I sanded one of my unfinished boards to the final smoothened finished as well as adding a leash loop to that board (a step that I had forgotten while making this board). After finishing that board I went to new jersey with my dad to buy a blank. A blank is the core of the board, the foam that the shaper sculpts into his desired shape. This blank was 9’4″. The biggest board I had done before this one was 6’3″, so I knew this was going to be a big challenge.
Luke, from a design perspective, what are the challenges and the opportunities that making a larger board present? Are their ways to design for some of the performance features of a shorter board in a longer board (e.g., responsiveness, sharper turning radius)? What is the vision that you have for this new board?