Ebay Bargains thread

[Davros]

Unreal for a 100 pluser. He piles in the foam does DVS, I've ordered a MAD WASP but asked him to go a bit easy on the vol

[Beerfan]

Sweet for a tall 100+er.

[Davros]

Actually I had another look at the ad, I just sold a board to that guy. He would have been 75 kilos at a guess. Probably be able to negotiate that board down as he's up a board he won't ride.

#realsurfsqueezingtheusedmarket

[Hatchnam]

Wonder how that would go

Very fast and way too corky in anything head high or bigger - unless you weighed 110kg

[Davros]

Agree

[Beerfan]

I made a 6'2" x 22 x 3 keel fish. I was 80kg or so and basically sanded the skin off a 6'2" kneeboard blank and glassed it 6x66. I got a local shaper to glass on some fibreglass keels. Surfed it for about 3 years as a daily driver. I bought 3 boards in that time but always went back to it. The weight was great. Surfed it at mystics and it went great. Got pitched half the time but if you made the drop, damn, it flew, and it turned just fine. Rails in the tail were square and sharp as fkukk. Foolishly attempted to reshape it into a smaller lighter version and fkukked it up.

Wish I still had it

Surfblanks do machine shaped fish. All 22" wide, so I'd go 5'6" or so.

[Davros]

6x6x6..the number of the beast. And it was I bet.

Was that Pacman?

[Beerfan]

That's what I made pacman out of from memory. I should've left it. It was bullet proof, and went great. Total fluke that worked insane. Cleaned the wax off after a few years and it was basically new lol. The weight wasn't a disadvantage. Guess I had so much foam to compensate haha

[Davros]

Some people like heavier boards. Like me.

[Straighthanded]

6'6" is a lot of fish though.

[Davros]

That's a big fish but I've ridden thin longer fish with nice foils with domed decks that have worked well (for me anyway). I will say they don't like going vert that much but neither can I and once it gets big they feel a little flat and too fast.

[Beerfan]

Some people like heavier boards. Like me.

In certain boards yep

[Drailed]

Could you ride it like mid length kinda thingy?

[Davros]

The 6'6? I think it would be an out of control bus for anyone smaller than Ricky May.

[Beanpole]

That's a big fish but I've ridden thin longer fish with nice foils with domed decks that have worked well (for me anyway). I will say they don't like going vert that much but neither can I and once it gets big they feel a little flat and too fast.

That's what Murray Burton reckoned he was working on with the Fat Bullet. Debate able whether putting a pointier nose and tail on a fish still makes it a fish. After riding mine for a while I think I'd say yes.
My fishcuit was 6'6".
Extremely frustrating but I had some amazing waves on it too.

[Davros]

Big Fishcuit BP. Geez remember when they were all the rage?

[Beerfan]

Could you ride it like mid length kinda thingy?

You're 6'2" or something and 90+ aren't you? Davros mentioned DVS makes them hefty so it'd be a fun board for someone your size. Cruisy drivy fun. Technically too big for you but jeez, you could have some fun on it over summer.

[Beanpole]

Big Fishcuit BP. Geez remember when they were all the rage?

Yeah, a bit like riding a cross between a loaf of bread and a bar of soap.
Had one wave on it at Sandon Point that literally went faster than I could think. Took off, came flying up into that horse shoe part and was gunning it through the inside before I had time to register anything. Got off and went....what happened?
Next wave from the same takeoff....got seriously smashed.
Had a great session on it at the super crowded Pass.