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

If its an old shitter board then give it a go. what do you have to loose?

Drilling holes for TT style fins is easy peasy. Drill oversize holes. maybe 1/2". Then fill them back up with epoxy and filler powder. redrill the holes to the correct 6mm sized.

Job done.

Fin boxes will be harder.

that was mi fist gues, drilling oversized and fill back and redrill !

question, epoxy is ok ( for that small amount i will buy premix 2 seringes one from shop ) but filling powder or filling fibers ? witch one to get, where to buy them ??

i get the fact that a big hole filled back would be stronger them a small ( more contact suface to the foam ) but, is it enought ?

and, how do you get it to be water tight with th skins ?? would you ad a little glass patch ( round piece maybe 2 inch diameter ) on each side or the holes ? ( it would be a pain in the A.. cause i would have to grind the paint to get to the skins to make the patches tight ! )..


thanks board builders !!!!

oh hmm, where would you actually put the aditional fins ?

i was thinking keeping the 4 standard ( 1,75 inch) fins on 4 corners, where would you putthe 2 aditional surf like fins ( i'm going to go with 2 ocean rodea 100mm fins ).

i would be standars TT one side and weird quad otherside !

http://www.roguewaveboards.com/?attachment_id=1482

pic of a fat Bastard, what's your guess for positionning the fins ??

my idea : as mutch on the sides as possible ( giving one inch side free of driling seems to be enought ) and, maybe 10cm ( 4 inch ) in front apart ??

et voila.

not repainted cause i want to try it first before heaving to drill again in a new paint and as you can see there is still old wax on the board, did not feel like removing it !

wondering how that drives and if i can ride it reverse ? not shure !!

my call would be to mount a fin in the center at the back. make a 3 fin thruster set up run 1 kiss surf style fin in the center and your 2 back red fins in the 2 forward new fin positions.

that's a nice advice !

and so it will be better for riding backwards !

while i'm drilling holes in there, i might aswell drill 3 new ones !

but, i'm going to try it that way to, i feel it should be a really good light wind board and should tack upwind as hell !