Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:23 pm

Yours?
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by tootr » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:36 pm

I've just chatted with the boss at Rhino laminating, and it is not 100% confirmed quite yet, but it looks like Malcolm Campbell will be down here for a shaping stint around mid March.......

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Beanpole » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:21 pm

saltman wrote:With all the talk of mid lengths and eggs these Campbell bros beauties cannot be ignored
Could see ya self drawing some nice lines at the point on one?
Pic is a 7'2"
That looks real good. Its got flyers too?
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:29 pm

thats what I heard too Tootr.

I'd love to get another seven-o
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by bomboraa » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:35 pm

I've got a 7'2" Bonzer speed egg sans flyers and it is simply awesome. Loves a barrel. Got it second hand, bargain of the century, for $300.
There was one second hand for sale recently, asking was $1000. Someone had bought it from that cool as buggery shop in Manly, where every staffer and shopper has a beard, just a few months ago. It had been for sale for $1400.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by pridmore » Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:11 pm

a guy is selling a little bonzer pretty cheap up here, askin only $500 , brand new with fins, only a little shorty though, 5'6" x 20 1/2" x 2 5/8"...won it in a comp raffle and has recently lost his job so keen to sell it...here's a pic, if anyone wanted to get in touch with him, let me know...on Sunny Coast...

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by JaM71 » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:28 am

steve shearer wrote:thats what I heard too Tootr.

I'd love to get another seven-o
Steve, would a 7" octafish midlength cover the small v bank winter peelers and point waves that u described in the other thread or would the egg be better in your opinion?
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:46 am

I reckon the egg would be better for that.

Octafish would be better smaller. just imo.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by tootr » Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:11 am

Hey JAm71, I have an Octafish and it's a stubby little wing/swallow performance machine. Totally different to an egg wrt turning characteristics.

I don't think they make them any longer than 6.4" / 6.5" odd in any case.

if u want to do the big smooth flowing turn thing get an egg.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Davros » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:52 pm

Mike Psillakis shapes them for Malcolm Campbell here and he is one serious shaper. I had a Luke Short shaped Campbell Bros 6'8 Bonzer Egg, never had a bad session on it and for 3 Autumns I lived on it until I creased it and sold it on, wish I hadn't.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Hatchnam » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:11 am

U still building this thing Steve ?
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by pinhead » Sun May 11, 2014 6:19 pm

This may get him inspired:

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Sun May 11, 2014 9:23 pm

andreini?
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by pinhead » Mon May 12, 2014 8:35 pm

Mandala - mostly does hipster quads

http://instagram.com/p/lpqVj6wE48/

Not keen on his shapes but I like this one.

I think this is the same shape a bit shorter

http://instagram.com/p/mY07l_QExx/

Pretty flat rocker

no idea what the fin placement would be. I'd use this as a starting point:

http://nealpurchasedesigns.blogspot.com ... un_05.html

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Tue May 13, 2014 6:36 am

I'm familiar with the Mandala ouvre.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Tue May 13, 2014 5:50 pm

premium price which gets you the satisfaction of owning a highly desirable fashion item that serves it's purpose well.

to be honest I reckon the new 7S fish would surf better. those things look rad.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by el rancho » Tue May 13, 2014 5:57 pm

steve shearer wrote:premium price which gets you the satisfaction of owning a highly desirable fashion item that serves it's purpose well.

to be honest I reckon the new 7S fish would surf better. those things look rad.

what these? saw a 90 kg footy jock in little shorts riding one the other day. they are ugly as sin.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by pinhead » Tue May 13, 2014 7:20 pm

steve shearer wrote:I'm familiar with the Mandala ouvre.
That's what I don't like about Mandala. Being an ouvre means performance is only a small part of the user experience, aethetics, non-tangible spiritual associations and so on making up the balance. However I do think that shape, as big as you can duck dive it (7'?) with the NeilPurchase Junior (another ouvre) 2+1 set up would be pretty serviceable in certain conditions. I'm thinking catching the wide bombs on big point days, long rolling waves like flat rock or small beachies. Would be easy to shape if you could get the right blank, I wouldn't bother with any of that concave to spiral vee to dome nonsense just do a flat bottom.

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