whats kelly riding?
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whats kelly riding?
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
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Oh geez. Now all the punters are going to start riding 5 fins 'just like Kelly'. Looks like the quad fad will be over. Now it'll be 5 fins. FCS (Macquarie Bank) will be loving it.
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Ummm, not me.Natho wrote:Oh geez. Now all the punters are going to start riding 5 fins 'just like Kelly'. Looks like the quad fad will be over. Now it'll be 5 fins. FCS (Macquarie Bank) will be loving it.
The massive rocker will make a comeback shortly. You watch. It all goes round in cycles.
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i'll post pics as i "convert"my quad into a much better board ( fingers crossed )
i'm hoping it give me the few good things a quad does combined with the shitload postives u get riding a thruster
tis kelly must be good
reginald wrote:Hang on, now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy. How the try again did that happen?
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I also sense a new Flintstones movie is on the cards for release soon with CI naming Kelly's board the 'Fred Rubble'.
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marcus wrote:and that vicco dude, whatsisname?
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Looks interesting, I'm guessing he wanted the middle fin for feedback of the center-line during turns. Its look a little too busy to me though, I wouldn't try it myself.
Although there is a lot of raving about the Griffin five finners over at Swaylocks, maybe it does have some merit? I just can't understand how a five-fin surfboard can be turned, I can imagine it being like driving a mini cooper with giant drag slicks in the back.
Although there is a lot of raving about the Griffin five finners over at Swaylocks, maybe it does have some merit? I just can't understand how a five-fin surfboard can be turned, I can imagine it being like driving a mini cooper with giant drag slicks in the back.
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Only ever had 1 quad and never had that centre-line issue so many seem to talk about. Might have been the vee through the tail. I did have issues in the release off the top. Took me awhile to sort it (almost completely) by tinkering with fins. I recently snapped the board and doubt I'll be getting another quad anytime soon. Certainly have some advantages, but generally I'm pretty happy on the humble thruster.
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The Griffin setup is quite different to what Slater had. On a Griffin the back fins are quite small, in line and the sides are right on the rail. It works best with a short wide tailed fish type design, it basically makes them surf more like a performance shorty, but with all the glide and trim speed of a fish. Slaters is very similar to the Bourton experiment i.e a McKee set up with a centre blade.
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http://cisurfboards.com/blog/2011/kelly ... his-5-fin/
Looks like he can still do some pretty tight hooks with the thing. I can imagine it would be really hard to release the tail though, like glue on the tail!
Looks like he can still do some pretty tight hooks with the thing. I can imagine it would be really hard to release the tail though, like glue on the tail!
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Cant resist buying one now, if Kelly surfed it a few times in heats (he lost), I'm getting it!
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