the rush of continuous rhythm

That's probably why your stance was so narrow on a shortboard. The person I was referring to still wins ESA contests on shortboards in his age division (fossil), so a narrow stance is not a bad thing in most peoples opinion. A wide stance, however, is just ugly. Especially when the knees point away from each other.

 

Saw this video the other day, I really dig his style and approach to waves, fun to watch

 

Anybody have any experience with asymmetrical shapes? At first it seems like a gimmick that won't stand the test of time but the idea kind of makes sense when you think about it

 

Yeah it makes complete sense for someone surfing a predictable point or reef where you know there breaking left or right. With the unpredictability of most east coast spots owning an Asymmetrical shape would be impractical! Just my 0.02....

 

this video tells me one thing.... surfboard design is not important. lol.

 

My thoughts exactly

 

You'll never understand the concept until you've tried it. Speaking form an informed perspective, I can say it definitely has merit, and the potential is... in the commercial market... completely untapped.

 

I'm not so sure. I think the idea is you surf differently front side than back side so no matter which way the wave is moving you have an ideal setup. The concept should work in any type of break. I'd like to try one but I'm a goofy foot and all the ones I've seen are for regular foot.

 

soOoOoOo fast

 

Asymmetrical boards are not only unique in the tail from side to side but also rail and bottom? That's pretty sophisticated and intriguing...

 

Yes sir. You can start to get a feel for what asyms are about just by putting your rail fins in different locations, or even using different fins in the same location. That's the simplest form of asymmetry. Then comes outlines, then bottom contours, and even rocker. In fact, different bottom contours on either side of the stringer can necessarily create different rail rockers in the tail.

It's a whole other world, and super fun to experiment with.

 

They have been making Asym snowboards for sometime now, with asym progressive sidecuts. Snowboarding, for me, is the easiest way to understand stance symmetry. Take a look at your bindings, locked in, in most cases with toe(s) out at a couple degrees, when going to a heel side edge you center of balance is knocked into the backseat, which is why toeside turns are easier to get into. (ie skateboarding, surfing, etc). Asym just allows the rider to utilize center of balance for better control.

 

So how many of you guys own one of these asyms and surf it regularly? Be honest...

 

I know a guy who ONLY rides assyms, and had been doing it for years. I've ridden a few of his boards... different lengths, from that shortboard I'm holding in the pic on the previous page from last March, on up to longboards... and it is a COMPLETELY different feeling. Really refreshing. Brings the stoke back 1,000 percent.

 

if it ever gets tapped - i bet; at the end of the day - simons' design works better.
why? cause if a-syms were better they would have already been used to beat ks in a heat.

 

well, somebody likes his a-syms.
if you're climbing surfings' evolutionary tree be careful not to grasp
A DEAD BRANCH.