Is ^ something I probably should be concerned about My assumption is that the photo is of a longer board, and that the longer boards have a different height/width ratio. I traced the countours here, and then set dims to 5'3"x2'3/8" - you can see that after the resize, the outlines are wildly off compared to the photo: I used a Roberts meta twin as a reference, and discovered that the image on the Roberts website seems to be really skewed compared to what was coming out of aku shaper. Seems cool that you can basically design your board and get a blank which is pretty darn close to the final product. But the computer blanks have made it that much easier for the "scrubbers" to make a decent board compared to the real "shapers", since the rocker and template is already done for them.I'm playing with Aku shaper for the first time - was thinking about trying out Greenlight's custom blanks as a first time shaper. That what separates the good shapers from the bad. The "magic" happens when the shapers hands touch the blank. The shaper then scrubs down the blank to smooth out and ad the concave,V's, rail edge and tail design. Remember what you looking at is the spec for the Aku shaper that spits out a rough shape that has fine lines left over. But I am sure in a emergency, they'll use a dollar store screwdriver if it's in reach. A professional mechanic may demand to use Snap-on, Mac tools, etc. More the skill on how you use it versus what it is made of. content of the soil the tomato was grown in. I don't want to know ( or probably scared to find out ! ) where the cow was, what wheat the flour came out of, what the p.h. When I order a Big Mac, I take it to the table and enjoy eating it. You might want to grab a copy of that book Jaffa reviewed and explore the intricacies of board designītw, the 'aku shaper' is the blueprints that get put into a computerised shaping machines dtc Surf God Posts: 3833 Likes: 0 post Liked in: 0 post Joined: Mon 4:58 amīenji, you are just confusing yourself more and more. Not a 'high performance' board, but not a fish type board - more toward the standard shortboard end of the spectrum Its fairly wide though with a thick middle, so that will aid paddling and wave catching. Harder to paddle and requires a later take off. It does have an almost continuous rocker (ie curves from nose right through to tail, apart from a small flat bit in the middle), which aids turning but will generally mean you need to maintain your speed (hence you need a steeper wave). that said, I suspect its good for steeper type waves, probably wont work too well on fat or point waves. If you find a wave that it doesn't seem to work on, then you will know not to use it. It works, it works - why are you even thinking of your next board already? Just enjoy having fun and using this board - use it for the next 2 or 3 years, or more So I wouldn't worry about the rest of it. Given your first two sentences (having a blast, inspiring confidence), its a board that is suited to you at this stage. It's also got hard edgy rails from about 8cm further forward than the front side fins too.īenjl SW Pro Posts: 685 Likes: 0 post Liked in: 0 post Joined: Wed 8:50 pm Location: Auckland, New Zealand It's an EPS board with the 'futurelite' construction of carbon parabolic rods running around the rails of the board with carbon tail patches too. Would any of the more experienced forum members or shapes be able to tell me what the board might be made for / best suited to / or other characteristics that it would've been made for? I can see its got a flat entry, light single to moderate double concave and has decent entry rocker with a bit of tail rocker but I don't have any of my current boards dimensions at the nose or tail etc to compare it to. He came back with the attached spec sheet which is a lot more detail than what i'm used to seeing and didn't really explain the boards characteristics aside from the spec sheets dimensions. I contacted the shaper to find out more details about the board in the hope of getting a custom version made in the future. I can drop in super late and still hold a stable line that has inspired my confidence more than any other board i've ridden! One of my recent purchases is a 6'3 thumb tail that i've been having a blast on lately.
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