-30.htm

hi lagoon,
yes I have read many things on it, but nothing witch can help us

NCsurfer : okay, I think I m in a trouble with the pics' SUP race...and also for me, a board wich have speed potential is like a slalom board in windsurfing : many rocker and no tail rocker.

but when I saw the LSD 'shape with no rocker, I m surprise and confuse...

about the 18', it will ride only in flat water like river or lake, not in downwind conditions, so do you think rocker must be like 9" for use in this program ?

LSD : how longer is your flat bottom zone on your 20' shape please ?
I find it 's really tense, isn't it ? you haven't kick tail on it ?

thanks your very much for your advice !

No rocker

Hi mates,

here is a pic about my futur 14' ; in the shaperoom since friday, Ivan - boss of Sea Clone boards - work on it next week




he will attack the 18 ' in the same time !

Joanna

very interesting looking hull shape you have there Joanna. Let us know when you have the puppy finished so we can check out some photos.

hi,
no, it was a piece of eps on the top of the deck.
Joanna

Hi,
For the frenchs forums, an Ivan 's friend rider have realised a document and create topics on these forums ; then he have translated it for seabreeze and now you can follow the shape adventure.

at this moment, Ivan - SeaClone boards ' shaper - have started 5 boards : 2 sup race and 3 sup waves ( 7'/9'/10').

many material on table..


to repare surf and windsurfing boards....


now, all the boards are ok and Ivan can deliver the gear !


... and return to the sup project !

the foam sandwich is right now on the 10', 9 ', 7' and 14'...


About the 18', the bottom have been reshaped..





general view on the large channel and the nose.



strong vee ..




The PVC is cut in the millimeter and preformed under heat to marry the hulls' forms






...on the vacccum...




18', highway to ... racing pleasure ?




october the 28, the monster was ready to the vaccum bag....




Normally, Ivan and sup will be present in Brest in Brittany for a period of tests public at the end of the month.

Next pics and comments before this event.
Joanna

hi mates,

the boards are ready since last week and we have tested them in french britany.

conditions : windy ( 25 knots), choppy and light swell, testers have had fun during two days ! we have tested also sup wave like a 7', a freeride 9' and a médium wave 10'10 in beautiful waves

you can read and see our adventures here....

before deck pads work..... left to right, the 18' and the 14'...


...the 10'10....


....in the "Swell Addiction" surf shop, in Brest....the decks...


...the bottoms....no rudder for the 18', but 2 asymetrics fin's and one single in front...


... riders are testing in strong wind !

the 14'...




the 18'...


..open ocean test !


.... return to the flat water ...


About the sup wave....

.... the 10'10 swirl bottom ...


.... the 7' with Ivan, the shaper..


....and his green ebony bottom....



all the boards are in linen cloth ( flax), colored carbone kevlar with glass finish ; pvc sandwich contruction on EPS foam core.

on the wave..... no comment !





and the 7' like a little mouse on his hole

I translate the tester's report and I send it here quickly !
Joanna

Haha yes DJ....I can just picture Erik the Red paddling towards Greenland.