A few small wave boards

Summer is coming and you need a small wave board.

The "Standard Deviation" - small wave shreader



This one is 5'7" x 19 3/4" x 2 3/8"

Here is Billy Papenberg surfing his in Puerto Rico this winter:




Squash tail version

 

"The Huch" - Designed with Chris Huch as more high performance version of the Standard Deviation




Chris surfing his board somewhere on LBI



Shredding some smaller waves




New prototype in development: The Function




My interpretation of the writings on design by Dan (Tomo) Thomson such as drag reduction, lift, and hydrofoil.

 

"The Variant" - longboard replacement summer time one board quiver




Chris on the Variant



Video of Billy on the Variant in OBX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qP_zGlwav8

[video=youtube;5qP_zGlwav8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qP_zGlwav8[/video]

 

I'm surprised you can tell that the foil ,bottom contours, fin placement, rocker and rail shape are the same all from just a picture of the outline. Especially since my outline is different than his in the front 1/3 of the board.


It was influenced by the WD. Just about every shaper now has a model influenced by that board with some minor "deviations" to tweak the design to their own liking. The name of the board is a play on that fact.


My outline, bottom, and rocker are different, however I did steal the way he shapes his diamond tail and the way he transitions his rail in the nose.

 

Gotcha. When you say "copy", it implies that all the aspects of design are the same. I don't want to give the impression that I am in the business of copying another shapers work. We all steal ideas, concepts and influence from each other and that's accepted within the industry, but completely ripping off a design someone else spent time and money developing is not.

Thanks for the compliments. Sorry if my reply sounded a bit harsh, but I really wanted to prevent the idea of me copying a design from spreading.

 

Yeah that was probably me. I help organize the AB3. Jon and I are hoping to hold another one in the fall.