bonzers.....the quad fad is over
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
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send em to me Fong (the originals) and I'll fix em up, those are dreadful for anyone interested in actually seeing the thing.
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
i blame huie...and the goverment
sides...the shape is done( and i got see the good pics...and i'm frothing heavily ) ...it's all about the fins now ...how many - position and shape
we going for five oldtimer
sides...the shape is done( and i got see the good pics...and i'm frothing heavily ) ...it's all about the fins now ...how many - position and shape
we going for five oldtimer
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
fong you'd love my newy, and some of the fins i've got recently.
I'm back in SEQ now, next time that place I sent you the map to is on, you better be in town...
I'm back in SEQ now, next time that place I sent you the map to is on, you better be in town...
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sufing mush on a fat fish.....waiting, waiting.....soon a cyclone swell....soon a new board
waiting...waiting dreaming
http://bonzer5.com/film/contemporary/ta ... er-mexico/
ok so his no slater...but i dig knoxs style...nice bloke...switch on with designs , rips it
this is totally more my style
http://bonzer5.com/film/contemporary/
waiting...waiting dreaming
http://bonzer5.com/film/contemporary/ta ... er-mexico/
ok so his no slater...but i dig knoxs style...nice bloke...switch on with designs , rips it
this is totally more my style
http://bonzer5.com/film/contemporary/
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
Nice. Knock off half a foot and it'd be perfect.
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
Wow!
Looks beautiful.
What dims?
Looks beautiful.
What dims?
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
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7 x20 3/4 x 2 3/4
I'm waiting for a ride report.
I'm waiting for a ride report.
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
heres the ride report to date
i love it it's a keeper
i've surfed in half foot ( sorry iggy) waves up too 2 ft waves ( ok today...love it when surf forecast get it wrong , no crowd saturday )
basicly.....it feels really good...lots drive with the fin back but shitloads looseness too
actually got do a few full turns today....plenty release...i like that
i can see it going crazy as a six footer
lots speed....massive sweet spot...which i love cause it's so hard surf a wave if u feet in the wrong spot and u need nail that first turn to set a wave up not be shuffling around ...all imo
the rails ....are perfect...when i get a close out i try do a big bottom turn into it...thats how u tell if rails are any good...these bite and drive fully off a spot just back from my front foot
it's another backfoot board ...but it has front foot things going on...like the full rail turns above
it's developed ,,,,,,,,
i love it it's a keeper
i've surfed in half foot ( sorry iggy) waves up too 2 ft waves ( ok today...love it when surf forecast get it wrong , no crowd saturday )
basicly.....it feels really good...lots drive with the fin back but shitloads looseness too
actually got do a few full turns today....plenty release...i like that
i can see it going crazy as a six footer
lots speed....massive sweet spot...which i love cause it's so hard surf a wave if u feet in the wrong spot and u need nail that first turn to set a wave up not be shuffling around ...all imo
the rails ....are perfect...when i get a close out i try do a big bottom turn into it...thats how u tell if rails are any good...these bite and drive fully off a spot just back from my front foot
it's another backfoot board ...but it has front foot things going on...like the full rail turns above
it's developed ,,,,,,,,
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
How much do you reckon is down to the bottom contours and how much the other elements? I've only ridden 1 and reckon the canted fins and v made sense but the hourglass was all bollocks
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
i think alot it is down too
getting decent waves
look...i dunno....i'm finding the fin is really good...it's stiff as and normally i prefer a flexy fin ( @ least in the tip) but this just feels good
i think the foil has a lot do with it :?
it doesn't feel like a thruster...it doesn't feel like a single
u can feel that single fin under your back foot but the boonzers mean....it don't turn like a single
i'm not making sense
nothin new :geek:
it just feels good, cause we went the trippy concave the cants not what u usually find
shorter....is the goal
i hope
i just get wat i'm given
getting decent waves
look...i dunno....i'm finding the fin is really good...it's stiff as and normally i prefer a flexy fin ( @ least in the tip) but this just feels good
i think the foil has a lot do with it :?
it doesn't feel like a thruster...it doesn't feel like a single
u can feel that single fin under your back foot but the boonzers mean....it don't turn like a single
i'm not making sense
nothin new :geek:
it just feels good, cause we went the trippy concave the cants not what u usually find
shorter....is the goal
i hope
i just get wat i'm given
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
Enforced dryness lasted longer than expected. But, finally, had a few surfs last few day, on the Campbell Bros 7'2" bonzer five fin egg "return to the water board".
