That's a question I hear often, even from well respected shapers.Unfortunately having the great respect does not equal having a great brain, so we are always 'up against it' when trying to explain the truth about rocker in longer boards, but here goes anyway, let's start by eyeballing the board in question, which has 7 inches of nose rocker and 7 inches of tail rocker:
This 12 footer rocker when used on a 6 footer is only ONE AND A QUARTER inches overall. ... . it's a really low rocker ! . . . and the board has NEVER pearled, ever, even on very fast hollow takeoffs.So when people say that the board has a lot of rocker they really don't know what they are talking about, they just don't understand surfboard design, how rocker is measured, or how rocker works and looks in very long surfboards. This applies to every surfboard shaper i have ever met or talked to, down to the last man they still don't understand rocker measurement even when it is explained to them.The
essay I wrote attempted to put into logical thought a partial explanation of how the design works, and why it has outperformed the other boards out there so easily. It's not possible to know what the words really mean unless one has experienced what the board can do, so unfortunately discussion on the matter is always going to be handicapped by the fact that it's not really possible for others to know what the words really mean. For myself the words conjure up to some extent the beautiful reality of the rides I have experienced, and amusing memories of the frustration those with conventional boards experienced when trying and failing to compete . .. . . this can't happen for people who haven't experienced what the board can do, which is why with the best will in the world they are limited to some fairly general and rather spurious ad hoc comments. This is of course frustrating, probably for all of us, but there's no harm in trying !
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This 12 footer rocker when used on a 6 footer is only ONE AND A QUARTER inches overall. ... . it's a really low rocker ! . . . and the board has NEVER pearled, ever, even on very fast hollow takeoffs.So when people say that the board has a lot of rocker they really don't know what they are talking about, they just don't understand surfboard design, how rocker is measured, or how rocker works and looks in very long surfboards. This applies to every surfboard shaper i have ever met or talked to, down to the last man they still don't understand rocker measurement even when it is explained to them.The essay I wrote attempted to put into logical thought a partial explanation of how the design works, and why it has outperformed the other boards out there so easily. It's not possible to know what the words really mean unless one has experienced what the board can do, so unfortunately discussion on the matter is always going to be handicapped by the fact that it's not really possible for others to know what the words really mean. For myself the words conjure up to some extent the beautiful reality of the rides I have experienced, and amusing memories of the frustration those with conventional boards experienced when trying and failing to compete . .. . . this can't happen for people who haven't experienced what the board can do, which is why with the best will in the world they are limited to some fairly general and rather spurious ad hoc comments. This is of course frustrating, probably for all of us, but there's no harm in trying !
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