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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Cranked » Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:58 pm

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:02 am

Highlights were a hoot. Folksy commentators were in keeping with the event.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:15 pm

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:09 am

Totally agree.

Ended up being way more durable than Surftech constructions, say.

Old surf techs and Firewires decay terribly.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:10 am

Seeing a big wave board like the above, the size and shape, tends to convey to me the scary challenge of big wave surfing more than watching big wave surfing.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by The Mighty Sunbird » Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:22 am

I’m gonna get one for Bondi
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:23 am

foamy wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:10 am
Seeing a big wave board like the above, the size and shape, tends to convey to me the scary challenge of big wave surfing more than watching big wave surfing.
Why's that?

I've heard it before but can't fathom why.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:51 am

Only non-pyzel in the top 4.

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On January 22 the 10th Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational ran in arguably the best & biggest conditions ever seen.
Of the 32 competitors, six of them rode our infamous gun shape, the Padillac throughout the event. Of those six, 3 placed in the top 4.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:58 am

steve shearer wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:23 am
Why's that?

I've heard it before but can't fathom why.
I don’t know. It seems odd to me too. When I see a board like that I get a stab of fear. Holy shit! The true fearful body sense that the board is in an entire other dimension to anything I would do. The extremeness of it.

Watching big wave surfing I don’t get that visceral reaction. I know it’s all way out out my league. I appreciate their skill and bravado. Go wow over the better rides. I hope no one gets hurt. But I’m not scared myself.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:04 pm

Fair enough.

Thanks for explaining it.

I love the lines of big wave guns, I get a similar feeling looking at sleek ocean going yachts.

The hydrodynamics appeal to me.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:27 pm

foamy wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:10 am
Seeing a big wave board like the above, the size and shape, tends to convey to me the scary challenge of big wave surfing more than watching big wave surfing.
I just think they look like racy mals with tucked in noses. If you’re used to paddling a 9’ board the idea that you could pull the nose in and paddle into a huge wave on it doesn’t seem that alien. Doing it yourself on the other hand does. The waves definitely freak me out more.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:28 pm

The Mighty Sunbird wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:22 am
I’m gonna get one for Bondi
There’s a couple of 11’ mals out there pretty often.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:36 pm

steve shearer wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:04 pm
Fair enough.

Thanks for explaining it.

I love the lines of big wave guns, I get a similar feeling looking at sleek ocean going yachts.

The hydrodynamics appeal to me.
Roy Stewart would like a word.

Honestly, they don't seem to be fully functional in terms of design. They're turning from way forward and the nose is somewhat useless.
It seems like the newer form of thicker, shorter, forward volume shifted 9'6" boards that people like Alby Layer ride are more practical.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:40 pm

Jaws seems like much better wave.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:44 pm

alakaboo wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:36 pm
steve shearer wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:04 pm
Fair enough.

Thanks for explaining it.

I love the lines of big wave guns, I get a similar feeling looking at sleek ocean going yachts.

The hydrodynamics appeal to me.
Roy Stewart would like a word.

Honestly, they don't seem to be fully functional in terms of design. They're turning from way forward and the nose is somewhat useless.
It seems like the newer form of thicker, shorter, forward volume shifted 9'6" boards that people like Alby Layer ride are more practical.
True.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Cranked » Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:53 pm

steve shearer wrote:
Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:09 am
Totally agree.

Ended up being way more durable than Surftech constructions, say.

Old surf techs and Firewires decay terribly.
Firewires yes, the original surftechs no, they have way more flex and recovery that poly with a stringer.

Don't know of any guns though in the original construction.
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