7S Superfish Feedback

[OddaP]

Hi, a chance to pick up a 7S Superfish 6'0" x 20 1/4" x 2 7/8" 2nd hand.

Are they any good (I know they're GSI made...)?

Just for small, fat, gutless surf? What about small, quick closeouts?

I'm just under 6 ft, 78-80 kgs, never ridden a fish, normally ride a 6'2 squash tail, is 6ft the right size?

What fins should go in there? (Sold without fins)

Opinions and feedback appreciated.

[the hulkster]

http://www.surfindustries.com/surfboard ... ardAdvisor

Try this link about the board. There are quite a few reviews there as well.

[LONGINUS]

Get a Mark Pridmore Fatbat Quad about ya Podge

[OddaP]

Get a Mark Pridmore Fatbat Quad about ya Podge

Not sure that Mark would be able to match the $250 price tag mate

[the hulkster]

Get a Mark Pridmore Fatbat Quad about ya Podge

Not sure that Mark would be able to match the $250 price tag mate

For $250 i'll take it.

[brenno05]

did you end up getting the 7S?? if you didnt im pretty interested...could you pm the details?

cheers

[eMpowered]

Get a Mark Pridmore Fatbat Quad about ya Podge

Not sure that Mark would be able to match the $250 price tag mate

Ex Fcckern aclty, And that's how I (And many others lost our Factory/Stopped Shaping).

Good luck peanut head.

If you can't find a good Aussie second hand Fish for $250, You Should not be in the ocean.

This is the shit that really pisses me off.

How about you fcck off to thailand, and whilst your screwing young thai chicks, maybe you could teach all those cobra and the likes employee's how to surf, Oh but wait! Maybe you could help most of them set foot into the water, Cause most of em have never even seen it.

Fcck it, I'm puttin out some green ones......

[OddaP]

did you end up getting the 7S?? if you didnt im pretty interested...could you pm the details?

No went for a lot lot more, stupid price really.

Ex Fcckern aclty, And that's how I (And many others lost our Factory/Stopped Shaping).

Good luck peanut head.

If you can't find a good Aussie second hand Fish for $250, You Should not be in the ocean.

This is the shit that really pisses me off.

How about you fcck off to thailand, and whilst your screwing young thai chicks, maybe you could teach all those cobra and the likes employee's how to surf, Oh but wait! Maybe you could help most of them set foot into the water, Cause most of em have never even seen it.

Fcck it, I'm puttin out some green ones......
cheers

Empowered, pull your peanut head of your arse.

Its a second hand baord that was already in the market place.

I have always bought local and now buy custom from my old home town even though I live on the other side of the country. Any board, new or 2nd in WA is stupidly expensive, it was listed at a very low price and I figured I could nab it at $250, a stupidly low price. Anyway I didn't.

If I was to buy a fish/grovel new it would be local and it would be custom. Seeing as it looks likely that I will be moving to the far north coast within 6 months I was going to order something from that area in the fish/grovel space when I arrived. I think you are in that general area? I won't contact you about making me 1 peanut head.

Mr Green right back at ya

[gibber]

I thought you 'alternative craft' types were peace loving folk accepting of all...

guess i was sold the wrong dream

[pridmore]

I guess you would have to understand that alot of people were really affected by the mass intro of the asian produced cheapies, so hard to be critical of a guy who may have lost his livelihood , put yourself in his shoes , imagine if all of a sudden your work was taken away from you by someone else and you had no way of making a buck, and couldnt feed the family and pay the bills....and all because they were producing a cheaper and poorer qulaity product and flooding the market, gotta understand a little...
anyway, if you like the 7S than you would blow ya load on a Fat-Bat, but I understand why some guys get them , so many cheap ones on e-bay but gotta wonder why......

[Quangers]

[quote="pridmore"]
anyway, if you like the 7S than you would blow ya load on a Fat-Bat

I second that - my brother owns a 7S and I've surfed it heaps - not a bad board for junky conditions. I used to think it was really fun until I rode a FatBat of similar dimensions
Riding that 7S is now like driving a commodore with a 4 cylinder, whereas the FatBat feels like it's got a V8.

[oldman]

I thought you 'alternative craft' types were peace loving folk accepting of all...

guess i was sold the wrong dream

Ain't that the truth!

....and all because they were producing a cheaper and poorer qulaity product and flooding the market,

Were they ever that much cheaper here Mark? I've got no idea as I'm not interested in a 7S, but I have been looking through a few board shops in Sydney of recent months and have been left agog ( ) at the prices being sought in the shops. Base prices for new boards seem to be at the upper end of the custom price range. I'm back to thinking I'll never buy a shop board again.

