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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by Donweather » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:50 pm

Cpt.Caveman wrote:MORE Skinny Pistol

5'9" x 18 7/8" x 2 1/2" 32L
Surely this is a typo? How does one get 32l of volume from those dimensions?

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by pirate_agenda » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:18 pm

Donweather wrote:
Cpt.Caveman wrote:MORE Skinny Pistol

5'9" x 18 7/8" x 2 1/2" 32L
Surely this is a typo? How does one get 32l of volume from those dimensions?
look at the outline, i have a 5'3 x 19 x 2 7/16 that carries 31L

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by pirate_agenda » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:24 pm

Here's my current modern sickness 5'8 x 19 x 2 7/16, single concave to ever so slight v out the tail. EPS, cork, nylon, glass and carbon.

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by Cpt.Caveman » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:09 am

Whats your opinion of that puppy versus the rectangles you've been shaping pirate?

Looks awesome by the way!
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Re: post your modern day sickness

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by Donweather » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:11 pm

Pirate, that looks extremely similar to the nano by Tomo?

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by dazbloke » Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:38 pm

my new 6'4 Dylan Channel bottom
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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by pirate_agenda » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:18 pm

Cpt.Caveman wrote:Whats your opinion of that puppy versus the rectangles you've been shaping pirate?

Looks awesome by the way!
I've had a couple that resemble nano style boards in the past, this one i toned down the deep concave, and faded it to flat with ever so slight v out the tail. It is intended to have more range than the shorter more parallel style ones i have done heaps of.

Am liking it a lot so far. requires more input to turn than the shorter ones, and turns best when your back foot is waaaay back, but it is also a bit less skatey, and holds in in bigger surf which is what I wanted. rode it in solid 6ft (iggy) Ulu's and Balangan over the holidays and was happy with the feeling. Also surfed it in 1 foot waves, and as long as they weren't fat it was ok. Definitely does not get up and going in small waves as fast as the smaller ones.

It's still got that lively feeling that the vangaurds etc have, but toned down to be a bit more shortboardish in a predictable kind of way.

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by Hatchnam » Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:57 pm

That Dylan board looks nuts. My Last hi-perf board was from Dylan, and think I'll be getting my next one from him as well when the time comes up.

How does that thing go ? Love the plan shape on it.
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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by spork » Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:01 pm

Looks like the Merrick weirdo ripper?
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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by OddaP » Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:16 am

@Spork. Very different board. No flyer, wider front end and a more pulled in tail into the swallow. Also less tail rocker. A great little board.A surprising amount of volume well hidden. You'll love it Tonks.

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by spork » Wed Sep 10, 2014 3:29 pm

Tonks is currently testing it out in the maldives
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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by OddaP » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:51 pm

Will be great if he gets some of the small stuff there. A stupidly fun board.

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by spork » Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:18 pm

He's whining about the crowds on facebook. :mrgreen:
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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by Natho » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:37 am

Ok ridden the Maurice Cole Metro 3 a few times now. Here is a quick update so far:

5'9 x 19 1/2 x 2 3/16 SWAT tail.

Board is much wider than I would normally ride and overall a fishier plan shape.
Very deep concave with under rail edge all the way up the board.

First off this board felt a little fishy to me due to the wider tail and width up front. By comparison I am also riding a Maurice Cole Mermaid model in similar dimensions, however the width up front seems a bit more noticeable on the Metro.

As you would expect the board has that magic MC lift and speed in a straight line thanks to the super deep concave. At first the board felt rather stiff and felt like it wanted to resit a turning arc and want to track more in a straighter line. This felt terrible. A change to very small fins fixed this problem completely. In fact I would say these boards seem more sensitive to fin changes than most boards from this brief experience.
First couple of surfs were in slightly bumpy conditions. The board simply did not work in such conditions as the concave struggled to engage and do its thing, and the knifey rails seemed to easily catch in the chop.
In cleaner conditions it is a different board with the deep concave engaging and doing its thing straight out of the gates. Very similar feeling in a straight line to the Mermaid, however the big difference is noticeable through turns and once on rail. The Metro seems to catch a little bit in slower waves and lower speed. It is like it needs a certain amount of speed for those rails to do their thing and drive through a complete turn. My comparison I have rarely experienced the Mermaid catching despite its similar rail profile (minus the edge all the way up). I don't think the edge has anything to do with this but rather its the back end curves. The tail curve on the Metro seems slightly old school with a bit more straightness through the plan shape. This results in the board wanting to draw out a turn more (in tandem with the deep concave) as opposed to doing quick direction changes and snappy turns. By comparison the Mermaid just draws the most lovely turns at ease as soon as it is on rail. The natural curves in the back end of the Mermaid seem to do most of the work for you with little effort. It seems to turn better than the metro at sharper angles.
The trick with the Metro seems to be to ease off pushing it to much through turns. It seems to reward a bit more of a laid back approach to driving it. Still got more surfs to have on this baby as I'm still working it out. I have experienced elements of that MC magic in the board however with a slightly more element of fishiness than I would like so far. More to come from this board.
The Mermaid - well the more I ride it the more I love it. Possibly one of the best small wave boards I have ever surfed (even at an inch wider than I would normally ride). The negatives that you would expect from a wider board and wider tail block (square tail) just don't happen with this board. At super high speed the board never shows any sign of sliding or skipping out for a short (5'8) board. It simply performs on a dime and will handle bigger stuff as well.

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by spork » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:40 pm

Yeah, Im at Lohis now, its a very fun 2-3ft and the little channel bottom single fin is loving it, Its turned into a whore though, everyone has had a go on it to rave reviews all round. Very uncrowded!
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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by spork » Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:45 pm

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Re: post your modern day sickness

Post by el rancho » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:22 pm

another tard nom for you sporky

got a new solid fibreglass thruster set for my 5'9 x 19 1/4 black apache, should go good in hollow beach breaks

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