Hard edge rail full length

[erik1938]

Anyone ever ridden a board with a hard edge all the way from tail to nose?
I have see a few Maurice Cole boards and they had a hard edge full length, but I never rode one.
How do they feel?
Ever have issues with the front edge of the rail catching during steep drops?

 

[dirtandrib]

had a Mermaid (6'0) with hard edges tip to tail. The curves of the board and its foil was so beautiful. I wanted so much to love the board. Had some of the best turns and trim lines of my middle aged surfing life on it but then I would completely ruin a more basic turn. It was love/hate. It was fast. It did what he advertises. But it is not forgiving on your turns. Steep drops are not where the edges can hurt you. They help with steep drops. The board gets traction quickly on the drop. It is in the turns that you may not like them.

I presently have a MC EEV Shorty that has hard edges but not razor sharp through the nose. It has not had the problems in carves/turns that the Mermaid with edges tip to tail did.

I have to say again, that the curves and foil on both boards are beautiful.

 

[trifish]

The Aipa Wrecking Ball has a pretty crazy looking hard edge bevel going down the rail. Was checking it out when picking up a board one day. Not sure how it goes, but looked interesting.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

CI Black Beauty has hard edge nose to tail.

 

[doc_flavonoid]

parmenters. they work for me

no idea how theyd feel to you

 

[need 4 speed]

Ever have issues with the front edge of the rail catching during steep drops?

Old wives' tale.

 

[000]

i used to get hard edges all the way
had em in my 1st quad in 94
it was magic
but i think it woulda been regardless of edge

 

[Retropete]

The mantra is that hard edges release water. Also watch the Real Watersports review of the Wrecking ball Aipa where Trip is talking about the placement of the edge on the rail.

 

[Hdip]

No one's going to mention Greg Griffin boards? Fastest board's that planed the easiest of any I've ridden.

 

[bluengreen]

Water adheres to curve, so a hard edge will release and a round rail will hold ... right, GG?

 

[JDJ]

Have ridden several, mostly Parmenters and Grffins. They work particularly well on EPS. The board feels less chattery and more connected, if that makes sense.

I never noticed a draw back but I never rode one in legit solid surf.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

pretty much just have to try for yourself. each hard edge board I've ridden had weird sweet spots and the rail would slide out easily. Maybe if I got used to them but griffs and the one parmy I rode felt weird to me.

 

[santacruzin]

No one's going to mention Greg Griffin boards? Fastest board's that planed the easiest of any I've ridden.

Surfed a GG HP twin in overhead perfect point waves last week. So much fun. I was flying wheeeeeeee

 

[ciscojaws]

There was a Lewis Samuel's article years ago about a dude that lives in NorCal up near the Oregon border. The boards he rode were hard edged from nose to tail to handle the wild and woolly surf up there. StuDog shrug.

 

[One-Off]

I have a couple magic boards with full length hard edges. I always attributed their quick acceleration right after take off to the edges. One is a 2+1 and one is a twinzer. Now I wonder if it might be the forward placement of the rail fins? I have a thruster with hard edges that does not have the instant speed.

 

[need 4 speed]

IMO one of the things that made GG's boards so good (for me anyway) was how he masterfully balanced all of the elements of his design. Fins size and placement, rocker, rail volume, outline template etc. All thoughtfully working together

 

[frontsidegrab]

My current gun has fairly hard edge and low apex nose to tail. Great board for serious waves. Really locks it in. Never had one like that as a DD, tho.

 

[Swallow Tail]

The Aipa Wrecking Ball has a pretty crazy looking hard edge bevel going down the rail. Was checking it out when picking up a board one day. Not sure how it goes, but looked interesting.

Goes really well. Looks like it shouldn’t… but does
a friend has one

 

[Retropete]

Anyone ever ridden a board with a hard edge all the way from tail to nose?
I have see a few Maurice Cole boards and they had a hard edge full length, but I never rode one.
How do they feel?
Ever have issues with the front edge of the rail catching during steep drops?

Quite the opposite...locks into the face for a really connected feel on steep drops.
Hard edge on this 7' DVS carbon rocket fish runs nose to tail. Wonkiness in the pic is just an optical illusion.

12 min mark Gary mentions hard edges.

 

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