........................... http://www.seabreeze.com.au/fo...ull-Ripper-vid/?page=1 Posted 01/03/2011, 1:44 am
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Big Volume is not for short beach break waves... It's for those looong slow burger rollers. Our hulls that we are turning vertical etc are in the 3-1/4 to 4-1/2" type of thicknesses depending on what kind of weight the rider is, ability etc... The Hull Ripper itself is not a model... It is a bottom concept that is made into many models for various applications...

The pics of me turning hard are on boards of much less volume. (Those turns BTW I never could do on a consistent basis before) The truth is, flat bottom, low rail boards for ultra high performance surfing by the best guys is limited.

Just look at the best in the world surfing at their best... Is everyone satisfied with that??? I'm not... I don't look at them carving a turn and say WOW!! That's awesome!! I look at them and it just proves my point traditional surfboard design bottoms are holding the best performances back... Waaaaaaaaaaaay behind where I want it to be and know it can be... They've had more than enough time to push it and are showing us all the limitations of mainstream board designs... It's not their ability. The top guys are more than talented enough to rip at a much, much higher level. I have yet to see anyone rip on any brand board including mine the way I think we should be ripping by now. The level of small to medium wave surfing should be so much farther ahead by now.

The average person can have mega-fun for sure with a flat bottom low rail board. It's more than enough to have lots of fun on. I'm not talking about that. Where I want to take the high end of the performance spectrum is not possible on a flat bottom board with low rails... The problem is width not thickness. We already are going thin enough to blast but I still don't see anyone doing what I think is possible. Wide planing bottoms and tails equal less power and ability to throw it on rail quickly. Anyway... More on this later if you guys are interested... I won't ramble on about it if no one wants to hear it... Waves are calling and I'm losing valuable time sitting here typing!! Haha! Gotta go surf!! Aloha, BC PASTED FROM FORUM
Here's another important thing to point out... The average person doing SUP surfing will not EVER destroy a section, throw buckets of spray, pump in the barrel or rip the bag out of a wave. In this case, a flat bottom, more conventional type board is MORE THAN ENOUGH to put a huge smile on their face... What I'm talking about is pure performance advancements... So maybe people need to ask themselves this... Do I even have the ability to do a true, radical turn, throw buckets and destroy sections if I had a board that is capable of it? If the answer is no then the conventional sup board is plenty awesome for them... Seriously... Most people don't even stand far enough back on the tail when they turn a sup board. If ALL the best shortboarders stand right on the tail on a 6' board then why would a sup board surfer try and turn a foot or more from the tail???? It always seems funny when people say a board doesn't turn well then you see them surf and realize it's not the board at all... They're standing to far forward... If you are not standing right on the tail you will never snap a huge, mind blowing turn! That's just a reality that people need to come to grips with...

With the Hull Rippers and similar designed boards things are gonna change in the High Performance area and more general purpose models can accomodate the average person but it won't make a person who never slammed into a lip all of a sudden become Ikaika Kalama or a Kai Lenny... What it will do is take the person who has the skill set to hit sections have an much easier time of it. Where we are already at now with the HR's is allowing us the quicker, snappier, tighter turns. The design allows us more speed along with the much quicker rail transitions... Not just speed. Speed is easy to come by... Other shapers will figure out variations of the "Raised Rail" theory and "Board within a Board" that we are doing. They will also start to realize the benefits... BLANE CHAMBERS SHAPER/OWNER...PADDLE SURF HAWAII .........PASTED FROM FOURM






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Edited: 05/26/2012 at 06:59 AM by STANDUPPADDLEBOARDBOB

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Edited: 03/31/2012 at 04:30 PM by STANDUPPADDLEBOARDBOB

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Edited: 04/28/2012 at 03:01 AM by STANDUPPADDLEBOARDBOB

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Thanks for the Post   It is Good

READ SAVE YOUR BOARD THIS IS A WAY TO CK THE VENT IN YOUR SUP ..AIR SHOULD PASS IN AND OUT BUT NOT WATER.......PUT A SMALL HOSE ON THE VALVE AND SEE IF YOU CAN SUCK IN WATER SEE PHOTO......IF YOU CAN SUCK IN WATER .. THEN WATER IS GETTING IN YOUR BOARD WHEN WATER COMES OVER THE DECK ON PADDLE OUT FROM A HOT BOARD ON THE BEACH THEN INTO COLD WATER . When water gets into the Board....it will not pass OUT through the vent .. pressure builds.....Then de-lam or split open ......AS IN MY PHOTO ...........

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Edited: 07/12/2012 at 12:16 PM by STANDUPPADDLEBOARDBOB