making a mutant from an old rogue wave board, any advises ??
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:47 pm
hi
i own a rogue wave fat bastard : 150 x 50 cm, foam core fiber glass wrap .
i ride it as my light wind board ( witch it is ) and also strap less with wax on the top ( nice feeling).
but, i got miself a new light wind board and, as the rogue wave is pretty beaten up and pached i cant sell it.
instead i had a project, making it more surfy (as the board is already more surfy them most TT out there )
first idea was buying a pair of mako 90nor 100mm fins ( witch are surf fins drilled to TT holes ).
but, the fins would be really far behind the board !
so, question, would you think a beginner ( just pached the board with epoxy to fill in some little holes ) could ad some holes to the board to put the fins more in front and maybé one in the center behind to get a sort of truster ? would it be strong enought ? how to ad holes practicaly ? where to put them ?
shoulnt i be adding some fin boxes instead ? how ? witch ones ( i'm king of on the budget here as it is just for fun with an old board !! )
if i ad 2 surf fins, lets say 10cm in front of the regular TT fins and keep the tt fins, i would have some kind of weird quad set up ? would it work ??
any comments ? ideas ??
i was planning on adding a tail traction pad and get rid of the foot pads just keeping the straps !! so jumps, surfs and strapless possible on the back leg at least !
thanks everyone
i own a rogue wave fat bastard : 150 x 50 cm, foam core fiber glass wrap .
i ride it as my light wind board ( witch it is ) and also strap less with wax on the top ( nice feeling).
but, i got miself a new light wind board and, as the rogue wave is pretty beaten up and pached i cant sell it.
instead i had a project, making it more surfy (as the board is already more surfy them most TT out there )
first idea was buying a pair of mako 90nor 100mm fins ( witch are surf fins drilled to TT holes ).
but, the fins would be really far behind the board !
so, question, would you think a beginner ( just pached the board with epoxy to fill in some little holes ) could ad some holes to the board to put the fins more in front and maybé one in the center behind to get a sort of truster ? would it be strong enought ? how to ad holes practicaly ? where to put them ?
shoulnt i be adding some fin boxes instead ? how ? witch ones ( i'm king of on the budget here as it is just for fun with an old board !! )
if i ad 2 surf fins, lets say 10cm in front of the regular TT fins and keep the tt fins, i would have some kind of weird quad set up ? would it work ??
any comments ? ideas ??
i was planning on adding a tail traction pad and get rid of the foot pads just keeping the straps !! so jumps, surfs and strapless possible on the back leg at least !
thanks everyone