Monday, November 15, 2010

The 10 foot Simmons for summer...

Went with the full width concave but added a chine to thin the rail out and sit the fins on top.

Nice blend with the S deck

I wanted to keep with the traditional simmons fin shape but loosen it up a bit .As it has a long base the best thing seemed to be to add the cut away to free up the flow.



I just finished shaping the 10 foot Simmons as my summer experiment. 10ft x 24". Looks good and can't wait for Dan to glass it. Have gone with a rolled entry and a full length concave with a chine in the back 1/3. The fins will sit on top of the chine. So there is quite a bit going on on the underside. Have a nice smooth S deck and it all blends pretty well.I have designed some double foiled cut away bamboo traditional Simmons fins. I have been inspired by what John Cherry has done with his balsa replica Simmons and he has been very helpful with sharing ideas and things that he has learnt from his experience and feedback from riding his board. I wanted to keep as much of the original Simmons outline rocker and fin shapes as possible. But with a tweek of some of what I have learnt with the Mini Simmons I have made.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

5ft 4' x 22 1/2" Mini Simmons.

This one has a nice curvy S deck and refined rails compared to alot of Simmons that are fairy chunky.It is not an easy board to shape as there is alot going on in a short length of board rail.

Hull entry

Full length concave nose to tail.

Hand foiled bamboo fins and set right on the tail and rail for heaps of bite. You really surf these off the tail and use your body like a skate boarder.

Two new Mini Simmons for Sean Scott at Coolangatta

Sean has a great coffee shop / cafe where he sells his beautiful photographs.It was great to be asked by Keith to build them a couple of boards.


5ft 6" x 22 1/2" with bamboo fins. They fly and guys have shad so much fun on the little 5ft 4" demo board I have been handing around.