Select to expand quoteMickPC said...
5 fin boards hmmm interesting, they'd handle some sucky down the line waves for them hey 
I think they do everything well. I surfed a mates 6'10" at that Bombie and it was rock solid on the drop, while carving super sharp hacks in the pocket. It was neither down the line, nor hollow (at least I wasn't trying to pull in - my style there is make the drop, hook up and hack, or make the drop and run for the shoulder as the Avalanche hunts me down 
). That was the surf that convinced me they were a good thing. The side fins are relatively small, while the middle fin is significantly bigger.
Tom has been doing them for over thirty years and is all he surfs, but recognises they are weird to the eye and put a lot of people off.
Hand foiled fins too.
Select to expand quotethedrip said..MickPC said...
5 fin boards hmmm interesting, they'd handle some sucky down the line waves for them hey
I think they do everything well. I surfed a mates 6'10" at that Bombie and it was rock solid on the drop, while carving super sharp hacks in the pocket. It was neither down the line, nor hollow (at least I wasn't trying to pull in - my style there is make the drop, hook up and hack, or make the drop and run for the shoulder as the Avalanche hunts me down ). That was the surf that convinced me they were a good thing. The side fins are relatively small, while the middle fin is significantly bigger.
Tom has been doing them for over thirty years and is all he surfs, but recognises they are weird to the eye and put a lot of people off.
Hand foiled fins too.
Sounds good mate, I can imagine they go off in big waves & sucky waves...I'm tall like you so like big fins or lots of fin area, nothing worse than feeling the tail start to slide when your in a critical section of the wave
6'2 x 20 x 3...the Sweaty Betty...feels a lot smaller under arm than my usual but hopefully goes alright...more a HP short board than anything else
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6'2 x 20 x 3...the Sweaty Betty...feels a lot smaller under arm than my usual but hopefully goes alright...more a HP short board than anything else
Wow! Thats one sexy looking sick. Nice! 
Cheers guys it goes pretty good...only had the one surf so far but very fast and skatey...completly different from the fish
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6'2 x 20 x 3...the Sweaty Betty...feels a lot smaller under arm than my usual but hopefully goes alright...more a HP short board than anything else
A lot of backyard shapers I see the shapes and they seem a bit out if portion etc but your shapes always look awesome. Well doe Tux!!
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Cheers SP. Top one reminds me of that old Richard Cram shot from way back when... meanwhile the lady longboarder is looking at the wash with serious intent. I'd love to see what she did next.
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Hard to beat even by todays standards 
Nice looking board Tux..
And agreed SMH that Richard Cram cuttie is as good as any today and Probably better then a lot of the tour..
Surfed with Rizal & his son a couple of years ago at Bali's Sri Lanka. Rizal was pushing him into waves then, now the little guys doing grab rail cutties off the shoulder of a wave that resembles Margaret River's Box
farking ripping...
Bryce Young...
Just down the road from a righthand point in the tiny fishing village of Angourie, Australia, Bryce Young had everything he needed to become a great surfer—not the least of which was one of the greatest surfers of all time living under the same roof. "I just call him Dad," says Young of his father, Australian surf legend Nat Young. "He put me on the front of his board when I was about 4 years old and then handed me my own when I was about 5—a sick '80s thruster that was fluorescent orange, green, and yellow." Since then, Young has spent his life riding surfboards both modern and anachronistic, fine-tuning a style to suit them all.
New midlength getting picked up this week. To say I'm excited is a understatement...
Rasta looked like he was really struggling with that board in the first half of that clip - but once he got it dialled in he was dominating on it. Such a nice style. Effortless the way he drives off the top. Lovely to watch.
Hmmm I thought the board looked pretty sketchy on nearly every cutty he did but thats usual for a twin in a bit of size,might have been better with a trailer in it,he makes any board look good,Id be spinning out doing a bottom turn on that.heading to Nth Sumatra on saturday but still deciding on what boards to take, decisions decisions
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Hmmm I thought the board looked pretty sketchy on nearly every cutty he did but thats usual for a twin in a bit of size,might have been better with a trailer in it,he makes any board look good,Id be spinning out doing a bottom turn on that.heading to Nth Sumatra on saturday but still deciding on what boards to take, decisions decisions
Something that will get you in early would be the go.
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Hmmm I thought the board looked pretty sketchy on nearly every cutty he did but thats usual for a twin in a bit of size,might have been better with a trailer in it,he makes any board look good,Id be spinning out doing a bottom turn on that.heading to Nth Sumatra on saturday but still deciding on what boards to take, decisions decisions
Mate just got back & was undergunned...I'd say a narrow'ish 6'8 to 7'2 & an allrounder, plus a sparey allrounder.
Yeah Mick,where were you aroundabouts?? Im thinking my 6'2 shorty rounded pin which paddles like a demon with 32ltr a 6'6 AL Byrne rounded pin and a DHD 7'0 x191/2x 21/2 round pin all good if theres swell.
But Id love to take the new Nano and a 6'4 Bonzer but going to have to leave them at home,trying to check swell charts to make final choice.Will leave the 7'0 over there for trip next May.
I ride the Nano up double overhead in Indo - goes like a dream Ricardo. Loves the hollow stuff. Take it - you will not regret having a board like that in the quiver
Yeah Ted could swap the Nano for the Burning Spear 6'6 and probably wouldn't be a problem plus it mixes the quiver up a bit from all rounded pins,might have helped me make a decision there,its difficult when you have half a dozen great boards to choose from.Only surfed the nano twice but on a couple of waves which were solid it was a speed machine,just not convinced that it will hang in on the hollow stuff with such a wide tail.
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Yeah Mick,where were you aroundabouts?? Im thinking my 6'2 shorty rounded pin which paddles like a demon with 32ltr a 6'6 AL Byrne rounded pin and a DHD 7'0 x191/2x 21/2 round pin all good if theres swell.
But Id love to take the new Nano and a 6'4 Bonzer but going to have to leave them at home,trying to check swell charts to make final choice.Will leave the 7'0 over there for trip next May.
Sounds bloody good mate, you got a nice Indo quiver there...sounds like you got it sorted
Keep us in the loop mate
Nano performs very well in hollow waves - surprisingly so. I find you ride your normal short board most of time unless it's massive. It always nice to have good coverage for all conditions but 90% of the time your shortie will be fine. If you are surfing a spot like Desserts then having that more gun style board definitely helps. Most blokes where I spend my time in Indo are surfing 5'11-6'1's the majority of the time. Being nice reef breaks the waves pick you up easily unless it's super windy. And we are heading into the less windy time of the year now. It really comes down tot he waves you are going to be surfing at the end of the day.
