worst mistake in 50 years of surfing and 30 years of shaping ?...
marrying an English woman !
She didnt surf,
She didnt like my surfing mates,
She didnt like poly fumes,
No head.
Never again !!!
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- Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:19 pm
- Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
- Topic: DUMB MISTAKES
- Replies: 35
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- Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:13 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
A GPS and a GoPro ?? Thats a lot of technology to carry, I tend to travel light....
Just a slab and a few pizzas...
Just a slab and a few pizzas...
- Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:15 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Looking forward to meeting MT if its possible. Ive done a bit of speed work too, Ive found that the best opportunity is in the tube due to the elongated power source ( on a standard wave you can only go as far as the shoulder but in a tube the shoulder can be 40m away and so theres a 40m racetrack t...
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:28 pm
- Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
- Topic: Wavecraft:Show us your shaping bay (shed,shack, room)
- Replies: 32
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Re: Wavecraft:Show us your shaping bay (shed,shack, room)
My 2010 shaping specific shed, the missus cant stand the foam dust and poly fumes seeping into the house.... Converting a small garden deck into a 20m sq shed.. http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/s6.jpg http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/s24.jpg http://i153.photobucket....
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:46 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Just another amazing and / or stupid idea of mine, I never know if Ive got a brain tumor thats instigating crazy thoughts or if my ideas are acutally of some worth.. ah well, at least it keeps me out of the brothels in Brookvale.... http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/SURFFOILS%202011/...
- Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:04 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Thats pretty generous of you Marc. Just goes to show the depth of the Mat-man help-a-bro attitude ! I'll kick in any spare coins I find in the urinal up at The Harbord Diggers tonight..... Animal, If you live on the Northern Beaches in Sydney and you want to make a mat, I'll provide the material and...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
I think some of the differences between boogs and mats, apart from the craft itself.. Is that Mats have no media profile, theyre cool because theyre not cool. Theyre so far off the commercial radar. When youre talking surf and you say you ride a mat, most people say... "Bath, door, dog or car ? Mats...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:19 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Marc, I'll start down that end too and drift North, Manlys great for peaks and tubes. Animal_Chin, A local boatbuilder sells the PVC glue for building mats at $100/l but the supplier in Sydney is... PCA Barnham 17 Campbell Street, Artarmon ph. 9436 0259 Yo can get 1 litre for $20 or 4 litres for $40...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:12 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Think you should make a 2nd one so I can have a run with one too!!! Beautiful little left at Manly this morning and almost tempted to go home and blow up another one around 3ish! M I shoulda gone to Manly too, Fresh was a blow out and Av was copping it too. Tomorrow I'll take the Blue one down to M...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:26 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Hey Marc, good point about mat Vs craft discussion being one for the purists ! Same as different shapes of rails and what they do, fat Vs thin rails. Its all good natured banter tho, theres no malice intended ! So I waxed the Inflatable Air Craft... http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Because when you want a load of hold you can make the inside rail big, fat and round. Also the active, thin, tapered foil doesn't penetrate the wave face, it skims over it. G This is what really interests me... ^^^ If, as you say, a big inside rail gives a load of hold, how? I think that a fat full...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:40 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Ah yes G, I have consulted the oracles of mat building ( by reading the 'net) http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/SURFFOILS%202011/yoda.jpg and DS has said that ..... ....photos are deceptive... although the outer rail line appears fully inflated, the inside rail is an active, thin, ta...
- Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
So the glues dry and Ive test inflated it... http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/SURFFOILS%202011/Sept2011014.jpg Whip the tape off and trim the edges http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/SURFFOILS/SURFFOILS%202011/Sept2011027.jpg Its into the surf tomorrow if I can get it away from...
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:52 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Marcus, I'll PM you. Otway, the hydrofoiled bodyboards were lots of fun to build and ride, I made them for about 2 years and now I know a lot of interesting shite about hydrofoil shape, size and angles in the surf. I keep all of the boards and occaissionally ride the last foiled one I made. Because ...
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:08 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Dowling Street...
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:16 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
On the hill at Queenscliff, no time to play mate, this is serious fun !
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:51 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
Marcus, Ive been on this forum last year showing a whole truckload of fibreglass bodyboards / paipos Ive made. Most of them were EPS epoxy vac bagged with FCS plugs for twin fins. Heres a few examples..... But first a big thank you to my dad for passing on his love of inflatables... http://i153.phot...
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:07 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Mats
- Replies: 135
- Views: 42991
Re: Mats
I think of it as something unique. its a Modern Mat or a surfmat with a spine, or a Surfmat for The Modern Age. ~cough~ :lol: Its still an inflatable surf craft but with new techniques and components, I havent see anything like it before..? The first prototype Ive already ridden into the rocks at Th...