Kai Lenny's new gun

[PRCD]

He seems like an insightful guy.

 

[slipped_disc]

He seems like an insightful guy.

Wasn't Christensen doing this years ago?

edit: they allude to other shapers doing this prior.

 

[mundus]

Makes sense, I know from paddling a dry deck is key.

 

[Travelator]

Wasnt that Roy Stewarts Idea that everyone laughed at?

Just sayin

 

[silentbutdeadly]

other than the infomercial speech he's got going that was pretty cool

 

[sizzld1]

Wasn't Christensen doing this years ago?

edit: they allude to other shapers doing this prior.

I remember Ian Walsh surfing a Christenson with an exaggerated version. That one looked heavy and sketchy. Pretty sure it only lasted one session.

 

[slipped_disc]

I remember Ian Walsh surfing a Christenson with an exaggerated version. That one looked heavy and sketchy. Pretty sure it only lasted one session.

Ya. That was the one. Good memory. And seeing it now, looks heavily exaggerated compared to the KT.

 

[Lowqi2]

Looks like a typical 2.1/4 parmenter rails

 

[oeste858]

Interesting he’s testing these guns at high speeds using a wing foil or kite (3:10). Hard not to be impressed by his high level of competence on a range of watercraft

 

[Woke AF]

Not really a beak nose.... maybe a Roman nose

 

[PRCD]

Seems like the nose buoyancy keeps the nose from diving in on really steep drops and the added rail radius by the nose provides more hold.

 

[sh3]

I recall seeing this earlier and somewhat laughing that it's a copy of the CT bullet nose we put on Bark paddleboards. It's not from SUP tech, it's from paddleboard tech that was then stolen by SUP'ers.

 

[GromsDad]

I recall seeing this earlier and somewhat laughing that it's a copy of the CT bullet nose we put on Bark paddleboards. It's not from SUP tech, it's from paddleboard tech that was then stolen by SUP'ers.

 

[expotatonator]

my gut feeling is that floatation has less relevance at higher speeds....

 

[Senor Sopa]

I thought thick noses cause corking when trying to catch the wave?

 

[doc_flavonoid]

I recall seeing this earlier and somewhat laughing that it's a copy of the CT bullet nose we put on Bark paddleboards. It's not from SUP tech, it's from paddleboard tech that was then stolen by SUP'ers.

nah. aerospace technology bro

 

[PRCD]

nah. aerospace technology bro

The key nowadays is to call everything "technology," e.g. "advanced sanitation comfort technology" (quilted toilet paper).

 

[PRCD]

my gut feeling is that floatation has less relevance at higher speeds....

I think the nose on a traditional gun provides lift through the front rocker entry just like it does on your thruster (imagine an upside-down airplane wing). Unfortunately, the lift works on both water and air and the aerodynamic lift keeps you from making the drop. I think the new nose has less lift and he's compensating for the loss of hydrodynamic lift with buoyancy.

 

[kool-aid]

Interesting, and it generally makes sense, I guess. Wonder what size wave it takes to have diminishing returns. It looks tough to stuff a nose like that into a late drop at OB. looking at the boards on the rack, it seems like he's using that nose design down to the mid-8-foot range. Would love to give one of those a try if we ever have a decent season again.

 

[Retropete]

Made me think about the noses on my two performance long fish fish shapes. The blue one is a DVS 7' rocket fish. Dick has been building open ocean race paddle boards for a very long time. The black railed one is a Gary McNeill 6'8" Entity. Gary doesn't make paddleboards as far as I know.