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Varial foam Article/Ride Reports?
- Thread starter alaskasurfer
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That glassing is still lighter than PU. Feels really good IMO. Any future varials, I’ll order that.
Do the two horizontal lines on the deck and the one on the bottom look like they were rips in the cloth or scratches in the foam post shape? Board still looks sick...
it's meant to replace the Varial PJHP that came an inch wider than I ordered. compared to the PJ Slim and PJ HP this has a bit narrower tail so I doubt it will have quite the low end but it looks like something that can actually be surfed fairly "normally". It reminds me a little bit of the Hayden Loot tbh...
I ordered lavender color and got purple drank. I don't really care, as long as the dims are correct this time. It feels right under arm but I haven't measured yet.
Weight feels good. I dunno if it's lighter than a standard PU. Feels similar to a 444. Maybe slightly heavier due to the tint? Despite the 646 Varial PJHP being too wide I surfed it enough to get a feel for the foam and the weight and it felt like a nice balance. Still dents like crazy though.
they don't look like rips or scratches. hard to describe, maybe just areas where the tint was thicker? something to do with the vac bagging process, I think.
https://www.varialsurf.com/blogs/news/custom-tint-color-disclaimer
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Aha! Looks like they call it color marbling which looks just like yours. I did an opaque tint on mine, so that's probably why I didn't get those.
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I have two varial boards in the exact same color. Definitely would not call it lavender but I do really like it. The color is definitely not perfectly solid like you'd expect from a normally wet lapped board. Doesn't bother me personally but I can see how someone might be meh on it.
these are regular varial layups or infused glass- but not carbon fiber builds, right?
My next varial would probably be to try a CF build. I'm thinking a light blue or minty green. I know MrSteve/Yuri had a grey one. Anyone get full color (over the black) and have any suggestions for lighter colors that turned out well? Pics?
I want another Vanerial Cabron and this time with a light color tint but on the bottom instead of the deck side. The color on the deck side doesn't make sense to me because if I lay the board down it's going bottoms up so the black side is facing the sun and the board cooks but if I go white or another light color on the bottom of the board then I can leave it in the sun for a moment without it getting super hot. Plus I still get to enjoy looking at the sexy carbon on the deck side while I'm paddling around the lineup instead of the blotchy, bleached denim looking tint that the carbon builds always have.
don't try to tell us that bleached denim isn't popular in the PNW
you don't even know. my son was wearing a pair of bleached jorts yesterday that were 4 sizes too big for him. The style right now 
maybe in seattle. here it's camo or gtfo.
it's the early 90's again. Arguably the worst period for style in my lifetime... especially for the girls.you don't even know. my son was wearing a pair of bleached jorts yesterday that were 4 sizes too big for him. The style right now
Do your kids even sarf? Are the styles still coming from skate / streetwear?
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Purely skate
my boy don’t surf but his chick wants to so there’s hope this summer
my boy don’t surf but his chick wants to so there’s hope this summer
I drop my 15 year year old daughter off at Redondo High most mornings and it's pretty funny how cyclical styles are. The majority of the kids look like they dressed to take the dog out for a quick leak, but somehow the sloppy hoodie and pajama pants look is cool. The few punk kids dress almost identical to how I dressed in 1983. I agree with @oeste858 that baggy skate look of the 90's being one of the worst styles and I'm seeing a resurgence of that as well.
I remember getting the sickest pair bleach washed shin length jorts and rocking them ever so hard on the first day of school.
nothing in my wardrobe since has given me a similar rush of confidence. lol.
nothing in my wardrobe since has given me a similar rush of confidence. lol.
i grew up in the 90's. i was obsessed with skateboarding. i'm very thankful that it was pre smartphone so there is very little photographic evidence of my #blunderyears.
Same as all of the above. I see these kids and just want to shake them and tell them you can get comfortable clothes that fit! I still wear jeans and shitty band shirts but why are we going back to terrible fitting cuts??