Is it possible to rip on a mid-length?

[Chocki]

what kind of waves do you ride this in? how's it go?

I had vintage equivalents that did whatever I wanted them to(even floaters).

I can only imagine what the 2020 version is capable of. It always tripped me out how the same board could work on a knee high day up to I shouldn’t have paddled out high.

Aside from pitching beach break kegs, I can’t see where you wouldn’t have fun on a board like this if you think surfing like MP,etc looks cool. Once it gets big enough, the ability to sit farther out and get in earlier/“roll in” as Ando calls it is magic. Plus no one knows you’re cheating lol.

The Stab Caddy: Craig Ando's Red Apache Single Fin

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Single fin short boards in general are wicked good at riding tubes.

 

[Chocki]

boards whose bulk makes them hard to duckdive can help maintain momentum
and resurface faster and quicker actually aiding the process.

My mantra as I prepared to paddle out on days where DDs were going to be essential was “they had no problems paddling out on these boards in 70s”

Also timing sets/lulls with a Casio and paddling out with dry hair isn’t rocket science, especially when you’re on a displacement hull.

 

[chilly1]

I had vintage equivalents that did whatever I wanted them to(even floaters).

I can only imagine what the 2020 version is capable of. It always tripped me out how the same board could work on a knee high day up to I shouldn’t have paddled out high.

Aside from pitching beach break kegs, I can’t see where you wouldn’t have fun on a board like this if you think surfing like MP,etc looks cool. Once it gets big enough, the ability to sit farther out and get in earlier/“roll in” as Ando calls it is magic.

Single fin short boards in general are wicked good at riding tubes.

Great feedback and (been a while but) been there! Thanks!!

 

[Chocki]

Great feedback and (been a while but) been there! Thanks!!

Something to aspire to(big fan of twin fins as well)

 

[Lowqi2]

A twin would be t!ts

yeah, i agree, t!ts on twins are t!ts

 

[chilly1]

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Thanks! Hard to tell by photo but your dont look as pinched as mine. Mine has no dimensions either.

 

[chilly1]

everytime i was on a midlength i wanted to be on st shorter.

the stamps spegg seems cool. may have time make me a stubb vector type boar

Seems like you could go almost as short as you like and still have fun on one.

 

[Lowqi2]

As usual, Sam G thinks that the universe revolves around him. That everyone surfs like him and in the same waves as him. And that we all want the same from our surfing.

Been surfing for over 37+ years. shorter midlengths in the 6.6-6.8 range are great. esp for larger reefs or softer beachies when it's a little bigger and requires some paddling.

I tend to bring two boards with me. I get aggro on a shorter board for the first half of a session and switch over to a middy for the second half....helps with the paddling when my arms are spent.

 

[CutnSnip]

everytime i was on a midlength i wanted to be on st shorter.

the stamps spegg seems cool. may have time make me a stubb vector type boar

the spegg is super fun, dont have experience with other mids but this thing is a blast to surf.

 

[Woke AF]

I had vintage equivalents that did whatever I wanted them to(even floaters).

I can only imagine what the 2020 version is capable of. It always tripped me out how the same board could work on a knee high day up to I shouldn’t have paddled out high.

Aside from pitching beach break kegs, I can’t see where you wouldn’t have fun on a board like this if you think surfing like MP,etc looks cool. Once it gets big enough, the ability to sit farther out and get in earlier/“roll in” as Ando calls it is magic. Plus no one knows you’re cheating lol.

The Stab Caddy: Craig Ando's Red Apache Single Fin

Story by Derek Rielly

stabmag.com

Single fin short boards in general are wicked good at riding tubes.

You are just a poser.

I have that board at 6'7 and have had it for over a year
.

ps Parmy makes a great board btw

 

[Havoc]

You are just a poser.

I have that board at 6'7 and have had it for over a year
.

ps Parmy makes a great board btw

what parmy u got woke af du?

i went through midlength phase issue was more of trim n glide with wave no gas pedal. parmy stubb vector was opposite, big gas pedal and can surge like a short boar but on a big a$$ mid length. i want to try andreini next

 

[Havoc]

Been surfing for over 37+ years. shorter midlengths in the 6.6-6.8 range are great. esp for larger reefs or softer beachies when it's a little bigger and requires some paddling.

I tend to bring two boards with me. I get aggro on a shorter board for the first half of a session and switch over to a middy for the second half....helps with the paddling when my arms are spent.

i did the same. gravel short boar and then stubb vector. fun as fk

 

[Havoc]

Something to aspire to(big fan of twin fins as well)

meh i’d be on a more performance boar in those waves. rounded pin twin be fun there.

