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by SURFFOILS
Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:19 pm
Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
Topic: DUMB MISTAKES
Replies: 35
Views: 11753

Re: DUMB MISTAKES

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. :o
Never again !!!
by SURFFOILS
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....

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Just a slab and a few pizzas...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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
Views: 14275

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....
by SURFFOILS
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/...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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/...
by 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...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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 ...
by SURFFOILS
Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:08 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Mats
Replies: 135
Views: 42991

Re: Mats

Dowling Street...
by SURFFOILS
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 !
by SURFFOILS
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...
by SURFFOILS
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...