One man who understands this and is pushing the limits is Dan Thompson, “For me, it’s all about top end speed. The more speed I can generate; the more radical my performance potential becomes”. He has designed a range of boards called the MPH (Modern Planing Hull), basically this is a design category for modern high performance surfing.
One the boards called a TOMO (MPH), "The TOMO MPH is like an extension of a surfers body. A mind surfing experience…. just pick your lines, and the board does the rest. Almost, like you can forget about a board beneath your feet altogether and just interact with the energy in the wave."
Check these boards out, they look like the bad boys I have being trying to develop:
Dan Thompson is pushing the technological side of surfboards (if you don’t know check out his shapes at http://tomosurfboards.com/). He is not that shabby at surfing either, he tests all his innovative creations. Dan shreds his home point break in Australia on a 5’4 tri fin planing hull called the Nano. According to Dan this board is “a 6’0 hp thruster with 4 inches chopped from the tail and 4 inches chopped from the nose. With only the functional parts remaining. Outline has then been straightened and foiled for drive and to maximising planing speed. Result is shorter, compact board with plenty of drive and control when its needed. Higher speeds + higher control = higher performance.”
This post was allowed due to Nig, and http://www.korduroy.tv/category/blog
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