Hi All,
My 10' Lopez Glider Twin arrived last week - I was so very close to having it for Xmas.
The board looks great in person, I'll try and take some pics over the next couple of days. The 'NFT'/Flax finish is very nice. If nothing else, it's not the standard Surftech/pop-out 'solid colour' finish. Looks like a 'real' board in person.
I put a set of XL upright twin fins in it (5.5" base, 6.5" tall) - their supposedly 'flex' fins, but seem to have a whole lot of flex.
I haven't had much luck with the board just yet. First surf was last Wednesday, where I'm gonna argue the swell was bigger than forecast, to a point where I wasn't overly comfortable on a new board, let alone a 10 footer. That said, the single wave I caught, the board screamed.
The following sessions have been ankle-high mush. There's been a few moments of brilliance, albeit fleeting, but mostly feels it's like not the right board for those conditions... that said, no board is the right board for those conditions!
My gut feeling is that this board is going to be very similar to the Munoz gliders, in that they need a bit of momentum to rock and/or roll, not the small, slow rolling waves one typically associates with gliders.
With the outline and the way the foam seems to be distributed (even ignoring the twin fins), I've been messing around with paddle position and foot placement. There's definitely some magic in that board, I just haven't yet figured out how to tap into it consistently.
I need a couple of sessions in the right waves - hopefully at Noosa this weekend!
Cheers!
I'm really enjoying my Lopez Twin.
I actually think it glides in better than both the 10'6 Lopez and 10'6 Munoz, seems to have a big motor and has surprised me with some of the waves I've been able to get into.
I'm using the JS keels and am getting that classic fish feeling, which was my aim albeit on the bigger board / older body.
