I really love riding prone. I do it more than regular standup surfing. Its a whole different world when you are on your belly, your nose just inches above the water. And every day is big!
This board has a built up nose and rails, which give it some nose rocker that helps with a steep drop in. The rolled rail and the tail board give the board a bit of stiffness, so they don't break as easily as a flat alaia.
When the glue is set, the side rails get chamfered on the inside and the thickness will be zero at the tail. The nose block gets lots of shaping on the inside, so that there is a smooth transition from the deck to the nose and tops of the rail. Because of the thicker rail, I'll put two tiny half moon fins just to give the rails a bit more bit in a steep face.
This is the original model which got reshaped 4 or 5 times until i was happy with the rails. I ended up with some pretty wide chined rails in the nose section. You can see the nice curves that the nose and rail have where they meet the deck. This board developed stress cracks where the top rail has a joint. The new board has a one piece rail to eliminate the joint.
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