Any suggestion for choosing a deck grip?

[pointboardrider]

Ive been using then since Glen Winton had a full deck grip...aye the old full deck grip..what a laugh. Anyway Im turning off them big time for many reasons...maybe Im old.
Anyways for a start $50 for something thats not even worth most probably $2 to make...the surf companies have us all bent over on this one ,its a fricken jooooke.
Secondly the arching, wtf is the go with the arching in the middle of the deck?Last time I checked my foot does not go on a perfect 45 degree angle everytime i surf...there a farken hinderance.
And last of all...they are farken getting smaller, . What about us poor bastards with big fark off feet?I have to wax around the grip(mainly on the rails). Oh and they dont even cover ya FCS plugs...what a hoax!
Anyways I use squids and some oam. wax soon

[corepersonaltraining]

removing the residual adhesive from the deck after peeling a tail pad off

Solvent: acetone or turps. Turps is safer.

hey nick, is turps still best on epoxy(firewire)??

[PeepeelaPew]

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[astro]

DONT USE ACETONE it will take the filler coat with it.Go to super cheep autos or some shop like it and buy a small tin of PREPSOL its the grouse and wont hurt the glass.Then when youve got it all nice and clean use wax its heaps better and moore fun to play with

[corepersonaltraining]

thanks guys,
and astro...pulled an old gun out last year with no tailpad...it felt naked!!! funny how you get used to something..probably spent half the time forward of where a pad would be anyway..but still felt lost on the deck!!!

[onawave]

anyone put a grip on a fish? my old fish i didnt bother, but i just bought a new 5'8 biscuit quad, and im thinking about putting on a grip - but thinking that the tail might be too wide?

thanks in advance!

oaw

[DV8]

anyone put a grip on a fish? my old fish i didnt bother, but i just bought a new 5'8 biscuit quad, and im thinking about putting on a grip - but thinking that the tail might be too wide?

thanks in advance!

oaw

Yeah wack it on , works fine with mine . Sure its wider but your feet generally will find the same positions when riding a wave regardless of the width I reckon.

[speedneedle]

DONT USE ACETONE it will take the filler coat with it.Go to super cheep autos or some shop like it and buy a small tin of PREPSOL its the grouse and wont hurt the glass.Then when youve got it all nice and clean use wax its heaps better and moore fun to play with

Prepsol's the stuff...with gently with one of those green plastic scourers. Don't give the missus the scourer back, she'l do ya beermug with it!

Josh
www.joshdowlingshape.com

[dazbloke]

If you are fortunate enough to have a board with a work of art sprayed onto the deck by Speedneedle the last thing you want to do is cover it up ..... I scoured the net and found a Blackline tailpad with enough holes in it so I can at least see part of the masterpiece

http://www.surfstitch.com/index.cfm/seo ... 7/active/1

Alternativley you could try Versatraction .....

[skeghead]

i would say Famous grip.. ive been using this on my last three boards and it works a dream.

[climbo]

fark yeah, $60 for a piece of foam? Surely you could DYI with some glue and foamy rubber cutouts? All I want on my fish is the tail pad bit and they are over $25. I'll wax the rest but would still like to be able to feel that tail pad on my back foot when I shove my foot right back. Maybe I'll just build up a cm or two of wax back there

[pridmore]

I just found out where I can get some Astrodeck, and will have it real soon.....

[matt...]

far out, haven't seen or heard of astrodeck for a while - i just got a flashback of a garishly coloured advertisement in an american surf mag from the '90's with a "team rider" featured, popping an aerial.!! whoah!
are they any good pridmore?

[pridmore]

in my opinion, they are way better than anything ese I have used, I dont use tail pads much but I am gunna be using Astrodeck now....hoping to have some for sale real soon.....

[el rancho]

kirra surf boxing day sales had deck grip discounted for $35. wow.

it's foam. even if it does have an australian flag motif on it.

[JET01]

I recently bought a round tailed board and couldn't believe how hard it was to find a round tailed tail pad.
I had a black/grey one on my Waterskate that a mate gave me years ago, and this time thought i'd look for something a little more colourful.
I didn't want a square or swallow tailed grip as i reckon it looks pretty shithouse. I searched every website i could think of and found the only round tailed pad on the market was the Gorilla Grip Carve... which now only comes in black.
http://www.gorillasurf.com/au/pads.html

I haven't bought it yet, but have managed to find someone that stocks one... they seem to be rare as rockinghorse shit.

Anyone know of a more colourful round tail pad?

[DV8]

I recently bought a round tailed board and couldn't believe how hard it was to find a round tailed tail pad.
I had a black/grey one on my Waterskate that a mate gave me years ago, and this time thought i'd look for something a little more colourful.
http://www.gorillasurf.com/au/pads.html

I haven't bought it yet, but have managed to find someone that stocks one... they seem to be rare as rockinghorse shit.

Anyone know of a more colourful round tail pad?

You could try Surfstich they have a decent catalogue , but as for round tail ....hmmm .....rockinghorse shit does come to mind