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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:56 am

buddy wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:50 am
Might take you up on that at some stage.
What does bamboo core do compared to honeycomb hex core?
The only ones I've tried are Machado thrusters and I hated them, but I'd say that would be more to do with the inside foil than the bamboo.
Floats, light and very stiff- other than that probably just cool factor.

I've never tried it tbh.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:01 am

Poor old Loof gives you a fin and you don’t even use it?
How ungrateful can you get.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by BA » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:11 am

steve shearer wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:37 am
I've got a 7 inch True Ames Bamboo bonzer single that I bought off Loof.

Just sitting here not getting used.....welcome to borrow it.
"Bought"? Sucker :lol:

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:30 am

So Loofs has been wheeling and dealing?
Way to go Loofs. Palming off some old fin on Steve.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:10 am

It was a good price.

I'll get to it eventually.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:13 am

Wider scope for variation in single fins than quads or thrusters.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Yuke Hunt » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:27 am

Beanpole wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:13 am
Wider scope for variation in single fins than quads or thrusters.
You reckon ?

Thrusters maybe, but quad setups and fin combinations are endless.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:27 am

Absolutely. (Yuke)
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:32 am

I bought it because it was cheap and a slightly bigger size to my 6.5.

Thought it would expand the range of bonzer.

As it turned out, I never felt the need to change.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:35 am

As it turned out, my current experimentation was just riding a standard HPSB (Pyzel Pyzalien2) almost exclusively to see what would happen.

And it's been fcuking great.

Felt like I've done some of my best surfing which has been a revelation after a back injury dry-docked me for 6 months last year.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:05 am

I’m using these twinzer fins in my current quad with the bigs in front.
Was my setup in my go to short board about 5-6 years ago.
I can’t fault it. Good balance of speed and drive, hold and release.

Bit of similarity to the NPJ quartet and CI Dane Reynolds Twad.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:08 pm

Looks like way too much fin for that tail?

Unless you're trying to make it surf longer, or you're pivoting off the fronts.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:14 pm

Might be an illusion.
I’ll take some photos from another angle later.
Not too much at all.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by bobjs » Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:47 pm

What’s the board? With those x large fronts and very small rears it’s quite a different setup to the usual quad sets.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:02 pm

Yuke Hunt wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:27 am
Beanpole wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:13 am
Wider scope for variation in single fins than quads or thrusters.
You reckon ?

Thrusters maybe, but quad setups and fin combinations are endless.
Well I meant per fin. Plenty to play around with with the other set ups though.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:33 pm

Here’s the bottom of the board.

I just measured the fins.
Bigs 133 high, 120 base.
Smalls 75 high, 80 base.

Quite a bit smaller than the curved fins that Will Webber recommends for the board. Well, the rears are.

WWCF - Will Webber Curved Fronts (M) $125 - 135mm high 120mm base. Front fins for under 90kgs.
WWCR - Will Webber Curved Rears (S) $115 - 125 mm high 110mm base. Quad rears, groms, side bites in Mals.



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