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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 8:53 pm
by black duck
Beanpole wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 8:24 pm
Enjoying quads at the moment......though not yet this week.
What the fcuk does that mean Beany? Does everything have to be a compromise?
I surf a quad exclusively, meaning i can never be bothered to change up the fin configuration and the quads seem to work in the board i ride, i think, so that's how it rolls. They cost a fcuking bomb too, jesus fins are expensive. They look boss though, they're DHD large and mostly black. I'm a fan of large fins. The quads make the board feel like it has fins, which is important. The fins also hold the board through turns so it doesn't skip out, which is also important. So i have the very best of everything, fins that hold the board through turns and they look good too. I'm not sure if 4 fins is better than 3 fins but it is certainly more than 3 fins, which must account for something.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 9:02 pm
by buddy
I'm same as you BD. but my quad fins are pretty small. But they hold so I'm fine with that.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 9:32 pm
by Beanpole
black duck wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 8:53 pm
Beanpole wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 8:24 pm
Enjoying quads at the moment......though not yet this week.
What the fcuk does that mean Beany? Does everything have to be a compromise?
I surf a quad exclusively, meaning i can never be bothered to change up the fin configuration and the quads seem to work in the board i ride, i think, so that's how it rolls. They cost a fcuking bomb too, jesus fins are expensive. They look boss though, they're DHD large and mostly black. I'm a fan of large fins. The quads make the board feel like it has fins, which is important. The fins also hold the board through turns so it doesn't skip out, which is also important. So i have the very best of everything, fins that hold the board through turns and they look good too. I'm not sure if 4 fins is better than 3 fins but it is certainly more than 3 fins, which must account for something.
Um, I haven't been surfing this week, Duck.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 5:52 am
by Cranked
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 6:45 am
by The Mighty Sunbird
Which is why twin fins are best
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:42 am
by buddy
Cranked wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 5:52 am
Obviously the centre fin provides more lift and drive in a straight line, but this is rare as most surfing is just pumping turn to turn for speed.
This doesn't make sense to me. Definitely not obvious.
I thought it was the opposite - drag and pivot.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:46 am
by Cranked
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:49 am
by buddy
I still feel like I go faster in a straight line on quads than thrusters, channel bottoms excepted.
Unscientific I know.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 9:08 am
by PeepeelaPew
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 11:28 am
by Nick Carroll
I'm not fcuking going there either.
Lowers again this morning, really fun! Glassy and head high on the set waves. 6'0" MC revee round pin, too muscly for this wave but so what.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 12:01 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
3foot rippable lefts, no wind early. . Surprisingly quiet. Bondi puddle jumpin heaven.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 1:29 pm
by Beanpole
Went out too late mainly to give the new steamer a run. Steamer good.....surf crap. Bronte looked way better but there was a comp on.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 1:33 pm
by Beanpole
buddy wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 8:49 am
I still feel like I go faster in a straight line on quads than thrusters, channel bottoms excepted.
Unscientific I know.
Well the two fastest boards Ive ridden hands down are my fish.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:42 am
by Hatchnam
No fkn way I’m going into work tomorrow.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:59 pm
by Over55yrs
Well this morning was might fine for me - very clean conditions. Autumn has finally arrived.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 6:19 pm
by Beanpole
Was down the beach seeing the doc to get a flu shot. There was the odd decent looking big left in amongst the close outs.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 6:58 pm
by Kunji
Got proper kegged. Solid swell. Full lago
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 8:05 pm
by alakaboo
Had an awesome surf in the outer bays at Noosa.
Low and genial crowd, whistle clean, 2-3 foot.
Quad egg, 1960s Noosa template, wood skins, modern contours. Ran some smaller fins all round (hand foiled glass) and it was a revelation.
Got 3 absolute crackers. One top 20 at least, if not top 10. 8 or 9 turns into the next bay.
Fcuk.
I'm supposed to be giving up surfing, not rekindling a love affair.