Delbert P., In one sense, flex isn`t the future, it`s the past. It`s just that mainstream surfing still hasn`t caught up... over 30 years later. Along with the right materials, tuned flex is the final frontier... a powerful characteristic which has the potential to synergize the best, yet often conflicting, aspects of surfcraft design.
Post ONE picture of any FP on a wave over 6 feet high. You can't do it, can you? Proof positive in my opinion, you are nothing but a useless tool, and your board sucks big time...
If you say so Keith ! Watch it though Kelly Slater could be testriding one now.......?HOw would you know............ I suppose Kelly would ask you first before he tried something different.... http://www.geocities.com/wunderboyi/ninetysixpercent.html
I agree flex is in the past, but just wait until you see the future. I get paid real swell, to be an R&D swami. I presently have 5 different future directions for surfboard constructions to morph. All current developments have lots of flex,and surf insanely well over a broader selection of waves than stiff boards. It's just a matter of zeroing in on the most environmentally friendly mfg. techniques. Envision skiis or snowboards made of concrete. That's kind of how I feel when I jump back onto any sort of conventional surf materials. The next five year rollercoaster ride in surfboard evolution is going to be a good one. I jumped into this website because my pretty wife is out of town, and I got tired of people bagging on Surftech. There will be a new construction for custom sticks and a super-enviro friendly one that can only be molded.....this will be part of the future. Love D. Pumpernickel ........I started my career with a fridge compressor as a vac. pump twenty some years ago....they can hit 29.9 merc. Somehow I now get paid to study flex patterns in surfboards.
Its a proven fact that Flexible fins have their place. What`s flex got to do with standing on a surfboard? Flex a little here and a little there. So what? People are still trying to copy Greenough. Except they are trying it standing on surfboards! Way back in the early 1960s Greenogh understood he had to give up standing to reach his goals. Kneeling was the only way to develope his short flex ideas. Why not try to pick up where he left off? Follow in his footspteps. How many of us have ever done that? We got to learn to walk before trying to run.
ferret Webster's New World Dictionary: ferret - 1. a small weasellike animal... I stand by what I posted. If you felt offended, use your real name, appreciate the site for what it has to offer - less the drivel, send Swaylock a donation in appreciation AND let's all not respond to absurd "Chubby Duck" design absurdities if that's how we perceive them. OK
I really love standing...... and prefer skateboarding to walking or running. The materials we're testing today for flex weren't even a concept in George's R&D heyday. Flatter tail rockers = higher airs, steeper tail rockers = quicker turns in critical sections with speed return on exit. Now both coexist in one board. Noses need to retain a certain amount of rigity though to prevent plowing. It works killer!I do occasionally kneeboard when I trip on my bootie on hail-mary take offs. It's not half bad, magnifies the wave! If the man-in-the-grey- suit bites off both legs, I'm there, kneeboarder forever.
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Delbert P., In one sense, flex isn`t the future, it`s the past. It`s just that mainstream surfing still hasn`t caught up... over 30 years later. Along with the right materials, tuned flex is the final frontier... a powerful characteristic which has the potential to synergize the best, yet often conflicting, aspects of surfcraft design.
Post ONE picture of any FP on a wave over 6 feet high. You can't do it, can you? Proof positive in my opinion, you are nothing but a useless tool, and your board sucks big time...
If you say so Keith ! Watch it though Kelly Slater could be testriding one now.......?HOw would you know............ I suppose Kelly would ask you first before he tried something different.... http://www.geocities.com/wunderboyi/ninetysixpercent.html
post some video a number of people here have volunteered to host it if you don't have it, shoot it, dv video cams are a dime-a-dozen these days
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I agree flex is in the past, but just wait until you see the future. I get paid real swell, to be an R&D swami. I presently have 5 different future directions for surfboard constructions to morph. All current developments have lots of flex,and surf insanely well over a broader selection of waves than stiff boards. It's just a matter of zeroing in on the most environmentally friendly mfg. techniques. Envision skiis or snowboards made of concrete. That's kind of how I feel when I jump back onto any sort of conventional surf materials. The next five year rollercoaster ride in surfboard evolution is going to be a good one. I jumped into this website because my pretty wife is out of town, and I got tired of people bagging on Surftech. There will be a new construction for custom sticks and a super-enviro friendly one that can only be molded.....this will be part of the future. Love D. Pumpernickel ........I started my career with a fridge compressor as a vac. pump twenty some years ago....they can hit 29.9 merc. Somehow I now get paid to study flex patterns in surfboards.
Its a proven fact that Flexible fins have their place. What`s flex got to do with standing on a surfboard? Flex a little here and a little there. So what? People are still trying to copy Greenough. Except they are trying it standing on surfboards! Way back in the early 1960s Greenogh understood he had to give up standing to reach his goals. Kneeling was the only way to develope his short flex ideas. Why not try to pick up where he left off? Follow in his footspteps. How many of us have ever done that? We got to learn to walk before trying to run.
ferret Webster's New World Dictionary: ferret - 1. a small weasellike animal... I stand by what I posted. If you felt offended, use your real name, appreciate the site for what it has to offer - less the drivel, send Swaylock a donation in appreciation AND let's all not respond to absurd "Chubby Duck" design absurdities if that's how we perceive them. OK
I really love standing...... and prefer skateboarding to walking or running. The materials we're testing today for flex weren't even a concept in George's R&D heyday. Flatter tail rockers = higher airs, steeper tail rockers = quicker turns in critical sections with speed return on exit. Now both coexist in one board. Noses need to retain a certain amount of rigity though to prevent plowing. It works killer!I do occasionally kneeboard when I trip on my bootie on hail-mary take offs. It's not half bad, magnifies the wave! If the man-in-the-grey- suit bites off both legs, I'm there, kneeboarder forever.
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