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Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:13 pm
by godsavetheking
We are all beanpole, Trev
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:14 pm
by Beanpole
7'11" as well. There's a youngish guy who rides an 8 footer at Bronte a fair bit and goes real well on it.
They've been around for a long time. I got mine after I had soft board he made for a while. It just seemed to fit the wave well. When I got my Carver it was at Manly..Aloha I think. Went for a paddle on a head high peaky day at North Steine. Just felt good from the first wave.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:15 pm
by Beanpole
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:17 pm
by marauding mullet
Thanks to all Beanpoles, I’m going to check it out when I can.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:18 pm
by Trev
Sorry. I forgot.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:22 pm
by marauding mullet
Here’s the link, the writing on the stringer looks like it’s a Tuflite?
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/brighto ... 1209641318
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:31 pm
by godsavetheking
The first Surftechs had a tuflite decal on the deck by the leash plug and the later ones a small surftech 'S' behind the back fin plug. Also the surftechs didn't have a stringer - pretend or otherwise - and the fin plugs were integrated not drilled. The dings look like PU too. I'm saying PU and I'll stake my spotless reputation on it
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:34 pm
by godsavetheking
Actually maybe some of them did have a pretend stringer
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:36 pm
by Cranked
Same as GSTQ, pretty sure it isn't a Tuflite. They always have the logo and that's a wood stringer, the pretend stringers are just paint lines
I've ridden them a lot, Carvers are great boards IMHO, a 7'7 or 7'11 would suit you well MM
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:37 pm
by Beanpole
Doesn't look like a tuflite. Pin line and stringer look like PU. My Tolhurst tuflite however has both pin lines and a faux stringer. Looks good.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:46 pm
by foamy
Cranked wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:36 pm
Carvers are great boards IMHO, a 7'7 or 7'11 would suit you well MM
MM, what I think Cranked is saying is that you might need to go a little easier on the pie floaters before the 7’6” is a feasible option.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:33 pm
by marauding mullet
foamy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:46 pm
Cranked wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:36 pm
Carvers are great boards IMHO, a 7'7 or 7'11 would suit you well MM
MM, what I think Cranked is saying is that you might need to go a little easier on the pie floaters before the 7’6” is a feasible option.
I turn 61 tomorrow too Foamy
Nah I still use my 6’ 7” Miller Fish sometimes, so it won’t be too short.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:35 pm
by black duck
Happy birthday MM you old cnut.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:40 pm
by Beanpole
Is this a prospective birthday present, The Marauding?
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:45 pm
by foamy
Happy Birthday, MM! I turned 61 late last month.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:13 pm
by Beanpole
Happy belated birthday, Foamy...and preemptive happy birthday, The Marauding.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:38 pm
by Trev
Fcuk all you young bastards.
I turn 71 in a couple of weeks.
Re: mctavish boards
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:43 pm
by black duck
Getting old is a cnut of a thing. So fcuking inevitable.