it was the first draft and has been heavily modified after talking with shapers, measuring my own boards and reasearching information from designers.

there are elements in that design that are incorrect. if you look at the board at the top of the page i did i'd say it's not something to copy. from there you can print out templates for hotwire. what i don't like about boardcad is that it doesn't handle single concaves and swallow tails very well or cutouts. board cad also fills in the gaps and provides a curve that you can control with grips. I find boardcad pretty handy as it overlays volume distribution curves both in plan and profile as well as rail flow lines so you can see exactly what's going on.

Guys with about 15-20lt above their body weight kill it on those days.I just don't know whether my roofracks can hold anymore boards!! In conclusion, yep recommend ya buy one, and heaps less dosh than production board. Seriously considering a bigger 115-120lt version(Hoops?) for the nswwa comps for those really light days(which we have plenty). Looking forward to Jan to give it a run at Margs and maybe gloo. Overall finish, the resin tint looks awesome and is the nicest looking board i have owned and several people have commented on how good it looks. Using contour straps so cannot comment on footstraps. Volume wise(compared to evo 100lt) it feels slightly less than the evo,particularly in the tail but as I said above, it planes miles faster than the evo with a much smoother/faster ride. Mast base I had in the mid pos but now tend to have it 3/4 way forward. I had them in about mid pos in the boxes but have now moved them fwd to 1cm from the front and next time i go out I will try them at the front to see how loose it gets. I thought they might be a bit small but they work well. I am running the flying object 165 fins that Hoops provided with the board. Also gives the board really nice bottom turns. The vee/double concave bottom gives the board a nice smooth ride which is great considering the board is 64cm wide. Really light compared to the evo(2kgs less) and leaps onto the plane very quickly so no problems getting upwind and great for jumping. I have mainly been using 6.2 severne blade and sometimes 5.3. Sat was the first day I have had it in good size waves at Werri Beach(without 10 people on the wave like comp w/e at Gerroa). I have had the nude for a few months now and really like it. tweaked the nose shape/width a little also and modified the rocker so it's got less nose lift. i managed to get it down to 112mm thickness and still keep the volume. i tweaked the bonzer a bit further today. edit* i think the 9'5 might also be a little slower it prob has a touch more rocker but that's a guess. i probably should hit him up for a sail of the 9'5. in the surf he's looping it and riding waves. he's faster in a straight line than some of the guys on freeride kit. he does freetyle tricks and on flat water jumps it higher than most of us on shortboards. he's a walking advert for exocet to be honest. i htink he said the 9'5 needed just a little more wind to get going. i think he liked the 10'5 the most as he could sail it in no wind, do old school freestyle and new school freestyle. he had the 10'5 prior to that and a kona surf before that. one of my mates i sail with about once a week has the 9'5 kona. best to sort it out on paper first though. the quadfish is new so i've been going in circles a little in the design stage. i feel pretty comfortable that it will work well. it's a smaller version of my current board so the volume distribution and rocker has already seen several prototypes. the freewave widow is fairly well resolved. everyone just wants the lightest board on the rack. i can't help but feel it's market driven though.

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