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Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:36 pm
by Beanpole
I reckon epoxy and fish are a good mix.
High performance Mals too.
Logs probably not but I’d buy one cause I wouldn’t lug one of thos fcukers around.
My high performance epoxy Mal noserides like a dream.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:27 pm
by Cranked
I had a good look at a mate's new Banks 7' twin pin.
It was an epoxy board with carbon fibre cloth. One of the best boards I've seen. My mate is very hard on boards but this one could last a long time even though he's a full time surfer here who goes through a lot of boards
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:29 pm
by steve shearer
Stringerless EPS?
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:43 pm
by Cranked
Not sure, I'll look closer next time, its got a lot going on with it. But I think its a carbon strip. He's a good surfer, spent 10 years surfing around Porto and another 10 here.
I'll ask Jim what's going on with it, is it a one off or a likely future?
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:44 pm
by buddy
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:46 pm
by steve shearer
Nice one.
Flax and basalt seem like a nice lam.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:49 pm
by Cranked
That's it, maybe the exact board.
Edit: No it's not, that one is a thruster.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:45 pm
by Beanpole
I saw on the Surftech sight that Kym Thompson is making boards with a similar construction.
https://surfsupwarehouse.com.au/product ... -dip-blue/
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:51 pm
by buddy
*site
Kym died in a motorcycle accident last year.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:23 pm
by Cranked
Bummer, he always seemed a nice guy.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:24 pm
by Beanpole
I wonder how that fits with the surfboard making.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:26 am
by BA
buddy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:51 pm
*site
Kym died in a motorcycle accident last year.
Ahhh bugger. Must have missed that. Met Kym a few times in the 80’s and had one of his boards. Lovely bloke.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:47 am
by Pants
Don’t ride motorcycles of any description in SE Asia. I was just in Vietnam and saw some major stacks.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:00 pm
by Beanpole
Vietnam is fcuking hairy on the roads. Not to mention super congested. Bangkok is as crowded but they drive way harder in Vietnam.
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:28 pm
by marauding mullet
I remember getting a taxi in to Saigon from the airport, fcuking terrifying.
What were you doing in Vietnam pants? Work or pleasure, or both?
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:51 pm
by Pants
Pleasure mate.
Yeh for sure, Hanoi is worse than Saigon!
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:25 pm
by steve shearer
What sort of pleasure?
Re: are surftech boards any good??
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:53 pm
by Pants
Travel pleasure. Not small handed Viet babes making said cock look bigger than it is.