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Postby ken » Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:13 pm

Can someone help me, i keep reading about boards and their rockers but i dont no what that means.
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Postby Broosta » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:25 pm

Rocker = how much the board is curved up.

Nose rocker = how much the nose is curved up.

Kicker (aka tail rocker)= how much the tail is curved up.
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Postby Laguna » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:39 pm

The Rockers is the bottom curve of a board. A board with a very curved rocker makes it turn tightl. But makes it harder to paddle, harder to catch waves, and is slower on a wave.
A flatter rocker makes a board more difficult to turn and more likely to pearl.
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Postby baja fresk » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:38 am

Laguna wrote:The Rockers is the bottom curve of a board. A board with a very curved rocker makes it turn tightl. But makes it harder to paddle, harder to catch waves, and is slower on a wave.
A flatter rocker makes a board more difficult to turn and more likely to pearl.


yup. using that kinda of thought, someone from florida would have a lot less rocker that someone from hawaii, based on waves
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