︎ DISPLACEMENT HULL
A classical hull is, in my opinion, one of the most fascinating and complex designs in the history of surfing. Hulls are not easy to surf, especially if you come from riding a normal modern surfboard. Surfing a hull requires you to draw your trajectory way in advance and with precision. You calculate it wrong and you find yourself at the wrong place, at the wrong speed and helpless to change its memento. That being said, when your mind is set for it and a long point break aligns perfectly in front of you, it can open doors to a whole other dimension of nearly psychotropic enjoyment.
The acceleration of a hull is smooth but exponential. When the board reaches the hollow section of the wave its bottom contour makes it lift and accelerate, while in the gentler sections it will start to sink and loose speed. The challenge is to keep it flowing, designing your curves in anticipation in order to keep on pulling it to the pocket and enjoying a rollercoaster of acceleration and deceleration .
The secret behind this hydrodynamic behaviour lies in its unique design features: thin pinched rails, a deep belly in the front section of the board, a very low tail rocker and a S-deck. The volume of the board changes from being totally below the rail line in the nose to above it in the tail and thats what makes it so peculiar.
This is not an every-day board. It requires some good surf, above chest-high and moderately steep so you can unfold some long fast trimming.
BOTTOM: BELLY TO FLAT
RAIL: 50/50 SLIM AND PINCHED
WAVE SIZE : CHEST-HIGH TO OVERHEAD
SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED
STANDARD MEASURES:
6’6 to 7’0
D-HULL
A classical hull is, in my opinion, one of the most fascinating and complex designs in the history of surfing. Hulls are not easy to surf, especially if you come from riding a normal modern surfboard. Surfing a hull requires you to draw your trajectory way in advance and with precision. You calculate it wrong and you find yourself at the wrong place, at the wrong speed and helpless to change its memento. That being said, when your mind is set for it and a long point break aligns perfectly in front of you, it can open doors to a whole other dimension of nearly psychotropic enjoyment.
The acceleration of a hull is smooth but exponential. When the board reaches the hollow section of the wave its bottom contour makes it lift and accelerate, while in the gentler sections it will start to sink and loose speed. The challenge is to keep it flowing, designing your curves in anticipation in order to keep on pulling it to the pocket and enjoying a rollercoaster of acceleration and deceleration .
The secret behind this hydrodynamic behaviour lies in its unique design features: thin pinched rails, a deep belly in the front section of the board, a very low tail rocker and a S-deck. The volume of the board changes from being totally below the rail line in the nose to above it in the tail and thats what makes it so peculiar.
This is not an every-day board. It requires some good surf, above chest-high and moderately steep so you can unfold some long fast trimming.
BOTTOM: BELLY TO FLAT
RAIL: 50/50 SLIM AND PINCHED
WAVE SIZE : CHEST-HIGH TO OVERHEAD
SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED
STANDARD MEASURES:
6’6 to 7’0