I may be wrong, but I don't think it was a model, "The Magic Sam," but the board, as I recall, was simply called Sam, and later "Magic Sam." As I understand it, it was all Greenough's inspiration. Later, deep Vee's proved too much tail volume and didn;t really work until the tail was sliced into a swallowtail and two fins were added to create the Fish. Nit picky, I know, but I s
Hi Will. I really enjoyed this - it was a great job getting so much historical context and design theory across in such a bite-sized package, especially wrapping it up with some really cool footage. One thing that was totally new to me was how important the thickness, or I suppose, the thinness of the design was. I even went and looked at some standard dims of modern shapes, all said to be inspired by the Magic Sam, all by very well regarded shapers, and they all seem, strangely perhaps, to be edging 3” thick (give or take, depending on length). Do you think that more modern bottom contours might be playing a part in this? Or dare I say it, are people maybe missing a trick?
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I may be wrong, but I don't think it was a model, "The Magic Sam," but the board, as I recall, was simply called Sam, and later "Magic Sam." As I understand it, it was all Greenough's inspiration. Later, deep Vee's proved too much tail volume and didn;t really work until the tail was sliced into a swallowtail and two fins were added to create the Fish. Nit picky, I know, but I s
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Nice vid, thanks for posting.
Hi Will. I really enjoyed this - it was a great job getting so much historical context and design theory across in such a bite-sized package, especially wrapping it up with some really cool footage.
One thing that was totally new to me was how important the thickness, or I suppose, the thinness of the design was. I even went and looked at some standard dims of modern shapes, all said to be inspired by the Magic Sam, all by very well regarded shapers, and they all seem, strangely perhaps, to be edging 3” thick (give or take, depending on length).
Do you think that more modern bottom contours might be playing a part in this? Or dare I say it, are people maybe missing a trick?
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Thanks for the info makes me consider which type of longboard to get (wide point forward or back, thickness).
It’s a great question Doug! Did you watch our Surfing Explained episode on longboard outlines? ruclips.net/video/i4eYEECJ8Rc/видео.html
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Glad you’re enjoying it Alika!