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The disturbing thing about this topic is why people think it's worthy of comment at all ? ....social media "trolls" , as they are called only present problems for those whose lives have become too "internet-centric" for their own good....(lol) . Before 2009 , I didn't know how to turn a PC on , let ...

......and never smile at a crocodile

wow..... has been a few years at least....I need to re-engage with civilisation......soon......before it's too late.......hope the Billinudgels still standing

.....besides that , Uki pub is a fine place for a drink or two - and if you can carry one of the thunder eggs from out the back to the bar , you can drink for free all night !..... you can also see some of the best live underground music in the world out in the "Western suburbs of the North Coast , ...

Sea of Joy has been my favourite surf movie since it was released......love the soundtrack.

DVS Surfskate.....short , midlength or long.....surfblanks pink core....unmatched durability with full "bombproof" deck(terminology only - you could destroy it with a bomb).....good travel boards......DVS carbon quads....single foiled leaders....double foiled trailers....(or vice versa). The board p...

Roy_Stewart wrote:

kayu wrote:
... except that it isn't a surfboard.

.....no , but the similarity in design is spooky !

Here ya go Roy....it's wood....it has a PP....plenty of nose lift ...it's pre '94.........and it has a rubber dodgem car bolted to the deck....very similar to a Future Salmon....

[quote="Roy_Stewart"

it's your usual weak method by which you attempt to divert the discussion away from the subject.

.[/quote].....the subject is "mid lengths" , actually.

PP has nothing to do with lowering the COG Roy...(lol)....it just make the ends thicker......when you create a PP , the COG does not change until you reduce the thickness of the profile.

In other words you can't find any but won't admit it. Volume decreases towards the ends even with a parallel profile, naturally such an obvious fact isn't apparent to you though. Volume decreases by planshape , yes......but if you prefer my reply to be blunt and to the point , you are trying to pro...

Joe Engel won the Bells Easter comp in '83 on a DVS shaped board with a..............concave deck . Show me a pre 1994 parallel profile surfboard ( apart from alaias and boogie boards) As far as I'm aware Roy , your the only person that has much interest in parallel profile for surfboards.....I hav...

Joe Engel won the Bells Easter comp in '83 on a DVS shaped board with a concave deck ....... George Greenough lowered his centre of gravity to 1/8" above water surface in 196(?)......I am currently doing a restoration on an 18'6" plywood racing paddle board( '61)that is convex FWD of centre , and co...

Roy_Stewart wrote:Funny how I was pooh poohed for 20 plus years for lowering the centre of gravity by eliminating profile taper.

I'll take a wild stab in the dark Roy , and say that you were more likely "pooh poohed" for claiming that no one else had ever done it before you ?..........

This board is almost identical to the DVS surfskate......although , the surfskate is quad-finned , and has a nicely concaved deck , to lower the centre of gravity.

steve shearer wrote:
I priced a cherry 2+1 at Hookopuu the other day.

Clean white board: $1350.

That's out of my range.

Could get one built here for less than half.

Standard shop mark up is usually 30%.......retail therapy is a woman's sport.... talk to the shaper.

The mental fixation with fin clusters on this thread is bizarre..... probably because there's not many well made singles out there theses days.