Futureaarpmember

Reviving this thread... Ash has stopped making boards due to the impact to his health from making boards. I am looking to add to my existing much loved Ash 36" x 11" TK designed "Life-in-Pieces" board with a smooth bottom and VGT non-slip (that now has just started delaminating, requiring some preventative repairs). This board is wonderfully agile and light for pulling off tricks, Ollie's, etc. However on the lesser flow waves; when the water in the tank is low (too much splashing out of the recirculating system, etc); and when rough seas reduce the water depth in spots my small board bottoms out. I suspect this also might be the situation on the pneumatic surfaces on the newest ships. If a 39"x12" Ash was being made, that'd be the one I'd add. I've tried MAK "Flowdaddy" 40" & 39" boards at Snohomish Aquatic Center's single wides with foam nonskid decks but found them heavier and with the greater rocker and shape, less able to hold a hard carve but very agile. My old legs haven't the spring to pop as high of Ollies. The standard smooth bottomed Waveloc 39" & 40" boards on the ships have been ok but rides like the family sedan vs a sports car. I've been in contact with a couple of flowriding friends (with engineering/technical backgrounds like myself) who have successfully built their own carbon/graphite boards, and a couple of other non-US builders (in addition to MAK: waveup.com and Robotwakeboards.com) that have models in my range and are less expensive than the MAKs but which I haven't ridden. I haven't yet pulled the trigger on a purchase of a production board nor the creation of a build space nor purchase of build materials.