Good Video Beau. I have the 8.0 x 32 Wedge. It is 4 inches thick. The 8.7 x32 Wedge is 4.4 inches thick.Why is the 9 foot whopper 4.6 inches thick and the 10 foot whopper 4.3 inches thick ? Is it because they want to maintain volume for heavier riders cause the whopper is geared towards heavier riders ? Wouldnt the 9.0 whopper perform better if it was thinner ? Thanks
Hi Cam. Thanks for the comment. Starboard wanted to have the maximum volume that wouldn’t sacrifice on performance. Thickness is an interesting subject – personally, I don’t really care what the thickness of a board is, so long as the rails are thinned out for added hold and performance. Other riders prefer to have certain thickness boards because it works for them. I believe the Whopper nose thickness is less than than the Wedge, so it all comes down to how that thickness is distributed in the board, and the Whopper thickness is distributed well.
It’s hard to tell because the length, thickness and volumes are so different. It’s true that thicker boards do feel corkier in the water but to compare it against a 10ft board isn’t fair. To be honest, there is quite a bit of tail thickness in the 9’0. But Starboard needed that to have the most volume.
Also one thing I noticed using my Wedge at the lakes is that it seems more stable if I stand closer to the nose maybe a bit ahead of the handle. So that maybe is due to the thicker nose like you mentioned. Why did they make the nose of the wedge thick ? What is the benefit ?
That’s because of the width up at the nose. If you look at the outline shape, the wide point is forward of centre so you were probably maximising the stability by standing at the widest part. I guess it’s quite thick to aid with stability. Being only 8ft long, they needed to fit a lot of volume in there so they bulk up the nose.
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Good Video Beau. I have the 8.0 x 32 Wedge. It is 4 inches thick. The 8.7 x32 Wedge is 4.4 inches thick.Why is the 9 foot whopper 4.6 inches thick and the 10 foot whopper 4.3 inches thick ? Is it because they want to maintain volume for heavier riders cause the whopper is geared towards heavier riders ? Wouldnt the 9.0 whopper perform better if it was thinner ? Thanks
Hi Cam. Thanks for the comment. Starboard wanted to have the maximum volume that wouldn’t sacrifice on performance. Thickness is an interesting subject – personally, I don’t really care what the thickness of a board is, so long as the rails are thinned out for added hold and performance. Other riders prefer to have certain thickness boards because it works for them. I believe the Whopper nose thickness is less than than the Wedge, so it all comes down to how that thickness is distributed in the board, and the Whopper thickness is distributed well.
Thanks Beau. The 9.0 whopper is thicker than the 10.0 whopper. Wouldnt the 9.0 feel more corky than the 10.0 ?
It’s hard to tell because the length, thickness and volumes are so different. It’s true that thicker boards do feel corkier in the water but to compare it against a 10ft board isn’t fair. To be honest, there is quite a bit of tail thickness in the 9’0. But Starboard needed that to have the most volume.
Also one thing I noticed using my Wedge at the lakes is that it seems more stable if I stand closer to the nose maybe a bit ahead of the handle. So that maybe is due to the thicker nose like you mentioned. Why did they make the nose of the wedge thick ? What is the benefit ?
That’s because of the width up at the nose. If you look at the outline shape, the wide point is forward of centre so you were probably maximising the stability by standing at the widest part. I guess it’s quite thick to aid with stability. Being only 8ft long, they needed to fit a lot of volume in there so they bulk up the nose.