Compsand Community

[paul cannon]

before the gloss
there's masking tape hanging down off the rail to catch spray drip
if your wondering why the outline looks a bit wack at the tail
and a quick vid of the other weekend
sick as dudes
 3 surfs that day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0qN6-xoo-M

[ScottC]

I was wondering what prompted your move to the foam bottoms.  Ease of assembly, performance benefits, or just tougher against rocks?  Or maybe it allows one to shape the bottom side of the rail with less worries of exposing the eps?  Also curious how much effort is involved in obtaining the foam for the bottom skin.

btw.  board looks very nice!

[mark venn]

Looking very professional Pauly, like the new logos and the foam bottom.
Mark

[paul cannon]

thanks guys

i think the question should be
why do you use wood on the deck?

scott, i use the foam on the bottom because it is waterproof and flexible
also just wanted to show that a firewire type board is a piece of wees to make in the backyard. lol

a lot of guys mistake the gold foam on the rail for balsa
i can only get foam in green,pink or brown

you can get various types of foams and epoxys from boatbuilding suplies at around 70 to 130 per sheet

[jeff matsuno]

Looks nice.  Versatile too.  I like that it can be a thruster, quad or five fin.  How does that five fin set up compare to Griffin's?  The back fins look pretty far up.

I also like the contrasting "stringer" wood.   Different species?  Full length?

Anyways, looking very good.

[jeff matsuno]

Right after I posted I found this-

A little different than yours.  It looks you your 5 fin version can line up or be offset.

Anxiously waiting for ride reports....

[paul cannon]

my mate is haveing a good time on its brother in indo
the first one i built exactly same fin setup same plane shape
hes been riding with fcs pg5s as a quad i think
and that little yellow eps quad fish i made ages ago
im to surf this one on some quality rivermouth waves later in the week
east coast banks are world class at the mo
had 4 foot glassy reef 2 guys out yesterday

[paul cannon]

finished

[paul cannon]

more

[Benny]

I'm really loving that logo, Paul. 

Its like waves, flight, and a little muscle.

And the board's sweet too 

[surfer_dave]

Looks good Paul,

Mucho respecto that you get so many fins to work well! I've seen some boards where it just doesn't come together in the end, anything more than three remains a mystery to me..

Are you preferring the foam/wood combo to all wood?

[paul cannon]

cheers benny
somone wants a tee shirt already LOL

yeah dave
i am preferring foam bottom skins at the moment
the last couple have felt pretty good to ride
a bit more flex i think
it is basically a mckee quad setup with a centre option
just a pain doing it with fcs
honestly added and hour and half or more to the board

[hunty]

i think the question should be
why do you use wood on the deck?

Yeah i was wondering about that, I thought maybe it is some how flex related although can't for the life of me think how.Also i was wondering if (since you only have one layer of wood) you use 5(for example) instead of 3 mm.

[paul cannon]

berts doing wood bottoms and foam decks
the domed deck skin is the main stiffener of a compsand board imo
make it wood and its even stiffer