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Tim Stamps - Shaper of the Year
- Thread starter griffinsurfboard
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I like them both. The originals are little more nimble and lean towards them in hollower stuff
The fins you'll like best are the one's where you put your back foot all the way back on the tail
Stamps Gigglebox surfboard 5’11” - sporting goods - by owner - sale - craigslist
For sure getting a 6’1 HPSB and a 6’0 daily driver to complement the 5’10 Flare.
Question is whether a Banjo Fish or FX should fill the grovelor role. I am a backfooted thruster guy that wants to do turns even when groveling. Have had a number of boards similar to the FX (puddle jumper, bottom feeder). Never had a proper fish. This board would be for 1-3 ft full groveling at beach break. My inclination is for the FX but feel I’m missing out not going for one of his most popular shapes. Any thoughts?
Never had a fx.
flare 5’9x20x2.32 @ 29.5L
banjo 5’6x20.5x2.32 @ 30.5L
im 6’1 @165
If you’ve never had a fish before and want the twin keel goodness, I would go Banjo. If you want an Uber grovellor, I would go WTF or maybe see what Tim recommends.
I want a stamps longer fish at some point. Before it got big, I had been exclusively surfing my Banana Fish. Highly recommend that board as an HP fish. Works really well in most conditions we get around here.
SBD: I have one. Mine is sort of a tweaner size. It’s 6’1, 19 3/4, 2 9/16 with a squash tail. I don’t ride it a ton becuause it needs a decent wave to shine but it’s a bit too short to surf around here when there are waves. I like the board a lot. But I should have ordered it at 6’4 or 6’5 with a round tail and kept the other dims the same.
It’s a good board to transition from a Flare or Gx. I also really like Tim’s rerun step up. Sublime has one, and I rode it yesterday at terrible mar. It’s a bit more full in the nose than the BS.
You’re welcome to ride mine anytime. I can drive south for a surf.
WTF is the uber groveler. Ive had 2. Super fun but i outgrew them.
My banjo was eps and I thought it groveled pretty well for a fish but yeah not a full on grovel board like a puddle jumper or whatever
FX seems like the closest thing to the PJ type board for a thruster guy who wants to rip.
I think im gonna do stamps varial order some time this coming year. I want a banana fish and a long non-step-up thruster like 6-8 to 7-0 and then maybe something else.
I liked my GX and GX round tail more.
I had a 6’1 blindspot and a 6’3 stap of it. The staap was better than the 6’1 but the GX had more range for the slow fast reef growers.