There might be some footage of that coming out soon. Heard it through the grapevine. lol. I think it might be a Pang asym though.
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Album Surfboards
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save it for the Pang asym thread, bro!
I'm pretty close to yolo'ing a townsend...
How did you choose 6'7 length?
Im guessing because seven ate nine.
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Twinsman 5'6"
The Swiss army knife of performance twin fin fish, the Album Twinsman! Out of all the boards in Asher Pacey's Album quiver, this was his trusted performer in most if not all conditions. A subtle concave deck, evenly distributed foam, and polished rocker + bottom contours offers drive...
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Pretty much the same as what I'm waiting on from them (but color tint and white plugs). I was told today mine should be done late next week. I would have grabbed this in a sec if I didn't have one on order. I don't love the shape info lam between the fins, kinda screams overseas pop-out IMHO.hello
Twinsman 5'6"
The Swiss army knife of performance twin fin fish, the Album Twinsman! Out of all the boards in Asher Pacey's Album quiver, this was his trusted performer in most if not all conditions. A subtle concave deck, evenly distributed foam, and polished rocker + bottom contours offers drive...
Here's the exchange:
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Me:
First, congratulations on the EAST win! They were SHREDDING on the plasmics.
My buddy won't shut up about how much he loves his Townsend (and his plasmic, but I digress). I'd really like to try one as well.
He's almost 200lbs at 6', and rides a 6'10 asym with a little bump. What would be some dims that yield the same performance for 5'8" 165lb me?
I'm probably going to order through Varial if that affects dims or glassing schedule you'd recommend.
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His reply:
thx [sixty]!
Ya the Townsend is as fun as it gets
They go better with some length so I wouldn't go too small so probably something like:
6'6"-6'7" x 19.75" x 2.5"
I’ve seen him on asyms 10 or so years ago.Would anyone be interested in seeing Kelly ride an Asym?
So about 10" taller than your height.
I was thinking of doing 6'9" x 19.69" x 2.69"
lol
or just a stock 6'10 or even 7'0 since I have a 6'6 f-rocket that I like in small to well overhead waves.
I know I've posted about the Townsend before but it's a long thread at this point.
My first Townsend was the asym in PU. 6'8 x 19.5 x 2.6
Rode it a lot in the points down south the past two winters. I'm 6'3" x 180. I let my buddy borrow it for a month because I was coming home and he loved the thing and was bumming on the rest of his quiver. He's more like 5'10 165-170 and it worked well for him.
I went shorter on the round tail XTR one I ordered next. 6'6" x 19.75 x 2.6
I do think the slightly wider, shorter and lighter one is more fun in small surf and I like the round tail better backside. It probably gives up a little at the top end compared to the narrower, longer and heavier asym which has functioned well for me as a Baja step up.
I could see a bigger one being a lot of fun and I might have to try one at some point.
My first Townsend was the asym in PU. 6'8 x 19.5 x 2.6
Rode it a lot in the points down south the past two winters. I'm 6'3" x 180. I let my buddy borrow it for a month because I was coming home and he loved the thing and was bumming on the rest of his quiver. He's more like 5'10 165-170 and it worked well for him.
I went shorter on the round tail XTR one I ordered next. 6'6" x 19.75 x 2.6
I do think the slightly wider, shorter and lighter one is more fun in small surf and I like the round tail better backside. It probably gives up a little at the top end compared to the narrower, longer and heavier asym which has functioned well for me as a Baja step up.
I could see a bigger one being a lot of fun and I might have to try one at some point.
I’m the buddy he’s referring to. Mine is a stock 6’10. Love it. Thing feels like I’m snowboarding on the big open faced reefs. But where I was most surprised is how well it went in good waves/barrels. I use it as a proper step up now.
my plasmic is 5’5x20.5x2.5
my plasmic is 5’5x20.5x2.5
I'm about your size, Duffy. 6'3, 195lbs. Mine is 5'7, 21, 2.65. Perfect amount of float for me. Could have gone a little longer and narrower but it's fine.
I'm getting this board dialed in. Definitely wants to be surfed hard off the back foot. All those little area reductions in the tail and that channel make it prone to slashing and pivoty turns rather than long rail carves. It's a good twin for tight pockets and fast transitions. Very unlike a keel fin swallow tail.
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Totally agree. while you can high line to your heart’s content, it really wants a steeper face for quick hits and slashes over a drawn out cutback out on the shoulder back into the pocket.
Cool. Mine is 5’6 x 20.5 x 2.5.
Floats good for me (I somehow hit 205 lbs without increasing my waist size).
I asked because I was just interested in what other real men are riding.
I'm 6' x 165 and I have a 7'0" PU/PE Townsend that used to be Michael Townsend's. I freaking love it in big wintertime reefbreaks but also really enjoy it on smaller bowly waves as well. I kinda want a 6'7" for this winter but my 5'8" Twinsman through Varial still isnt done and I ordered it in February...
Hit ‘em up. I ordered mine through Varial in March or April and already received and surfrd the snot out of it. Maybe you got some hipster swirls putting you in a longer line.