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Re: Midlengths

Post by Davros » Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:31 pm

Ta guys will have a crack tomorrow night

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Re: Midlengths

Post by Davros » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:48 pm

Will take some pics on 6'9 2+1 later this week, here are some current pics of my 7'2 x 20 x 2 3/4 Single if your interested. Thanks Spork for tips, very easy.
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Re: Midlengths

Post by Beerfan » Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:39 am

Nice shape.

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Re: Midlengths

Post by JET01 » Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:13 pm

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Re: Midlengths

Post by Beerfan » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:24 pm

Sick looking board. How many fins??

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Re: Midlengths

Post by ctd » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:36 pm

That looks great, nice foam around the chest but not too big in the nose.

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Re: Midlengths

Post by Hatchnam » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:46 pm

there's 3 of those GSI blackhawks going on gumtree for $420 each, all in near showroom condition, located cronulla, all from the same dude.

7'2 > http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cronulla ... 1061085946
7'6 > http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cronulla ... 1061085010
8'0 > http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/cronulla ... 1061085597

sick looking boards. those things would go from knee high up to as big as it gets.
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Re: Midlengths

Post by Cuttlefish » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:22 am

Pretty sure that's "Surfanimals" (forum handle) selling them.
If so they'll have been "test" ridden and then moved on.
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Re: Midlengths

Post by Davros » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:40 am

Looks sick Jet ride review please

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Re: Midlengths

Post by JET01 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:35 pm

Beerfan wrote:Sick looking board. How many fins??
One fin
Davros wrote:Looks sick Jet ride review please
Will do after I've had a few surfs on it.

I picked it up this arvo, but unfortunatley Patto didn't have any of the fins in stock which he wanted to use so I took the 9" fin out of my 6'1 just so I could get the board wet.

It was blowing about 20kts out of the NE at Wanda this arvo with kite surfers and clubbies everywhere. I had about 40mins so only got a few waves.

Looking forward to the next time the point gets a wave.
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Re: Midlengths

Post by JET01 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:32 pm

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Took a couple of shitty pics just in case something went wrong on the first surf.

Will take better ones before the next session.

(No affiliation) If you're on a budget, the sideways board bag the board is in is very good value. Well padded. Plastic zips so nothing to rust.
Excellent company to deal with.

I'll have a whinge in the next 12 month if it shits itself and will probably come out with every cliche available.

I can see this board and bag getting some use over the next few months that's for sure.
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Re: Midlengths

Post by JET01 » Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:44 pm

All I need now is surf....
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Re: Midlengths

Post by steve shearer » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:30 pm

Davros wrote:Will take some pics on 6'9 2+1 later this week, here are some current pics of my 7'2 x 20 x 2 3/4 Single if your interested. Thanks Spork for tips, very easy.
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RS4.jpg

that thing is joy. Is that an NPJ?
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Re: Midlengths

Post by Davros » Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:58 am

Yeh an NPJr. Have good times on this.

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Re: Midlengths

Post by Cranked » Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:53 pm

I've just bought this:

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See http://surfboardagency.com/tsa-crow/

Its 8' x 21.5" x 3", 56l, slight V in the nose, slight single concave into slight double in a slight v, into a single concave in the last 8".

Middle third is pretty flattish, and lift in the nose is only moderate, good lift in the tail.

Before I bought it my current biggest board was a 6'8 nugget. What I wanted was a board that planed easily so I could bag a few waves in gutless surfs around Perth and/or when the mals were out in force, plus be able to handle non-heavy overhead waves in Bali and other places in Nusa Tengara.

Had it out a few times and it satisfies the first criteria, it'll be a while before I find out how it goes in bigger waves, but it has a pretty severe pin-tail and adequate tail lift. The pics do not show this well, I think they may be of the 7' rather than the 8'.

This was the board I was going to buy, but was waylaid by the Zot and made a sudden impulse buy. Decide in hast and repent at leisure.
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Re: Midlengths

Post by el rancho » Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:38 pm

a pop-out

seize him!

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Re: Midlengths

Post by steve shearer » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:18 pm

what's it need all those horrible fin plugs for?
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Re: Midlengths

Post by Cranked » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:24 pm

So you can put fins in them
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