It's 9'6".
Surely that counts as a longboard?
Anyway, I won't have time to look at it this arvo, but Mark Ogram of Yahoo Surfboards sent me this with a little teaser offering me a gander tomorrow "if I have time."
Pfft. THERE!
I knew it wasn't mac thread by the title.
mac thread would have been
'new quiver'
drip you going something like a fun gun 
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
I knew it wasn't mac thread by the title.
mac thread would have been
'new quiver'
drip you going something like a fun gun
All I see in that picture is beauty yes I love a custom.
I don't know what it is. I think that it's probably too gunnie to be called a fun gun, yet not really a full on gun for massive waves.
I went and saw it and spoke with Mark. He had tweaked the rocker and profile since the we designed it on the computer. Hearing his thoughts on the rocker was really interesting and I found out he worked with Al Byrne. Not a bad bloke to learn from hey? My three (including this one as yet unglassed) most recent custom jobs off him have all looked really quite flat - mates have often looked at them dubiously - but they have been surprisingly forgiving and performed superbly in late drops (and mates have agreed upon surfing them).
The board is 3 1/4" thick, but the rails are still pretty sensitive and I should have no problem burying them. Similarly, he has removed a heap of volume down towards the tail. When he tweaked the outline he pulled in the tail a bit and lost a more just back from center where he felt the rail line was too parallel.
The rolled vee in the tail looks sick and should be quite forgiving. Occassionally, on big drops at one of my local bombies, the transition to a backhand bottom turn on the 8' board was quite abrupt and I wanted to smooth that out a little - it would sort of flop onto rail sometimes. The rolled vee surprised me how far up the board it went.
The nose still carries a fair bit of volume both in thickness and width. Wide point is 5" forward of center. It should paddle very very well. The vee in the nose I've never had before so it will be good to see if it really does cut through the ribs and chop so common on solid waves (be it wind, current or the previous wave).
We discussed a heavier glass job, but Mark was pretty confident 6x6x6 with wide laps and the thickness and triple stringers should be okay. He reckons he doesn't have many of his longboards snap and guys do surf them at very solid Yallingup so that was enough of a recommendation for me. Fingers crossed.
The tail pic was meant to show how fine the tail and it's rail is but it sort of doesn't work real well.
The second one was meant to show its length and profile, but trying to fit it in was tricky so there is a bit of compression in the perspective.
bravo mr drip.....it will surf waves that are just a distant memory for me.....looking forward to the rst of the picks and a ride report 
Select to expand quotechrispy said...
bravo mr drip.....it will surf waves that are just a distant memory for me.....looking forward to the rst of the picks and a ride report
I am sure the board could surf waves that are a distant memory for me too.
It's really meant to make 8 - 10' easy, not for truly big surf. I have been wondering what I would have paddled into 15-20 years ago if I had have had some serious volume under me, but I didn't so they are just dreams. I'll never be that surf fit or young again...sigh.....
Select to expand quotethedrip said...chrispy said...
bravo mr drip.....it will surf waves that are just a distant memory for me.....looking forward to the rst of the picks and a ride report
I am sure the board could surf waves that are a distant memory for me too.
It's really meant to make 8 - 10' easy, not for truly big surf. I have been wondering what I would have paddled into 15-20 years ago if I had have had some serious volume under me, but I didn't so they are just dreams. I'll never be that surf fit or young again...sigh.....
cut a peanut into it then you be able to turn
Right on Drip.
Can't wait to see it finished.
8-10' waves.
Distant memory for me.
Here's surfers are like a pack of seagulls scrapping over a chip when it's 1-2'.
Looks good mate...fist pic makes the tail look really wide & round for a gun which would conjure up fun gun I guess haha. You'd have to be really nursing bottom turns in bigger waves if it was as wide as it looks. But then in the last pic you can see its not anywhere near as wide as the first pic looks. Its just the photo angle & length of the board giving a false impression of the outline...love the triple stringer, real quality looking board. Gonna look great when its finished & you can share some pics from a less confined space...might be a good time to fertilize the lawn for a fresh mow 
The lawn is a real concern. I thought I might use the Italian neighbours. That thing gets a spirit level.
It's got glass on it, but I was told it is still two weeks away.
And the local council has gone up our street putting new water mains in so everyone's lawn has been dug up. The neighbour is no longer an option for the unveiling. 
That board says to me...
You may get called upon to reach my full potential one day..
That day scares me..
I see myself in the channel, maybe a shoulder
Hop or 2
but no way am I ever shifting the weight back over the back foot and going let's slow down get in the pocket and see what happens.....
That's the difference between EC an West coast..
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Into the Mancave with you Tux champion ..... time to shape one up
I hear you bro...problem with shaping one like that is I will then have no excuses not to use it
Picked it up today. Now I just need a solid swell. Looks so sweet. The rocker is awesome; low entry, continuous, with some tail kick.
Very nice board love the classic look matter of fact its bloody sexy made for speed.
Wow oh wow !! That looks like one serious piece of machinery ! Hope the NYR brings you in a nice big West swell.
Loverly looking board. A serous fin setup for sure
I cant believe no one has mentioned the lawn yet
Select to expand quotethedrip said..
Picked it up today. Now I just need a solid swell. Looks so sweet. The rocker is awesome; low entry, continuous, with some tail kick.
It is a great looking lawn 
Reckon that board will go good in big waves too
Awesome stick, Oggy does it again! Very tidy, awesome rocker for that template and tidy fin set up.
Saw some pics of yallingup today, looks like a great way to see the year out.
We'll see you paddling into cow Bombie or boat ramps on that Yeeewww!
Select to expand quoteSurf69 said..
Awesome stick, Oggy does it again! Very tidy, awesome rocker for that template and tidy fin set up.
Saw some pics of yallingup today, looks like a great way to see the year out.
We'll see you paddling into cow Bombie or boat ramps on that Yeeewww!
Double leggie plugs 
Thanks for all the positive comments.
Macaha, yep. I wanted a faster board as, sometimes, I have been surfing the longboard in waves it just isn't designed for this year so I could get in early. It's not a HP shape so sometimes I would get to the bottom and look up and just get mowed down while trying to get down the line.
Darth, double leggie plugs because it is a beast of a board and I really hate swimming (especially when it's solid).
Surf69, small Boaties is a certainty. I don't even tow Cow Bombie so that's not even on the dream list. Really it is for making 8-10 easy, not for surfing hero sized waves. Yals won't be really be big enough for it in the near future, but it will definitely do time out there when it's getting chunky. Hopefully it will get out in some 6-8 soonish.