On return from a south coast jaunt I stopped in at 'natural necessity' down at Gerringong for alook around. My folks used to live down there so I would get there regularly but haven't been for years. They have a huge range of 'alternative' product, and I was interested to note the full carbon fibre boards (I think!) with an asking price of $2250. That was for a short board.

If you have money, there are no end of people trying to part you with it.

[oldman]

...natural necessity....

that place is appalling..
wall to wall tufflite..

Well, nearly. They did have a few firewires, some carbon fibre boards.

In fact, what you couldn't find in there is a standard fibreglass shortboard.

Surprisingly the rash vest range was pretty ordinary and in the end I couldn't find one that I thought I couldn't get much cheaper in Sydney.

Says a lot.

Does anyone think that $80 or $90 is a reasonable price for a long armed rash vest? Not a 1 mm vest or anything like that, just normal rash vest?

[Grooter]

Does anyone think that $80 or $90 is a reasonable price for a long armed rash vest? Not a 1 mm vest or anything like that, just normal rash vest?

That sounds like a lot for a rashie, although the last long-armed one I bought was 5 years ago and I paid about $30 for it.

Was thinking of getting a hot skin but they're about $120 down here - might wait till next year, my old rashie combined with the 3x2, boots and hood will see me out now as the coldest water temps are past

[Trev]

Does anyone think that $80 or $90 is a reasonable price for a long armed rash vest? Not a 1 mm vest or anything like that, just normal rash vest?

I saw some the other day for $49. No name brand but had the proper amount of give in it - not like some. I'm badly in need of one. My current one is all saggy ( a bit like the wearer, really. )

[pridmore]

I thought you 'alternative craft' types were peace loving folk accepting of all...

guess i was sold the wrong dream

Ain't that the truth!

....and all because they were producing a cheaper and poorer qulaity product and flooding the market,

Were they ever that much cheaper here Mark? I've got no idea as I'm not interested in a 7S, but I have been looking through a few board shops in Sydney of recent months and have been left agog ( ) at the prices being sought in the shops. Base prices for new boards seem to be at the upper end of the custom price range. I'm back to thinking I'll never buy a shop board again.

On return from a south coast jaunt I stopped in at 'natural necessity' down at Gerringong for alook around. My folks used to live down there so I would get there regularly but haven't been for years. They have a huge range of 'alternative' product, and I was interested to note the full carbon fibre boards (I think!) with an asking price of $2250. That was for a short board.

If you have money, there are no end of people trying to part you with it.

Yeah, was actually talking bout this today, if the prices to produce a board in Thailand is sooo much cheaper, why are they comparable ( or even dearer sometimes ) in price ??? I dont care what price they are but seems to be bit weird to me.....

as for the carbon , well I have only ridden one and it felt horrible, so rigid and seperate from the wave, felt every bump and it was super twitchy, the shape had something to do with that but the overall feeling of the board was very different and for me, not good different....great if you wanna keep a board til you die maybe....maybe when used in the right way but this was all carbon and dont think I could enjoy the way it felt, or spend any time on it to get used to it....
I do PU customs from $500 and only sell PU atm, have dabbled in epoxy and will do so again in the future but for now, I love the way a good shape PU-PE feels.....

[OddaP]

I guess you would have to understand that alot of people were really affected by the mass intro of the asian produced cheapies, so hard to be critical of a guy who may have lost his livelihood , put yourself in his shoes , imagine if all of a sudden your work was taken away from you by someone else and you had no way of making a buck, and couldnt feed the family and pay the bills....and all because they were producing a cheaper and poorer qulaity product and flooding the market, gotta understand a little...
anyway, if you like the 7S than you would blow ya load on a Fat-Bat, but I understand why some guys get them , so many cheap ones on e-bay but gotta wonder why......

I understand that Mark, what I took offence was the assumptions that were made, it was a chance to nab something at a knock down price thats all, as it happens it sold for $400, which is a stupid price, the chance of finding any decent hand board in WA for $250 is very unlikely.

I buy custom and value the craftsmanship reckon I will always buy custom as I can get what I want.

[pridmore]

dunno if I wrote something to take offence to ??? ( think it was empowered who got toey and probably with reason considering his personal experiences with Asian boards IMO ) anyway, seems like you were just looking for a cheap groveller, and they prob do that ok...I was always say ride whatever you want...but I am a big fan of keeping the dollars going to Aussie shapers....
Why are boards so dear over there ( WA ), is it coz the blanks and resins are dearer due to shipping costs from the east coast....I have sent a few over there and guys didnt mind paying 160 for freight...