hey brotha! well done! got all your construction methods down to a tee! one thing i'll ask about is the fin boxes. what toe you running? they look a bit pulled in but maybe its your preference on a twin fin fin placement is so critical i always try to think about where my foot will land on a twinny you dont want your foot behind the fins you want it on top or in front so placing fins as to where your feet will land o. that shape is critical thats my best advice aside from go surf that thing!!!!!
@@gabegabbert4615 haha I wouldn’t say down to a tee but getting better with each one! I believe I placed them 7.5” or so up from the tail and they’re toed-in 1-1/8”? I can’t quite remember off the top of my head. Do you feel like they are placed too far up from the tail?
i cant say! mainly because where your foot will land is different from where my foot will go! I also consider that its common for on fishes and swallows to be 8 inches up but fishes and swallows have a cut up from the back where yoh cant put your foot! on a square tail shape id consider putting them further back by a touch so its more drivey but this in turn also depends on fin design! if your running keels that go behind the box maybe farther up by an inch or so and if your running uprights consider keeping them back a smidge this is why so many twins out there can be hit or miss as for toe, old school keels double foiled didnt run any toe at all more modern is to pull them in with cant but again preference alot of old school guys swear on the three inch off the nose rule and i can vie for it as a benchmark but the preferences only come out a few boards of trial and error later one thing ill say is that with straighter outline its safer to go less toe than too much toe too much toe and fins too far up is a bad call on a twin take it from experience its tough to read on camera if this is the case here so go surf it and see if it feels stuck under your feet!!! its what its all about after all
it sometimes looks like their a bit too toed in but also i cant (ha) tell if its just the camera making it loom that way with lense distortion or something! also ill say that its a twin fin design trial for all shapers to put another set of boxes right behind the ones you have in to see which you like better hahaha at least your not going glass ons! i think ive cut off and reglassed three times on my twin pin hahaha hipe youre in the water as we speak!
@@gabegabbert4615 that's a lot to consider! I'll definitely try some different style fin designs to see. I was considering not putting as much toe-in on this board but I only went out an 1/8' haha. I'm hoping to shape a fish soon so imma take all these considerations for the fins on that. I never knew about the three inch of the nose rule, but that's really cool to know too! I have put twins 12" up on a previous board and that was definitely too far up. It seems an inch in either direction can effect the way it rides drastically (from what you're saying)? I'm planning to take it out Saturday! Hopefully I can get some footage of the ride. I'm also not the best surfer so I'll have my friend try it too and see what he thinks!
yeah the three inches off the nose trick has always been my go to just to clarify that means point them three inches to the left and right of the tip of the nose not to three inches north of the nose guess who made that mistake before hahaha well if youve made a board where the fins are to to north than youll know what that feels like and be able to tell for this one!!! have a good sesh on saturday oh ueah and happy turkey day hope its a good one for you and yours brotha
Hey man, hat down for this one after one year shaping!! you re on the right way ;) Are you using catalyst with uv or only uv? i ve seen some guys putting catalyst and uv at the same time then putting the boards in a uv curing box so it's totally cured after 7 minutes or so. Which leads me to the second question, is your uv set up 100% efficient? cause most of the guys who us uvs use closed boxes for the curing process. keep up the good work! cheers :)
Thank you 🙏🏽 I usually use only uv for laminating and will add a little catalyst (I forget the ratio) for hot coat. This time around I used non-uv resin for the hotcoat because I ran out and used the uv lights for temperature regulation since my shop was cold. I don’t think it’s 100% efficient but it will fully cure a non tinted lamination is 20 minutes without any catalyst! I’m using reflectix as a reflector for the rails and it seems to work well! It helps trap the heat for the non uv resin and reflect light enough to cure the rails! Hopefully this is helpful! Cheers 🍻
Im inspired Board looks sick! Would love to see a video riding it. How did you get the deck fabric colored? How strong are those glass on leach plugs??
Awesome! Yes, i'm hoping to get some footage soon. Haha I see that you've found the deck fabric video! I'm actually not too sure how it holds up to a leash plug, but i've been told these are just as strong, if not stronger. I guess I'll find out at some point! Thanks for watching!
@@paul_s-eo there was this sweet single fin that I was going to get but had a leash plug like that and got scared to get it lol. I guess as long as its stronger than the leach itself its prefect. looks super sick anyway
@ I took the board out the other day and the leash loop held! It was a smaller day so I wasn’t too worried. I’ll have to take it out on a bigger day and see if I find myself swimming back to shore.
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Wooow you are killing it ! Looks awesome! Thanks for the videos man!!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate the support! 🙏
Nice looking shape.🤙
Thank you! Excited how this one turned out. Hopefully it’ll ride well. 🤞🏽
Sick looking board! Nice job!
Thank you! It was a fun one to build!
nice work!
Thank you!
Nice!👍
Thanks! It was a long but fun project! 🍻
Awesome board, looks like a ton of fun!
Hey Grant! Thank you. How's the shaping going for you these days? Got any new cool designs like the one I saw that day out at Agate?
this was a good one, interesting shape and it turned out pretty sick. see you out there
Thanks Mike! I'm excited about this one!