Only midlengths I've ever mucked around on have been classic cheapo "funboards": mate's wives eight footers (with pretty flowers on em) and five times a year on summer weekends work friends' boards. Hated em all. Over rockered, soft railed, relatively heavy slugs. Poop.
But bugger me the bonzer is friggin awesome. Supposed to be something to strengthen the pipe cleaner arms and be a bit gentle on the back but this thing just has something about it.
Too true that when you get em on rain with just a bit of curve in the wave face it's WOOOSHKA. Lots of web talk about them having a "fifth gear", I reckon (ha, expert after three surfs on it!) they are like a single with a turbo fitted. It's not always there but hit the right revs and it just accelerates with turbo boost and a bit of the charisma is revealed.
One turn today, meant to be a gentle thing to guard my back, became a searing wraparound backhand cuttie (well, at least felt like it, and that's all that counts eh), just cause the board said so.
Sorry Steve this one won't be for sale, even when the back allows return to shortboards. Beautiful foil, great weight and magic rocker working with that mental bottom and trippy fins.
Sorry, bit excited, happy to be back in the water.
Only midlengths I've ever mucked around on have been classic cheapo "funboards": mate's wives eight footers (with pretty flowers on em) and five times a year on summer weekends work friends' boards. Hated em all. Over rockered, soft railed, relatively heavy slugs. Poop.
But bugger me the bonzer is friggin awesome. Supposed to be something to strengthen the pipe cleaner arms and be a bit gentle on the back but this thing just has something about it.
Too true that when you get em on rain with just a bit of curve in the wave face it's WOOOSHKA. Lots of web talk about them having a "fifth gear", I reckon (ha, expert after three surfs on it!) they are like a single with a turbo fitted. It's not always there but hit the right revs and it just accelerates with turbo boost and a bit of the charisma is revealed.
One turn today, meant to be a gentle thing to guard my back, became a searing wraparound backhand cuttie (well, at least felt like it, and that's all that counts eh), just cause the board said so.
Sorry Steve this one won't be for sale, even when the back allows return to shortboards. Beautiful foil, great weight and magic rocker working with that mental bottom and trippy fins.
Sorry, bit excited, happy to be back in the water.
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
My wife will be glad t hear that.
been fishing?
been fishing?
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
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Made my day! I love surfing!bombora wrote: Sorry Steve this one won't be for sale, even when the back allows return to shortboards. Beautiful foil, great weight and magic rocker working with that mental bottom and trippy fins.
Sorry, bit excited, happy to be back in the water.
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Re: bonzers.....the quad fad is over
Yup, been the summer/autumn of big kings here. Don't know where the rats are. We scored eight, with seven over the metre, in one session beginning last week. Best was impressive 1.2m. Kept three. Slimeys only bait they wanted. Had a newby on board and it's the first time I've actually seen someone almost pulled overboard by a fish. Locked drag and 100 pound braid and we only saved him by grabbing his feet as he was going.
And off for couple of days spotted feral (trout) fishin' next week as Sydney loks like a bit of crappy weather. Like the contrast, and both go down well hot smoked!
Mate just called and said some big fin have turned up wide, too.
Havetacatchjewies, your shaped board looks awesome.
And off for couple of days spotted feral (trout) fishin' next week as Sydney loks like a bit of crappy weather. Like the contrast, and both go down well hot smoked!
Mate just called and said some big fin have turned up wide, too.
Havetacatchjewies, your shaped board looks awesome.
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