Guess I'd better participate.Señorsopa absolutely rips on a 9' board
You looking for a "log", or something more like a bigger surfboard?
Do you want a board that feels like normal, or one you have to spend 2 days adjusting to?
The log will catch anything, but you will be struggling on anything but the most lined up waves.
The flatter the bottom from rail to rail, the more gears you will have available.
The rolled bottom offers super stability, at the expense of acceleration and top end performance.
The log is also like having a beach cruiser, super fun, but not great on anything but flat boardwalk.
Short boars have down rails and hard edges for a reason, these design elements also work very well on the long boar!
Be careful with concave, easy to overdo it with so much more boar.
I ride HP, but shaped less extreme dimensions.
For PU/PE 17x22x14.5 @ 2.9 widepoint at -1". Sidefins at 15.25 and 4.37 height (grommet sized fins). Rear fin 7-7.5 at 6" from tail. You can go wider in the tail if you know you only plan to ride small stuff.
3" of tail rocker, too much is just an anchor. You can always step the foot back if you need to.
Many HP's go to what I call the "baseball bat" shape. These offer noseriding, but mostly fail at the HP part, tending towards wankiness due to overly narrow tail and high rocker.
The side fins matter, but why bother if they are too small?
A more balanced shape will allow you to ride all parts of the wave. Trimming, driving, carving, stalling, nosing, etc..
Forget the nose scoop, turns your "boar" into a "plank".
Glassing
This is where I diverge completely from convention.
I go with 4/4 deck 4 bottom, 1/8 stringer. I want the boar "flimsy".
Seen too many triple stringers snapped in half. Clearly there's more to it than brute rigidity.
Seen too many boars snap when bailed. Flimsy absorbs rather than snaps.
NO PULLING INTO CLOSEOUT BARRELLS!!!
Currently riding composite boars, inspired by Burt Burger of Sunova when Clark went down for the count.
EPS with 4oz over and under 1/16" bamboo top and bottom, 1/2" of perimeter balsa rails. 17x23x14.74 @ 2.75.
LOL, once you go big, you wont' go back.
-Soup
One time in Texas, they held a stick to your head. Before the trip, I measured my board, took out a hammer and smashed the nose so I could do a "repair" job that added 1/4" to the length. I barely passed the test.The standard in LB contests used to be 3 feet over your height was minimum requirement.
Shortboar contests used to have a rule about max 2 feet over your head.
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