This is a little demo experiment that I have been toying with for a while - 5ft 4" x 23" x 2 1/2" I did a fish with this bottom a while ago and thought it well suited to this outline.
Velo bottom inspired by Greenough spoon
I still have the hull entry but with a full length concave nose to tail. The edge tapers to the tail and blends in to a slight chine out through the tail.
Concave deck as well
Rob Royal who put the Fish Fry together this year at Crackington.
Crackington central
Check out the festivities via Marco Mazzini's blog report :
This is a fish I did early last year that has been an idea of mine for a while and just had to see how it would come out and perform.
And this is a Simmons that I have built quite a few of this year.
I have been playing with this idea for quite some time and it seems to be a great fit with the shovel nose Simmons I have been making of late.
I was inspired by the Greenough spoon and a couple of " Wilderness " boards I have seen.
Concave " S " deck and fine rails through the tail
Should be fun. Just wish I was a lot smaller guy to give it a run myself. 5ft 4" x 23" x 2 1/2" with Rasta Keels from Futures
Brad hales from Los Angeles and has been experimenting with a few shapes of his own that he would like to share.
" A yellow 4'10" mini-simmons with a spoon nose, a 5'10" double wing quad swallow-tail fish with a double stringer, a 6'0" single wing quad dove-tail fish, and a 6'0" regular foot asym-tail."
A pretty nice selection to have some fun waves on for sure. Mixing it up and feeling out these different boards is a great experience. Thanks mate for the pics.
4 ft 10" of fun
Nathan Tummon taking his little snub nose Simmons for a local blast.
" Here are a few pics from my surf this morning which I have literally just got back from! its just a beachy next to where I live in Cornwall called Harlyn Bay......its a fun wave, bit of a close out at low tide but can get really fun."
Looks like a fun morning and a great way to start the day for anyone.
" This is a Dumpling which is one of my designs, its evolving alot lately from its original form which was basically a big mini-simmons with a quad fin set up and some tweaked bottom contours but recently I have been looking for more performance and making some super fun variations...this one is 5'5" x 20 1/2" x 2 3/4", it'll be a quad and I'm glassing it super light for maximum liveliness and resposnsiveness in the small stuff. I have been playing with some different rails in the tail of a few boards recently too, looking for MORE realease so I have been doing them with hard, sharp and bevelled angles and they have been going good, less hold but more release, just playing with different stuff to get em going as good as I can..."
Great to see guys experimenting and being inspired by things from the past. We are living and surfing in great times. Just need some waves this week.
Nathan Tummon just sent these shots of a couple of his boards that he took to the UK Fish Fry last weekend.
Dick Van Straalen is not a young man and he loves his surfing , so is always experimenting with new boards and ways of enjoying the waves. Here is his latest creation a 5ft belly board. Kind of Simmonish and kind of small, but fun.Nice one Dick.
New season stringerless Trash Can 5' x 21 1/2" x 2 3/4" - light strong and double foiled fins
Gearing up for summer as it is nearly here.
A bit of road testing in Bali on the 5'0 Cookie
The Trash Can Simmons with new rocker , new refined foil, new fins . narrower outline , Arctaill, new logos . Shaped by Adrian Knott 5'0 x 21 1/2" x 2 3/8".
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