Re: [free_and_easy] Still feeling the keels...

Yep, two customs. Rich is a good friend of one of my co-workers who grew up surfing with him, so we went down to SD to see him a year ago or so and spend a weekend with him getting some boards shaped.

I actually don't know much about the dimensions of the boards other than that the quad is a 5'8" and the twin keel is a 5'9". I simply told Rich the general length of board I wanted and the types of waves I mostly surf and let him do the rest. We got to watch him shape all of them but I don't recall him spending much time taking measurements as he went along. He just laid down the templates and ran with it. I figure he's done enough to know when he's got it right.

The boards work great although I'm anxious to try some different fins on the quad and see how it affects the ride.

As far as comparing my Pavel twin keel to the superbank, i think the superbank tends to have a little more of a full nose (maybe wide point a little farther forward?) and you tend to ride it a little bit shorter. Although I don't have any personal experience with the superbank design other that fondling a couple of shaped blanks in Rich's shaping shop. They look like fun.