I think there is something there with the boards and want to try one. Brink takes the asym board theory a bit too far for me but Burch seems to have dialed it. Anyone see the last Surfer Mag Cover.... https://www.discountmags.com/magazine/surfer Bottom left looks sweet.
What? Surfer Magazine cover?? Do you actually read that rag?? It is marketing garbage to you. And probably just you. Nobody else I know that surfs even remembers the rag exists.....
Article about 5'5'' x 19 1/4", Thomas Campbell, and ex cops with nothing to do but hover over everyone's comments in a surf forum. good stuff
This makes sense to me. The forces and angles when turning toeside vs heelside are very different regardless of whether you're going frontside or backside on a wave. If you can compensate for those differences by creating an asym, why not? I suspect the biggest reason you don't see more asyms is because from a surf shop standpoint, they are bad business. You need to stock/sell regular and goofy versions of each board. More potential for dead stock, etc. From a direct shaper to surfer standpoint, they make perfect sense. OP Be sure to let us know how it goes. Who/where is your "local shaper"?
To add to this, i also think it's a certain skill lots of shapers don't have. I could be totally wrong. This is just an assumption. But look at a bonzer. Anyone can try and shape one. But the Campbell brothers are the guys that dialed it in over years and years. The others (outside of a select few) really know how to shape one. I get the impression asyms are similar in that aspect. Again, could be totally wrong.
I think you're right, B-Mon... and I'll add that there's a difference between a shaper and a designer. There's a lot of great shapers that are bad designers, and visa versa. Then there's the ability to surf at a decent level that plays another part in the whole process. Innovation and creativity push surfboard design forward when somebody comes along with all three of those skill sets. I also think, like just about anything else, the more you do it, the better you get at it. That is... if you have some skills to begin with. I think any competent designer/shaper can build a good asym... as long as they put some time and effort into understanding the concepts. That means studying the design, building a bunch of boards, and riding them.
Dims: 5'5(ish) x 15.75 x 19.75 x 15.5 x 2.5 Rocker 4"+ nose; 2" tail A touch of vee in the entry, to flat, to heavy vee with double concaves out the back. Wide point and thick point +3" of center Down rails with a small tucked radius; no edges
What is the black shit stripe down the middle...paint? Serious question - it looks to have zero function
That was post-cleanup after shaping... pre-glassing. Gotta flip the workspace when you only have a small nook to build a board.
I like the black strip unfinished. You should run out of paint more often. You might be on to something
