drewpweiner said..thedrip said..
Stiffens the board up. Although losing a swallow may not make that much difference, moving even an inch makes a dramatic difference in how a board performs.
I thought increasing tail length from fins would make it harder to turn the board (stiffen)? and decreasing the length between the end of the tail and the middle fin would increase responsiveness?
I was thinking of carving off an inch of the nose too and tapering it the sides to look like a normal nose shape.
Exactly what GPA said about the nose. Except for excruciatingly late drops that inch will make absolutely zero difference in performance.
As far as your instinct goes, wrong I am afraid. Fun forward = responsive (a little less drive) Fin back = stiffer (but more drive).
You need to surf any board with a fun box so you can play around and go, "Oh my god...that small a change makes THAT much difference in performance." An inch really does make a big difference.
But like I said, does the swallow really equal the back of the board, or is it the vee on the stringer that is the true back? I dunno.
like MickPc said, do it for science and let us know.
GPA - that sounds truly horrid.
It'd probably be a collector piece now if you hadn't taken the saw to it.
Mick, the missus and I looked at the line up for Hotter and think we will be giving it a miss. Now The Mark Of Cain next Thursday night? I am there. Sooooo pumped to see those boys again. And most of Fugazi too...