See you out there for sure
This is a weird as hell cloth inlay but I really dig it. I’m not even sure what it is 😂 that channel is cool as-well I’d love to hear how it goes 🤙🏼
@@SamMaskery haha thanks! I have a video on how I did it! Im going to take it out tomorrow so hopefully I’ll be able to get some footage!
@ I’ve just seen the video! I’m catching up on some videos I’ve missed. Looks cool like an ink blot test
Yes, Exactly! Thanks for watching 🙏🏽
hey brotha! well done! got all your construction methods down to a tee!
one thing i'll ask about is the fin boxes.
what toe you running? they look a bit pulled in but maybe its your preference
on a twin fin fin placement is so critical
i always try to think about where my foot will land
on a twinny you dont want your foot behind the fins you want it on top or in front
so placing fins as to where your feet will land o. that shape is critical
thats my best advice
aside from go surf that thing!!!!!
@@gabegabbert4615 haha I wouldn’t say down to a tee but getting better with each one!
I believe I placed them 7.5” or so up from the tail and they’re toed-in 1-1/8”? I can’t quite remember off the top of my head.
Do you feel like they are placed too far up from the tail?
i cant say!
mainly because where your foot will land is different from where my foot will go!
I also consider that its common for on fishes and swallows to be 8 inches up
but fishes and swallows have a cut up from the back where yoh cant put your foot! on a square tail shape id consider putting them further back by a touch so its more drivey
but this in turn also depends on fin design! if your running keels that go behind the box maybe farther up by an inch or so and if your running uprights consider keeping them back a smidge
this is why so many twins out there can be hit or miss
as for toe, old school keels double foiled didnt run any toe at all
more modern is to pull them in with cant but again preference
alot of old school guys swear on the three inch off the nose rule and i can vie for it as a benchmark
but the preferences only come out a few boards of trial and error later
one thing ill say is that with straighter outline its safer to go less toe than too much toe
too much toe and fins too far up is a bad call on a twin
take it from experience
its tough to read on camera if this is the case here
so go surf it and see if it feels stuck under your feet!!!
its what its all about after all
it sometimes looks like their a bit too toed in but also i cant (ha) tell if its just the camera making it loom that way with lense distortion or something!
also ill say that its a twin fin design trial for all shapers to put another set of boxes right behind the ones you have in to see which you like better hahaha
at least your not going glass ons!
i think ive cut off and reglassed three times on my twin pin hahaha
hipe youre in the water as we speak!
@@gabegabbert4615 that's a lot to consider! I'll definitely try some different style fin designs to see. I was considering not putting as much toe-in on this board but I only went out an 1/8' haha.
I'm hoping to shape a fish soon so imma take all these considerations for the fins on that.
I never knew about the three inch of the nose rule, but that's really cool to know too!
I have put twins 12" up on a previous board and that was definitely too far up. It seems an inch in either direction can effect the way it rides drastically (from what you're saying)?
I'm planning to take it out Saturday! Hopefully I can get some footage of the ride. I'm also not the best surfer so I'll have my friend try it too and see what he thinks!
yeah the three inches off the nose trick has always been my go to
just to clarify that means point them three inches to the left and right of the tip of the nose not to three inches north of the nose
guess who made that mistake before hahaha
well if youve made a board where the fins are to to north than youll know what that feels like and be able to tell for this one!!!
have a good sesh on saturday
oh ueah and happy turkey day hope its a good one for you and yours brotha
Hey man, hat down for this one after one year shaping!! you re on the right way ;) Are you using catalyst with uv or only uv? i ve seen some guys putting catalyst and uv at the same time then putting the boards in a uv curing box so it's totally cured after 7 minutes or so. Which leads me to the second question, is your uv set up 100% efficient? cause most of the guys who us uvs use closed boxes for the curing process. keep up the good work! cheers :)
Thank you 🙏🏽
I usually use only uv for laminating and will add a little catalyst (I forget the ratio) for hot coat. This time around I used non-uv resin for the hotcoat because I ran out and used the uv lights for temperature regulation since my shop was cold. I don’t think it’s 100% efficient but it will fully cure a non tinted lamination is 20 minutes without any catalyst! I’m using reflectix as a reflector for the rails and it seems to work well! It helps trap the heat for the non uv resin and reflect light enough to cure the rails! Hopefully this is helpful! Cheers 🍻
Im inspired Board looks sick! Would love to see a video riding it. How did you get the deck fabric colored? How strong are those glass on leach plugs??
Just saw the died cloth video lol
Awesome! Yes, i'm hoping to get some footage soon.
Haha I see that you've found the deck fabric video! I'm actually not too sure how it holds up to a leash plug, but i've been told these are just as strong, if not stronger. I guess I'll find out at some point! Thanks for watching!
@@paul_s-eo there was this sweet single fin that I was going to get but had a leash plug like that and got scared to get it lol. I guess as long as its stronger than the leach itself its prefect. looks super sick anyway
@ I took the board out the other day and the leash loop held! It was a smaller day so I wasn’t too worried. I’ll have to take it out on a bigger day and see if I find myself swimming back to shore.