RealSurf Surfers' Forum

You should still be able to surf with a hernia (maybe a little discomfort). In 2016 I went under the knife to repair not one, but three hernias, and I took a couple of weeks off just prior to the procedure to go and surf my brains out, seeing as there can be a lengthy wait afterwards.

Drailed wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:09 am

then

THAN ... you massive spaz !

foamy wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:07 pm

Where is your suspected hernia, Beany?

One of the rarest of rare hernias ... often referred to as a HTF




Herniated Typing Finger.

Beanpole wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:54 pm

Medina was a bit pissed off with the waves earlier

No, he was pissed off with the judging ... when he should have been pissed of with himself for not using his priority to win the heat. Rookie error and poor sportsmanship from the veteran.

Drailed wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:54 pm

Sweet bro, Gunther knows whats up

Looks like he makes a sweet MR twinny too.

Super Stock Mid Twin ... mid length twinny, going through the paces.

https://youtu.be/WYrq4CaPi_Q

It would appear that the Dunning-Kruger effect has moved house from the twin-fin thread to the ebay bargains thread.

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:35 pm

Fin placement looks off.

As in misaligned or not in the right position ?

The misalignment is probably a photographic illusion ... and the positioning looks okay.

Volume isn't just an outcome, sometimes it's a driver of those decisions. In this case I mean displacement. Volume might be a "driver" ... but it's still the outcome of all the other aspects of shaping. Otherwise you could end up with a 33.5lt cube of foam and fibreglass ... and theres ya problem, ...

I'm pretty sure that most of my relatives float.

As an over-arching measure of displacement and thus how well the board will float you volume is one of the handiest measurements there is for deciding on if a board of any combination of other design principles will work or not. That is why it has become so ubiquitous- because it's so fcuking usefu...

I'm not saying that volume is the only thing driving design, that's insane. As is saying it's only a result of design decisions. But volume is achieved by design decisions ... thickness, width, length, foil, concave and other varying factors all contribute to how much foam is left after shaping. Vo...

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:29 pm

Volume is a basic design principle.

Volume is the result of the basic design principles ... its a displacement measurement, nothing more.

Rod Morgan makes a good twinny. He's Rasta's surf buddy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRliwzxHOMN/?img_index=6 Yep, that looks nice. Its amazing how many surfers don't understand even the basic design principles of surfboards ... this volume phenomenon is a classic example, where they bang on about ...

alakaboo wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:20 am

Looks sick but it's not a twin

If thats not a twin fin, then neither are the the MR Super Twins ... the rear fin is an optional stabiliser.

buddy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:03 pm

Heart problem.

Quite possibly ... but it was an odd one, not your run of the mill issue.

Best twin fin I’d ever owned was shaped by Nigel Beckham. Pretty sure he’s retired from shaping now. Nigel is still shaping. Ah that’s good to hear. Wasn’t he sick, cancer or something a while back ? I do remember he was getting tests for something, but it wasn't cancer ... seems to be out the othe...

Hatchnam wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:06 am

Best twin fin I’d ever owned was shaped by Nigel Beckham. Pretty sure he’s retired from shaping now.

Nigel is still shaping.