I've got two Axis boards now... the FruJu prototype (too sharp for a hack like me) and a 5'6" Spud, which is very fun for a hack like me. Surprisingly good board for being so "small" and me being so heavy, too.
Great to see the range of totally different approaches to riding waves.... goes to show you can ride anything really.
I've a quiver of weird boards that shouldn't work but are great fun on the right day....
This is my latest and greatest, 5'11" PU custom Stoney, the hybridized bastard child of a old cabrinha thruster i've gotten very used to and a loose and lovely lightweight balinese surfing shortboard. 6 oz top and bottom and carbon fibre reinforcing running halfway up the board to help against heel dents. i don't jump much so that should be enough i reakon. we'll see...
I didn't like the look of the carbon gt stripes so made my own more colorful ones.
resin is still curing, looks like boxing day will be time to shine 
On the right is a board I'm retiring due to being snapped around the rail and find being ripped out. On the right replacement 5'11" $150 good to practice jumping on if they break throw it in the pile and get another. I also have a couple of Slingshot boards 5'8" Celeritas and a 5'4" svreamer. I mix it up depending on the day. Plenty of options but the PU boards do feel nice under your feet.
PU do, but epoxy and EPS have come a longggg way!
I'll get some pics tomorrow of what I've got between my legs.
If the waves aren't windblown... You shouldnt be kitesurfing.
But yeah straps are for sex toys not surfboards. 
It still seems the top boards are being made by local shapers.
This way guys can custom up a board that suits them better than something that is designed to for both a dude in Tarifa Spain and a guys in Bali.
Local shapers produce 50 boards a week and have feedback every day. A kite brand might make 10 proto types of each model per year.
Im glad I still see heaps of innovative custom boards at most beaches. Many far better than any kite brand.
This is my quiver at the moment. All custom from our local shaper. I paddle surf them as well so they are not glassed to heavy. I go 4+6 Deck and 4 on Bottom. 5,9' , 5,11' , and 6,1'.
5'5" Gary Mcneill custom quad with grab channels in rail on silver couch. The thing absolutely honks! 
Select to expand quoteYorksBoy said..
Ok so what's better pin tail or rounded square
hahaha that old question.
My favourite board at the moment is this little Jason Rodd (Goldy shaper), Step Cousin. Here's some pics:
It's 5'8 19.25" 2.1875", 26.6L. 4+4/4 with a deck patch, epoxy EPS. The board is glassed heavier to compensate for the blanks lightness, which is supposed to stop that corky feeling which is associated with the epoxy boards. This is one of the lightest boards I've ever held. I was a little worried it would be too skittish being so light, but it feels really settled underfoot. Those black lines are carbon rod inlays (ie stringer). The board has a lot of flex, loads up and pops out of turns. I reckon it cranks upwind so much it allows me to hit waves riding upwind my other boards don't let me pivot around for. Boxy rails and single concave. Running the Mulcoy futures, haven't tried it as a quad yet.
It would be nice to have a rocker dimension from shapers to give an indication of planing, speed or turning/snapping ability of boards when comparing board dimensions and looking for certain characteristics.
This is my 5'9" smook.
Local owner and shaper on the Vic peninsula.
I dunno much about it coz I have a sailing background, but it rides sweet for me, and looks cool too.
I like the shortness of it. I've ridden a 6'3" and it felt so wrong.... Had to lean to far forward to keep the nose down I thought.
I only just took up the directional path, but loving it. I'm a big guy, so TT just struggle when I'm sitting on it.
Loving how much faster the SB is.
I rode straps for the first month, but ive taken them off now to learn gybes. Before hand I was just riding heelside then toeside.
It so hard without the straps, but I will get it... Its only been 2 months.
I don't wanna hear **** about the straps in the photo.... Its an old pic, its raining outside, and I'm not going out to the shed!
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My favourite board at the moment is this little Jason Rodd (Goldy shaper).
JR is a great shaper in my opinion. Had a few JR boards over the years, all were really nice.
I have a board from another shaper with a similar outline to yours that I also really love to kite on.
After I busting up my nugget . I took this nsp board out for a rap and works great in light wind. A wide body through the middle and flat rocker makes it my back up light wind board now.Not so snappy in the turns , but more of nice flow of turning.
I bought it 3 years ago for surfing for $180 ...Its a tough strong epoxy make . It handles the flogging better than my nugget
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After I busting up my nugget . I took this nsp board out for a rap and works great in light wind. A wide body through the middle and flat rocker makes it my back up light wind board now.Not so snappy in the turns , but more of nice flow of turning.
I bought it 3 years ago for surfing for $180 ...Its a tough strong epoxy make . It handles the flogging better than my nugget
Show us your surfboard not your bum crack
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Brazilnuts said...
they keep deleting my post... but never buy a Axis honestly they are the worst board i ever used just the true dont spend one dollar on it
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I'm really happy with my Axis 5'8 quad - apart from the paint job.
Brazil nuts you used to rip when you rode for Axis - remember seeing a photo of you sending tons of spray ... what happened?
