Discussing Roy's surfboard designs.

Hi Clemson, thanks for the suggestion.

Firstly I'm not sure which design you are looking at, it does make a difference to the answer. Having said that my long board designs are all rounders and go very well on short period swells and flatter waves as well as steeper and/or long period swells, so they'll do well on the East Coast ( presumably it was swell period and steepness or lack of it which you were referring to re. the East Coast).

Secondly regarding rocker, all is not what it seems. If we take as an example the Dragon 13'9" which is shown in the most recent videos on http://www.roystuart.biz then you might be surprised to learn that it has an almost identical rocker to the Phil Edwards Clark 10'3" blank, which is a low rockered blank by any standards. It appears to have more rocker curve due to the curve being extrapolated over a greater length. Just for the record the rocker was designed in the 2000 without reference to any boards apart from my own earlier models.

http://www.roystuart.biz/2013/01/rocker-comparison-phil-edwards-and-roy.html

Some of my boards have even flatter rocker in the tail for example the Makaha 12'9" shown below, which has less than 2 inches over 9 feet of tail:



The rocker story doesn't end there though. Boards like the Dragon and Ghost pintails have displacement tails with very low planing lift, these can sink under pressure which effectively makes the rocker variable.

 

It's a wealth redistribution plan, from the ultra rich to my place.

I also sell plans, so you could build one yourself, subject to wifely approval of course.

 

Here's the 12-9 Makaha a couple of days ago, I'm just dialling it in.

http://youtu.be/OaDnvAftVoI
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You should read more carefully, the article is talking about two different boards, the first one of which ( with accelerometer etc) has nothing to do with mine. The only information in the quote regarding my board is the price, and price is not a design issue thus it is not the topic of this thread. Please keep to the topic. Thanks,

 

That's not the price, the price is $528k

 

Which board are you referring to? All of them have excellent control.

Here's the Makaha 12-9 being surfed and it shows this very well.

http://youtu.be/OaDnvAftVoI


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Which board are you referring to? All of them have excellent control.

Here's the Makaha 12-9 being surfed and it shows this very well.

http://youtu.be/OaDnvAftVoI

You'd be feeling sorry for yourself if you had to compete with these boards as they trump the other longboards in every functional respect.


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Thanks, but all the evidence shows that the boards turn very well indeed.

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Noseriding and point scoring are not functional aspects of longboarding. Noseriding is inefficient and it has a detrimental affect on surfboard design.

My boards are designed to ride waves efficiently without reference to competition based handicap rules or requirements.

Your post also implies that I'm responding dishonestly, I suggest that you desist from such comments and stick to the design aspect.