Which brand/make of board are you riding?

Post by **mudguts** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:01 pm

i agree with 2nd reef about the local shaper thing. thats why i went to stuart patterson to get my current board. He gave me what i asked for, and it has helped my surfing to progress, and i will most likely go back. he threw in a good set of fins and a tail pad too which always helps.

heard a few guys talking about shinji shapes lately though.

Post by **Mr_momo_32** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:02 pm

my two favorite sticks i ride are: 5,1 JC and 5.7 Warner

Post by **p-a** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:13 pm

NickCarroll what type of the board is the Stu Kenson???

Post by **Chrisp** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:25 pm

This is what I like to see, people with the board buying disease, when I tell non-surfers I like to have more than 5 boards they freak,

anyway:
6'2 webber (love it)
6'2 701 (old board off a mate)
6'3 allan byrne (borrowed board)
6'8 NEV (snapped fins

)
6'10 unknown shaper (rack board)
7'2 "blue" board (mini-mal 2nd hand)

thinking of Hayden rack board next, but we'll get into the water more 1st

Post by **Longboarder** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:15 pm

5'10 PD's Lis Fish
6'6 Mark Richards Squash
7'2 Mark Richards Pin
9' Atoll Josh Ferris Shape
9'1 McTavish Fireball

Post by **Tombo** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:24 pm

Gnech. - 5'10 , 5'11

Element - 6'

Dick Van Straalen - 5'

Xanadu - 5'8

all sick boards

Post by **SAsurfa** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:18 am

Cutloose 6'3 and my new board is also a Cutloose but 6'2

The new board craps all over the old one as the old one was 10 years old and they have come along way in shaping from then, not saying that the old one was bad its just that the new shapes have got it right.

Post by **Natho** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:04 am

Haydenshapes ( Australia)

Michel Baron (USA)

Post by **Natho** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:18 am

Just wanted to give both Hayden and Michael Baron a big plug. Just got new boards off both shapers and both have produced some of the best boards I have had to date.

Hayden in the semi gun range, and Michael for shorties and fish type boards. Hayden also shapes a mean shorty with a very fast botton curve.

I write this with a tear in my eye. I am sitting here in the USA and it has now been over a week with no waves for me. I am now suffering severe withdrawals. I am tempted to go and ride the wake created by the Statten Island ferry here in New York coz there as no fricken swell. HELLLPPP.

Post by **Nick Carroll** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:59 am

p-a wrote:NickCarroll what type of the board is the Stu Kenson???

It's a 5'10" single fin stubbie model -- looks like an MP or TF hotdogger from 1970 but with refined rails, foil and rocker, flat bottom to slight spiral vee.

Have had some hilarious super fun surfs on this board.

Stu is an exceptionally skilled boardmaker from San Diego, worked on Joel Tudor's retro range, I got this board after writing a piece about Joel's boards in Hawaii in 2000. I was struck by the fact that unlike many "retro" nostalgia models, Joel's Stu boards were clearly designed to be ridden and ridden well, and made to last with excellent glass jobs and securely set fins or boxes.

Post by **loco4olas** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:04 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:
collnarra wrote:how does the firewire go?
I only have one, 6'1 x 2 1/16" x 18 1/8" squashtail thruster, not quite my measurements or design specs but I'll fricken tell ya what...

....there's something to be said for 'em.

Sick snappy flex, amazingly light but it doesn't shake or lose momentum like many ultralight type boards. I think the wood parabolic rail stringer has a lot to do with this -- seems to hold the rail line really solid in turns at high speeds. Test rides included 4-5' Teahupo'o and it didn't even blink.

Am writing more about it and the FW operation for ASL in an issue or two so professional ethics holds me back from writing more here, but suffice it to say I am extremely impressed.

Nick,

Surprised at those specs at your weight etc. That's a very potato chip like board-is that a feature of the firewire boards?

Matt

Post by **kreepykrawly** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:05 pm

its funny the best boards Ive ever ridden where shaped by 2 different friends of mine who had only shapped a handful of boards before.They shapped the boards according to my surfing style.One was stolen OFF THE ROOF !!!!while i slept in my car on the Goldy after a long surf and the other i snapped in Hawaii 15 years ago

I got Big Bird on the goldy to look out for my board but it was never found.
i now ride a 6 6' Steve Clements board and a board custom shaped for me by a good mate.
its hard getting someone to shape a board for someone over 100 kilos that actually works.the whole dynamics of board design vs functionality vs weight ratio gets thrown out of alignment.
For a shapper to really shape the right board for you ,i believe,they need to understand and see how you actually surf.

Post by **wolverine** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:07 pm

6'4" JS - Current board; goes great.

6'4" Dahlberg - Backup; goes average.

6'4" Warner - a great board that went great until it was in two pieces.

Looking to buy a 6'8" mini gun.

Also had boards by CHP (Matt Haymes), Aloha, Pipedream and Gunther Rohn.

Saw those Drew Anderson boards at SDS for $499. How do they go? Would consider getting one at that price.

Post by **loco4olas** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:28 pm

Tiny Surf
9' 2" Rusty mal

Normal board
6' 2" x 18 3/4" x 2 5/16" Dahlbergs - snapped the newest favourite last week on the peak of the last swell.
6' 3" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4 Dahlbergs

Fish
6' 0" x 19 3/4" x 2 5/8" Simon Anderson

Larger surf
6' 6" x 18 3/8" x 2 1/4" Al Merrick pintails
6' 10" x 18 1/4" x 2 1/4" Al Merrick and Rawson Pintails
7' 2" x 18 3/8" x 2 5/16" Al Merrick pintail
7' 8" x 18 1/2" x 2 3/8" Gunther Rohn pintail

Heaps of other odd stuff alos from time to time.

Matt

Post by **ric_vidal** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:28 pm

2nd Reef wrote:No 6'2 thrusters RV?

Ha ha, or should that be ah ha? Not 75 kg anymore*

so I don’t think they make blanks thick enough

I’m thinking, which is a contradiction in itself, maybe a 6'4"-6'6" coming up soooon

if I did Nicknacks XXXX training, nah it’s not going to happen, who am I kidding.

Post by **dilution** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:05 pm

CM3 - 5'8" fish
RMS - 5'11" shortboard (Best board in 20yrs)
RMS - 6'0" fish
Aloha - 6'0" fish
Spider Murphy - 6'1" shortboard
Spider Murphy - 6'2" shortboard
Aloha - 6'3" semigun
JoyToys - 6'3" v.minimal/fish
RMS - 6'6" semigun
Division - 6'7" tank
Unknown under the bed - 6'6" gun
Hawaiian Made - 6'10" gun
MR - 6'0" single fin

And I live in a small 2 br apartment

RMS for legendary performance boards. www.rmshapes.com
Aloha for fish
RMS guns
MR to cruise

T...

Post by **dilution** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:13 pm

walrus wrote:Mark Richards.

Great service, Mark takes the time to understand your needs and wants.
His boards have a great glass job making them very durable.
And they perform precisely as described. I'll be back for another.

You got that right Walrus - you could back a semitrailor over my MR sinlge fin, and you wouldn't see a difference. He's quality. Don't know about his shortboards through - shapes look a bit less 'potent' than other shapers. A bit much width in the nose maybe. Any comments on that anyone?

T...

Post by **buzzy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:02 pm

Mitchell Rae
Webber
Brett Munro
Darren Rogers (McCoy)

RealSurf Surfers' Forum

Which brand/make of board are you riding?

boards

Who is online