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Hey everyone,

Name's conor. Im from victoria, surf mainly the east coast, and ride all types of boards, favoring longboards alot of the time. So theres my intro... now a question..

do any of you guys ride displacement hull single fins? if so, who shaped it, what kind of surf do you usually use it in, how does it go..? etc.

Im pretty keen on getting one.

cheers conor

Gday mate

I ride them, not much though. You need 1-4 feet walls, not to hollow and not to fat.

Very perculiar feeling, not for everyone. you can slash, but mostly it requires doing nothing but riding high, low and tight in the pocket. If you don't like that you will hate hulls

Sea Biscuit 6'9" and been riding a 6'9" Vouch.

Also a 6'9" Dale S deck- Australian hull from 1969

I always wanted to try a hull but was told they really only suit point breaks?

never ridden one but you should check out one california day,there is a sequence of jimmy gamboa at the bu ripping on one.
http://www.liddlesurfboards.com/intro.html
check out liddle surfboards this guy seems to be the master of them

http://www.liddlesurfboards.com/hulldiscussion.html
i meant to paste this info page,hope you find this of interest

Thanks for the replies guys. I very briefly tried one around 7'2 last year at cape conran, it was fun, but I didnt really surf it enough to get a real feel of it. Felt quite glidey though. The surf also was a little big for the board.

carpet wrote:never ridden one but you should check out one california day,there is a sequence of jimmy gamboa at the bu ripping on one.

yeah its sick. alex knost rides them pretty well too in some vids i think.

carpet wrote: http://www.liddlesurfboards.com/intro.html
check out liddle surfboards this guy seems to be the master of them

yeah cheers. the red board 'stubbies', in the middle of the top picture is the outline im after I think. he looks like the guy to go with. I reckon these would be perfect for western port in winter!

Matt Keane has just done 2 for Beachbeat at Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine coast.
One's a stubbie- 6'2" X 22" X 2&1/2"
The other is a 6'10" X 21 (something) X 2 &5/8" (if memory serves).
Both have the single boxes but have side bite FCS plugs as well.
Veru much in the Sea Biscuit style.
The price is only $695 I think for the stubbie and $795 for the 6'10" so not prohibitive to give them a go.
The Sea Biscuit will be over a grand.

just done one the other day
6' 2'' x20'' x21/2'' 50 50 rails slight belly flat out tail s deck
a bit eggy but a hull just the same

Thanks for that cuttlefish, that seems like a pretty good price. Ive seen a couple of Matt Keanes boards and they looked like they were shaped really well.

Huie that board looks sick. did you shape it for yourself or for a customer?

Give Woodsy a call and twist his arm to take some photos to email to you.
Me, I'm more into my overvolumed Dick Van carbon fibre all rounders. Reckon I'd drown on a thin hull.

yea that ones taken but if ya want more info pm me

Hey Huie,
done any compsand eggs in 6'-7' size range?

Cuttlefish wrote:Hey Huie,
done any compsand eggs in 6'-7' size range?

hey cuttle i want to get a composite egg out but keep running out of time
my eggs are from our late sixtys template but i have hoted the rail & bottoms
will do one in palownia as soon as i get a day off haa'' will let you know itll prbly go up your way you may be able to pinch it for a ride.
cheers

my eggs are from our late sixtys template

Don't forget me huie , im still wiping the drool off my keyboard over that other one.

beerfan i made a spare 6' 6' spin template in everlasting fibre haa''
just need to work out a few bob for material &post
and i even done an instruction on how to use it properlywhenever your ready you got my e mail

cheers huie

Longygrom wrote:
Also a 6'9" Dale S deck- Australian hull from 1969

Can you post some pics?

thanx

felix

Not sure what you meen by "displacement hull".But if you meen a rolled bottom with nose concave and 50/50 rails check out Jordi Brown's High Tide boards,I got a 9'8" last year and am verry happy with every thing about it.Not realy ment for waves over 3' though.

Cuttlefish wrote:Hey Huie,
done any compsand eggs in 6'-7' size range?

this is the one i prefer to do in palownia