 

[Havoc]

I have a lot to say but I'm just not inclined to do so at the moment. For the time being I'll leave this here. Some of the things being called midlengths are laughable. This reminds of of when you could take a thruster, put a swalow tail on it and pimp it out as a "fish."

best part of the vid was sage erickson smiling at me. rest just looked like bad shortboarding except the hollow barrols. looks fun tho. seem to have a lot of glide

 

[Chocki]

did you mean: t!ts on twin?

OG MTF = one of the greatest boards ever made.

meh i’d be on a more performance boar in those waves. rounded pin twin be fun there.

I know my role/abilities lol.

 

[laidback]

http://instagr.am/p/CDnC9VqHURZ/

 

[Chocki]

You are just a poser.

I have that board at 6'7 and have had it for over a year
.

ps Parmy makes a great board btw

What’s your greatest surfing accomplishment(s)? I have a few I’m proud of. While I can’t claim to have paddled out every time, I paddled out while most did not and if they did they shouldn’t have.

I almost always got my waves at normally competitive spots. I didn’t care about quantity only quality. While I wasn’t the best surfer, I sat deep and usually got one of the waves of the day. Clean up sets were my friend.

Have you ever been out on a day so good it got a two page spread in Surfer? I don’t know exactly how big it was, just bigger than me. Last of the secret spots. Legit rock off to start. If you didn’t know where to paddle out you were not getting out even during a lull. Some non-locals somehow found it and I was in a good mood so I told them exactly what they needed to do. They didn’t paddle out.

I was in my Tom Curren “fish” phase so I was on a 5’10” Doc L. In addition to getting my share of bombs at a predominantly RH break (“nobody goes left”) I got a gnarly left that connected across the reef/through the sickest bowl section all the way to the buoy. A friend who went to Indo a lot said I was ripping. I don’t remember wiping out that day, I’m pretty sure if I did I’d remember it. I think the pros they were there to shoot were brothers.

Paddling in and getting out of the water was just as gnarly if not worse than the rock off. I always made sure my leash was off for both.

 

[JDJ]

I love mid lengths and logs, and pretty much all alternative craft. They’re incredibly fun and everyone should ride them.

That said, no one is “ripping” on a mid length.

 

[Woke AF]

what parmy u got woke af du?

i went through midlength phase issue was more of trim n glide with wave no gas pedal. parmy stubb vector was opposite, big gas pedal and can surge like a short boar but on a big a$$ mid length. i want to try andreini next

I have the V6 old school rails. I don't really think of it as a midlength. I told Dave I wanted a board that I could ride OBSF when my 7' Vaquero gets maxed out which is about hh w/ push. The parmy does much more than what I asked for. Can surf it as aggressive as I want, into turns, big drops, and on top to bottom waves. Depending on the swell and conditions I feel comfortable on it to around double overhead.

I have a couple Andrieni's. A Vaquero and Serena Pocket Rocket at 7'10. Both are solid boards. Can't go wrong getting a board from Marc. He is to good a shaper and cares what he makes you. The 7' Vaquero turns into a real bitch after 3 or 4 duckdives in a row. The 7'10 is far easier to duckdive.

 

[Woke AF]

What’s your greatest surfing accomplishment(s)? I have a few I’m proud of. While I can’t claim to have paddled out every time, I paddled out while most did not and if they did they shouldn’t have.

I almost always got my waves at normally competitive spots. I didn’t care about quantity only quality. While I wasn’t the best surfer, I sat deep and usually got one of the waves of the day. Clean up sets were my friend.

Have you ever been out on a day so good it got a two page spread in Surfer? I don’t know exactly how big it was, just bigger than me. Last of the secret spots. Legit rock off to start. If you didn’t know where to paddle out you were not getting out even during a lull. Some non-locals somehow found it and I was in a good mood so I told them exactly what they needed to do. They didn’t paddle out.

I was in my Tom Curren “fish” phase so I was on a 5’10” Doc L. In addition to getting my share of bombs at a predominantly RH break (“nobody goes left”) I got a gnarly left that connected across the reef/through the sickest bowl section all the way to the buoy. A friend who went to Indo a lot said I was ripping. I don’t remember wiping out that day, I’m pretty sure if I did I’d remember it. I think the pros they were there to shoot were brothers.

Paddling in and getting out of the water was just as gnarly if not worse than the rock off. I always made sure my leash was off for both.

I have never accomplished anything while surfing. And if I do I hope that will be the day I stop.