Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Davros » Sun May 18, 2014 10:39 am

NPJ 2+1s are heavily influenced by Dave Parmenters Widow maker set up for drive in powerful waves what ever the set up ( points, beaches, reefs). They are also fun in fast hollow waves as they are fast into waves and hold with the single, they are OK in junk but the outline not perfect for that.I wouldn't compare them to Mandalas although I'll leave that to Batoes as I have never ridden one, I have a bonzer and I get the same drive out if the 2+1 but it's looser because I've set the single that way. If you like gouging chucks out of waves, hold and drive in solid waves, like getting into waves quickly and can live without airs they are pretty good. They are expensive I agree but hand shaped board and fins from a guy who has put a shed load of R&D into these boards is worth the extra 100 or so than a machine shaped signature pro board made for well pro's. My art work is beaten to a pulp with patched up holes and sun faded and a leaking tail, time to put it back above the bar.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by batoes » Sun May 18, 2014 1:36 pm

I concur with your thoughts Davros. I was more interested in the assumptions that there was some extra experience associated in owning a mandala or a NPJ - no doubt because they carry a price tag and have either more or less than three fins. Mandalas carry a hefty price tag due to international freight. It remains a functional board without any pixie dust or growth hormone that helps your beard. I tend to ride a board before i make an assumption about it and its so called "oeuvre" experience.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by bomboraa » Sun May 18, 2014 5:08 pm

Problem with a "midlength" _ though less so if surfing cognisor are in the line up _ is you'll be judged by many as a "funboard" rider until you catch a wave. Better make the first one a decent one. If you are allowed the chance. One of the joys of getting older is taking a few waves to warm up. Then again first wave judgement is common to riders of all craft. Its brutally honest out there sometimes.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Davros » Sun May 18, 2014 7:45 pm

Yep Roger that Batoes. Surprised Bing Dhamas haven't been mentioned yet on this thread.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by batoes » Sun May 18, 2014 10:26 pm

Agree Bomboraa. I have a mid-length for the Farm. I guess i'm lucky because so does every other man and his dog out there :lol: We all quietly judge each other....


Hey Davros, I rode a Dharma a few years back! Heaps of fun - but i ended up going for a local shaper, Ado at Rake. I like his interpretation of the short, fat, stringerless boards that are so popular over here at Real Surf.

Side note - my NPJ 2+1 and quartet arrive this week, so i'm sure the flat spell will continue. But, I am really looking forward to my oeuvre experience.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Mon May 19, 2014 8:38 am

make sure you post up few pics Batoes so we can all enjoy the ouvre vicariously.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by el rancho » Wed May 28, 2014 2:26 pm

just cut out an outline for a 6'9ish single fin I had planned to shape on an old blank, turns out my outline template was wonky so after cutting it out and seeing how fucked the flat spots were and realising I couldn't really fix it I just ended up punching the whole board in half

fuck my life right now

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Wed May 28, 2014 2:53 pm

you punched out a surfboard blank?

respect.
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by steve shearer » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:11 am

what are the dims on those Roy?
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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Nick Carroll » Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:42 pm

that third tear drop one looks sick.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Roy_Stewart » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:39 pm

Thanks Nick

Steve all four shapes are 8' by 25" the first two at 2 inches thick and the second two at 2.75" thick. They'll be glassed with 3d glass.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by pirate_agenda » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:47 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:that third tear drop one looks sick.
it looks like a backwards / upside-down mccoy!

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by ctd » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:51 pm

pirate_agenda wrote:
Nick Carroll wrote:that third tear drop one looks sick.
it looks like a backwards / upside-down mccoy!
Takayama scorpion.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by tootr » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:19 pm

Roy, 3 D glass? How does that differ from the usual.?

I'm intrigued.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Roy_Stewart » Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:20 am

http://www.roystuart.biz/2014/02/matrix-glass.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSAgsiFp_G4

http://www.parabeam.nl/

The 3d glass which we have is 3mm thick so the blanks have 3mm taken off everywhere to compensate for the thickness.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by Roy_Stewart » Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:30 am

ctd wrote:
pirate_agenda wrote:
Nick Carroll wrote:that third tear drop one looks sick.
it looks like a backwards / upside-down mccoy!
Takayama scorpion.
Some similarity yes.

I've been doing this shape since 1999 in lengths up to 14'9" it also works well as a 6 footer. The tail is much narrower than a scorpion, the rails are less bulky through the centre, it has continuous single concave and more width.

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Re: Building the ultimate trendy Mid-Length.

Post by ctd » Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:57 am

Roy_Stewart wrote:Some similarity yes.

I've been doing this shape since 1999 in lengths up to 14'9" it also works well as a 6 footer. The tail is much narrower than a scorpion, the rails are less bulky through the centre, it has continuous single concave and more width.
Yours look, aesthetically, infinitely better. I want to hang them on a wall rather than surf them. Beautiful proportions (from a visual sense).

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