Tomo MPH

[waxfoot]

I have nothing to add here right now, apart from ruining the fact that Oeste made the 5000th post in this thread, and I made it tick over to 5001.

Continue.

 

[sh3]

5002

 

[Havoc]

....You nailed it Havoc. I have ridden both Hydrofoils/MPH designs..
Here's my .02: The MPH / Hydrofoil designs are super fun for the average guy wanting to get from point A to point B really fast. It's advantage are many: easy to ride, fast off the gate, great wave catching ability for a smaller board, and small volume - allows you to throw it around a bit....great for lined up/walled up waves that allows you to beat sections without much pumping or effort. This appeals to many.
But i have surfed it in peaky, good, barrelling waves and it has a hard time staying in the barrell...i remember stalling, changing foot positioning, and dragging both arms in order to get a cover up , but its inherent speed made it hard. Also, i find that surfing in the pocket is definitely a bit of a challenge too. And, for me the pumping that is require in traditional hpsb quads/tri's allows me to get into the rhythm and feel out the energy of a wave, which is a good thing...not just blazing fast speed.
It definitely has its place in a quiver, and would definitely get another ...but there are many other fishy types shapes that does pretty much the same thing.

win win <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

here's the remnants of one of my posts from 10 years ago since i've been banned under so many handles now lol.

btw, i think deforest was just entering high school then...

5003

 

[Aruka]

does gmm2 grovel as well as something like the Manta?

the only footage I've seen is of guys riding it in fairly soft looking but fun sized surf.

 

[JDJ]

I think it depends on how it’s sized. A 5’6 by 19” GMM2 probably won’t grovel like a 5’6 by 21 3/4” Manta.

 

[MathDebater]

My GMM2 is oversized for me, I don’t remember the exact dims but it’s easily one of my biggest small wave boards. I believe it is something like 5’8” x 20” x 2 3/4” with full rails. It doesn’t grovel as well as my 5’6” manta but the gmm2 also can handle much steeper and somewhat Larger waves.

Maybe @MrSteve can remember the dims since I bought it from him

 

[MrSteve]

My GMM2 is oversized for me, I don’t remember the exact dims but it’s easily one of my biggest small wave boards. I believe it is something like 5’8” x 20” x 2 3/4” with full rails. It doesn’t grovel as well as my 5’6” manta but the gmm2 also can handle much steeper and somewhat Larger waves.

Maybe @MrSteve can remember the dims since I bought it from him

The last one I ordered was 5-6 x 19.75 x 2 9/16. I think there might have been a 5-8 somewhere, but I cant find the emal

 

[ReForest]

Yeah, I also did it to spite Deforest, as he keeps asking/talking about it for years now. I'm pretty sure I showed him! LOL.
I don't know how he can consider himself Tomo's #1 Fan without one of these gems in his all-Tomo quiver... Incomplete!

Oooo! Challenging my love for the brand are ya! @oeste858

This thread, RK flaunting his stuff, and now Oeste challenging my fandom has certainly tipped me over the edge. YOLO challenge accepted!

 

[ReForest]

I went with stringerless 8.0 glassing and dims are 5'1" x 18 1/8" x 2 1/4". Volume should be around 25L.

Thanks to @jkb for helping dial in the dims and everyone else for the peer pressure...

 

[MathDebater]

YES.

 

[tedshred5]

 

[JDJ]

I went with stringerless 8.0 glassing and dims are 5'1" x 18 1/8" x 2 1/4". Volume should be around 25L.

Thanks to @jkb for helping dial in the dims and everyone else for the peer pressure...

Nice!!!

 

[JDJ]

ReForeset definitely needed a GMM2. That was a good call. It's one of the classic Tomo shapes even if it's under RK's label.

 

[ReForest]

Its one of the few i've never ridden and seems to be a #1 pick for the erBB so what the heck...

YOLO

 

[JDJ]

Collective wisdom of the erBB is 100% right . . . at least 20% of the time.

 

[RattimusBeach]

Oooo! Challenging my love for the brand are ya! @oeste858

This thread, RK flaunting his stuff, and now Oeste challenging my fandom has certainly tipped me over the edge. YOLO challenge accepted!


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[jkb]

I went with stringerless 8.0 glassing and dims are 5'1" x 18 1/8" x 2 1/4". Volume should be around 25L.

Thanks to @jkb for helping dial in the dims and everyone else for the peer pressure...

Congrats!

Should have gone 5'0





.........and 8.C

 

[sh3]

I went with stringerless 8.0 glassing and dims are 5'1" x 18 1/8" x 2 1/4". Volume should be around 25L.

Thanks to @jkb for helping dial in the dims and everyone else for the peer pressure...

WELL DONE.

 

[RattimusBeach]

Congrats!

Should have gone 5'0





.........and 8.C

i foresee gmm2 version 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the horizon for reforest i call dibs on the rejects

 

[estreet]

Wouldn’t keel fins or quad work best on a Simmons-like GMM II?