Anyone had a quad midlength?

Hi all,

Just thinking about my next mid-length purchase.

Planning a 8'0 x 22 x 3 with a rounded pin for 2 ft to 6ft Greenmount which has both some fat and hollow sections depending on the tide. Slight concave running thru to a double in the tail.

Just wondering if anyone has had a quad in this style of board. I recall a guy from Beachbeat at Alex highly rating an 8ft quad they had. However it did have a double concave running right thru the bottom. It could have just been shop talk but I would be interested in any feedback.

Otherwise I will probably stick with a thruster set up or 6" single with large sides.

Cheers

Plus 1. That's a great looking board. And i reckon 2 5/8 or thereabouts will be better than 3 - unless you are a big hua, Daneli. (Maybe it would be worth going for the five boxes, so you have a thruster option if you want it.) I am sure the master shaper - and you - will know best.

Funny thing on my normal sized tail boards I have gone back to the trusty old thruster. Last week on some nice hollow beachies I switched between 3,4 and 5 fin's. I just felt more stable and way more whackable with three,much smoother as well. I think I will only use four now on my wide tailed fish boards.
I am getting two more plugs whacked into my hp longboard, so we will.see how that goes.
After the last week of waves,and something Lacey said,I now have SDR making me a 6'8 or 7'2 two +one setup.

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Daneli said..

Hi all,

Just thinking about my next mid-length purchase.

Planning a 8'0 x 22 x 3 with a rounded pin for 2 ft to 6ft Greenmount which has both some fat and hollow sections depending on the tide. Slight concave running thru to a double in the tail.

Just wondering if anyone has had a quad in this style of board. I recall a guy from Beachbeat at Alex highly rating an 8ft quad they had. However it did have a double concave running right thru the bottom. It could have just been shop talk but I would be interested in any feedback.

Otherwise I will probably stick with a thruster set up or 6" single with large sides.

Cheers

Ahem, that would be me. The 7'6" Woosley that's got a deep double concave running from mid section to tail.
Still love it and it goes great in small stuff to the better waves we've had lately.
I'll say it again. The deep double works really well in a mid-length not just in short boards. So easy to generate speed when needed.
The quad placement is closer to a McKee set up with the rear plugs closer to the stringer compared to rail centric quads.
The plugs have a wide spacing and I find I can still stand forward and turn it from the centre or step back on the tail for harder turns.
So although it has quad/thruster option I've only run it as a quad so far.
No shop talk as I have no affiliation with Beachbeat.
I have known the guys for 30 years though and in an un-related co-incidence I bought one of their shop vans last week and its still got the Beachbeat stickers on it.

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Surfbroker, your going to have to translate that for me. But I take it you like your Goddard.

Cuttle, the guy I was talking to actually worked at the shop, I think his name was Noel. He had one himself. But interesting to here your feedback. I just Googled Woosley Surfboards, geez there is some history there.

The orange and white one is a Rabbidge 8' great board and the aqua one is a Miller 7'6 that was also very good. It rode as well as both a quad and a 2+1 setup.

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Daneli said..

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Surfbroker, your going to have to translate that for me. But I take it you like your Goddard.

Cuttle, the guy I was talking to actually worked at the shop, I think his name was Noel. He had one himself. But interesting to here your feedback. I just Googled Woosley Surfboards, geez there is some history there.

From memory Woosley is the oldest manufacturer in Qld..I might be wrong...so he's had a few names shape for him..Rod Teys is a long standing one.

Pup this board has heaps of final tail rocker... That amount of tail rocker usually lacks drive, but makes it easier to turn... Good set-up for beachies though!

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Simondo said..

Pup this board has heaps of final tail rocker... That amount of tail rocker usually lacks drive, but makes it easier to turn... Good set-up for beachies though!

simondo, what about drive through curving turns

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Daneli said..

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Btw how's the bargain basement priced 7'10 Clearwater in the classifieds?

The 7'10 CW is a high volume mid-length with lots of rocker and lots of shortboard DNA. Surfs exceptionally well but not a great paddler. My back is slowly getting worse and when I throw it around it does wretch my back. It would suit a light weight learner or a bigger guy would wants a shortboard equivalent. It surfs ALOT shorther than 7'10.

I have another identical board with less rocker and it is my magic board atm. Paddles well and performs to a standard that matches all I can give it. Both boards and rounded square tails and I'm looking to try a pintail.

Cheers

Daneli, my Miller quad 7'5" x 23 x3, I'm 100kg & it goes really good.

I agree Locky. Big fins for big tail area is my golden rule - strongly influenced by the writings of Nick Carroll. When its bigger you are generally using a bigger board with a more refined / smaller tail area and so you do not need as much fin to control your board.