Advice for a 3rd board

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Hatchnam » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:44 am

andy2476 wrote:stay the try again out of this gumby.
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Gumby » Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:06 am

Donweather wrote:Gumby, you're own words in your very first post intimated that your 6'2" is not designed for bigger waves....it's designed for smaller, fatter, weaker waves, so to be saying this board isn't performing in steeper, bigger, hollower waves is probably correct. I wouldn't be going to it (the 6'2") when the surf get's bigger, in fact I'd be doing the opposite. it was designed for smaller/fuller waves, then ride it in those conditions.

If your 5'10" doesn't cut the mustard in the bigger stuff then yes you need a step up board. Is 6'1" a step up? I'm not so sure....depends on the boards volume and planing area and what size swell (and period) you wish to be riding it in.

I'd do some research, find a board you think you like and then go and talk to shaper about what you want from that board and see what his recommendations are for the board and dimensions. A shaper who listens to what the surfer wants from their board is worth their weight in gold!!!
Exactly Don. That is what the board was designed for. When I got it a few years ago, I just wanted a good all rounder, which it is. Most of the time the surf is around shoulder/head high anyway, and not always perfect. The 5'11 is slightly wider again, and I got that for small sloppy stuff to really milk crap days for all their worth even though it still goes ok in similar surf to the 6'2.

It's just when it gets over head and/or steeper and faster that it behaves as I described. I've been surfing for years and I know exactly what different board designs are supposed do, so I'd never go out and get a board that I couldn't ride or didnt understand, but simply one that is a natural fit to the conditions I've described. And when the time comes, I will definitely speak to a shaper about what I want out of a board. If he tells me to stick with what I've got, so be it.

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Gumby » Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:15 am

JSB wrote:Hey Gumby maybe try a set of bigger fins with more hold and drive for a cheaper option, may stop a bit of sliding and force you to draw out your turns better.
Cheers JSB. Yeah I've swapped around the fins a few times. The ones I have in there now are better for sure. Could be that I just have to soldier on with those. Time will tell I guess.

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Donweather » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:13 pm

Gumby wrote:I've been surfing for years and I know exactly what different board designs are supposed do, so I'd never go out and get a board that I couldn't ride or didnt understand, but simply one that is a natural fit to the conditions I've described. And when the time comes, I will definitely speak to a shaper about what I want out of a board. If he tells me to stick with what I've got, so be it.
But it sounds like you don't currently have a board for the conditions that you've described you want a board for, hence my recommendation to go and speak to a shaper....even take your current boards for him to look at and explain to him how these don't perform in the conditions you want the new board to perform in.

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Gumby » Wed Jul 02, 2014 12:39 pm

Donweather wrote:
Gumby wrote:I've been surfing for years and I know exactly what different board designs are supposed do, so I'd never go out and get a board that I couldn't ride or didnt understand, but simply one that is a natural fit to the conditions I've described. And when the time comes, I will definitely speak to a shaper about what I want out of a board. If he tells me to stick with what I've got, so be it.
But it sounds like you don't currently have a board for the conditions that you've described you want a board for, hence my recommendation to go and speak to a shaper....even take your current boards for him to look at and explain to him how these don't perform in the conditions you want the new board to perform in.
My plan exactly.

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Cpt.Caveman » Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:05 pm

Get yourself a nice roundtail quad 6'2" ish, keep the fish for small waves, and get rid of your current 6'2".

A nice roundtail quad will see you in good 2ft waves right up to 6ft+. Just surf that 100% of the time while you figure it all out.
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Hatchnam » Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:35 pm

Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by BA » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:33 pm

Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
There it is. Close the thread.

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Animal_Chin » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:35 am

Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
You really are a boring, irrelevant cnut aren't you?

Do you have access to the dungeon? I need to get something off my chest.
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by petulance » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:23 am

BA wrote:
Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
There it is. Close the thread.
Future Flex or PE version? ;)
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Hatchnam » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:32 am

Future flex for shiZzle. Better for doing chop hops.
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Trev » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:02 pm

Ringmaster wrote:
Animal_Chin wrote:
Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
You really are a boring, irrelevant cnut aren't you?

Do you have access to the dungeon? I need to get something off my chest.


Pretty sure Iggy has contributed a lot more 'relevant' and interesting content when the subject is surfing than nearly any one on here over the years . That's what turned me on to these forums originally.......surfers from around Aus talking about all things surfing. Who would've guessed eh?
You would be right, Ringie.
But AC probably doesn't know who Iggy is. :-o
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Davros » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:17 am

Krypto shame rearing its head.

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Cpt.Caveman » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:23 am

Hypto Krypto - the new 7S Superfish
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Donweather » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:10 am

Cpt.Caveman wrote:Hypto Krypto - the new 7S Superfish
What do you mean by that CC? It's the new go to board for every new punter?

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by BA » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:45 pm

Trev wrote:But AC probably doesn't know who Iggy is. :-o
Ummm, who is he?

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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Cpt.Caveman » Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:21 pm

Donweather wrote:
Cpt.Caveman wrote:Hypto Krypto - the new 7S Superfish
What do you mean by that CC? It's the new go to board for every new punter?
It is!

Sits left of centre on the performance fishy specturm but isn't quite a full fish. Mass pop-out production style. Its the same product all over again.
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Re: Advice for a 3rd board

Post by Hatchnam » Fri Jul 04, 2014 3:29 pm

being such a forward loaded board that it is, i reckon it'd be an unreal board stretched out longer and pulled in a bit at the arse. a custom at 6'9 x 20 x 2.75 would make an unreal point-break and reef shooter for double overhead screamers.
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