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Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:25 pm
by steve shearer
Sounds good Boo.
Paddling?
Both A to B and into waves plz.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:03 am
by alakaboo
Paddling around the lineup it's pretty good. Low entry rocker, fairly meaty, beak nose.
Paddling into waves it's a bit early to make a call as it was an odd swell and tide combo. Feels like it needs to get in earlier, and isn't as good for late takeoffs as a true HPSB due to the higher volume nose.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 12:51 pm
by steve shearer
sweet.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:55 am
by crabmeat thompson
alakaboo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:47 pm
Got the shorty out today for the first time, only four waves caught, and only one decent turn, but enough to feel it out.
It was the right call to go up in size for the extra wetsuit weight, so happy with that.
The beak nose really carries a lot of foam forward, it's noticeable on duck dives and combined with the flatter nose rocker you have to keep weight a little further forward when paddling for waves.
Once up and riding the board is very user friendly, it's got a sort of self-righting quality where you can take off on pretty ambitious angles and it squirts you down the line. Also seems to want to sit higher on the face, like a McCoy or a rail centric quad.
The tail flip lets you get a little slashy, and it is a pretty wide and forgiving platform for foam bounce top turns.
In terms of build quality, the foam and glassing are very good. PU/PE with dense foam, but there's some sort of brightener or something in the stringer glue, it has almost a blacklight brightness to it. Bit weird in the flat foggy light.
The leash plug is deep and annoying to get the string through and one of the fin screws was set poorly and hard to tighten.
Overall it is a 6.5/10 so far but it will probably end up closer to an 8.
where you surfing boo? still in the states?
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:44 am
by alakaboo
Yeah, but in California now. Live near the San Francisco airport and work in Santa Cruz.
Surf mainly north county Santa Cruz, or Pacifica when I'm with one of the kid.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:38 pm
by crabmeat thompson
alakaboo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:44 am
Yeah, but in California now. Live near the San Francisco airport and work in Santa Cruz.
Surf mainly north county Santa Cruz, or Pacifica when I'm with one of the kid.
oh wow ... a great zone. i had the best time in san fran when i was there. dispensaries, cold waves, groovy people.
when did you move there? what work you doing? like it?
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:43 pm
by Yuke Hunt
crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:38 pm
alakaboo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:44 am
Yeah, but in California now. Live near the San Francisco airport and work in Santa Cruz.
Surf mainly north county Santa Cruz, or Pacifica when I'm with one of the kid.
oh wow ... a great zone. i had the best time in san fran when i was there. dispensaries, cold waves, groovy people.
when did you move there? what work you doing? like it?
He's grown a man-bun and wears a beavertail wetsuit ... it all the gummies.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:15 am
by alakaboo
We moved in June last year.
I'm still doing mostly coastal management consulting.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:56 am
by crabmeat thompson
nice ... LA hasta be better than baltimore. all baltimore has is the orioles.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:57 am
by alakaboo
How high are you right now mate?
I'm about 6hrs north of LA.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:41 pm
by swvic
Dr Faithwaite posting his modern day sickness
G'day braithy. Seems you're doing well - in the uncanny way well is for you
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:48 pm
by crabmeat thompson
alakaboo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:57 am
How high are you right now mate?
I'm about 6hrs north of LA.
ease up soldier.
typed LA instead of cali. no biggie.
cali is still better than baltimore, right?
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:49 pm
by crabmeat thompson
swvic wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:41 pm
Dr Faithwaite posting his modern day sickness
G'day braithy. Seems you're doing well - in the uncanny way well is for you
haha
how's life Vic? what's been happening?
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:59 pm
by swvic
Not a vicco anymore. Living in Coffin Bay SA. Population ~ 650, swelling to > 4500 in the peak holiday season. Doing an 8 on/6 off job growing weed up the gulf a bit further. Enjoying the isolation and laid back attitude of most people. Of course there are fcukwits wherever you go, but no problems so far.
Surfing is nearly always a bit of a mission and almost always solo and spooky. Be mighty appreciative if you steer clear until El Niño breaks
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:21 pm
by BA
crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:56 am
nice ... LA hasta be better than baltimore. all baltimore has is the orioles.
And the Ravens.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:35 pm
by alakaboo
Couldn't care less about baseball, except I have a serious crush on Ohtani.
Yes crabmeat, coastal California is vastly better than central Maryland.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:44 pm
by crabmeat thompson
swvic wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:59 pm
Not a vicco anymore. Living in Coffin Bay SA. Population ~ 650, swelling to > 4500 in the peak holiday season. Doing an 8 on/6 off job growing weed up the gulf a bit further. Enjoying the isolation and laid back attitude of most people. Of course there are fcukwits wherever you go, but no problems so far.
Surfing is nearly always a bit of a mission and almost always solo and spooky. Be mighty appreciative if you steer clear until El Niño breaks
in that case, i'll begin making preparations to be in your hood in early december. best get yourself a fireblanket
haha. no shit. what strain you growing? in tunnels, or indoors?
i've been growing jack herer ... it turned out so well they flew me to denmark/portugal and germany to to troubleshoot grows over there where they can't get jack to grow. their facilities - 20-30mil dollar set ups were all filled with mould. crazy.
stopped in at israel on the way home. biggest weed market in the world. if we could grow 2 ton a month, it still wouldn't be enough.
Re: post your modern day sickness
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 3:39 pm
by steve shearer