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Rail question.

Postby Buzz » Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:26 am

Hello to everyone,

I'm been sitting on the side lines for quite some time, soaking up all of the information on the forum.
I finally decided to join and become part of the community, as I have a question.

A little while back I sold my only two longboards to finance the purchase of a Bing Izzy Rider 9.2 in anticipation of a 3 week surf trip.

Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, everything ran late and it wasn't going to arrive in time for the trip, so in a panic I grabbed a 9.1 1/2 from Ebay only really having time to consider its length.

Trip was great, board was very good considering I didn't have a chance to figure it out before the trip and the Bing arrived within a week of my return, happy days.

The Bing has been a great board for the past few months, but the cheap Ebay board has grown on me and find I'm liking it more and more.

It's a bit of an unknown, an unbranded board that was built in 1990 in St Agnes, I purchased it from the guy it was made for.

My question is, what profile are these rails?
Are they 60/40 tucked or maybe 70/30?

The other boards I own all have 50/50 rails, I’m not performance driven and I’m probably guilty of only considering the length, width and volume of anything I’ve previously bought.
What would this rail gain or lose over a 50/50 rail?
(I've added some additional pictures to give the full specs and overall outline also)

Thanks in advance for any information or experience you can offer.

Buzz.
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Re: Rail question.

Postby waikikikichan » Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:05 pm

Do your other boards with a 50/50 rail have a 13 inch tail dimension ?
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Re: Rail question.

Postby Buzz » Tue Feb 01, 2022 1:22 pm

waikikikichan wrote:Do your other boards with a 50/50 rail have a 13 inch tail dimension ?


I'll need to double-check that on some of the sub-9' boards, I can only be certain that the Bing is 16.5"
(I have to grab some pictures to post in "Post your quiver" this wknd anyway)
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Re: Rail question.

Postby waikikikichan » Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:11 pm

Not on the rail topic, but I think I can see that the board has a "Spoon Nose". Does your Bing ( or your other 50/50 railed boards ) have a Spoon Nose ?
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Re: Rail question.

Postby Buzz » Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:01 pm

waikikikichan wrote:Not on the rail topic, but I think I can see that the board has a "Spoon Nose". Does your Bing ( or your other 50/50 railed boards ) have a Spoon Nose ?


The bottom of that board is flat from nose to tale, I couldn't see any additional concave or channels.
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