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GDaddy

GDaddy

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1969 called and said it's still okay to surf like Wayne Lynch, if that's what you like.

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rgruber

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Torren Martyn > Devon Howard > Beu Young

The chunkiness of that board looks like it's ruining his flow.
 
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freeride76

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Dec 31, 2009
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Surfs nothing like Wayne Lynch.

Beau has been given hundreds if not thousands of hand crafted boards from the best shapers in the world.

Can't help feeling queasy seeing him spruik cheap Chinese pop-outs.

I know a man has to make a living but really?

the whole country soul angle now looks like a particularly bad parody.
 
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Maz

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May 18, 2004
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freeride76 said:
Surfs nothing like Wayne Lynch.

Beau has been given hundreds if not thousands of hand crafted boards from the best shapers in the world.

Can't help feeling queasy seeing him spruik cheap Chinese pop-outs.

I know a man has to make a living but really?

the whole country soul angle now looks like a particularly bad parody.
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I agree, FR, but that was not my can of worms to open. Man can surf, though.

Btw, does anybody surf like Wayne Lynch? He was/is so easy to recognise.
 
oeste858

oeste858

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He is a great surfer, obviously. But I have the same reaction as when I see a clip of "performance longboarding"- why? There's so many other designs I'd rather see him surf. IMHO
 
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rgruber

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Devon Howard on Instagram: "This was captured early last summer during two consecutive days of riding the No. 5 prototype we had shaped along the way to making what is now called the CI Mid. Shaped by @mike_andrews3 , I really liked how zippy and squirty this one was, but you can see little subtle moments in the softer stuff where the tail rocker felt a hair too low during cutbacks. This is nerd level stuff, I’m guessing most people wouldn’t notice what I was feeling, but still, we were trying to make something as good as possible so I brought it back to the bay, we measured all aspects of it and decided to add a hair more tail rocker as well as tweak on the concave and vee just a tiny bit. It’s crazy what the slightest of adjustments can do, and the final result as you’ve heard me carry on about is pretty damn amazing. This particular board ended up under the feet of @cliffkapono, Blake Howard at CI and then @sageerickson, and thanks to its sturdy glass job is still being enjoyed by friends that pass through town. This one is 6’10” x 20 7/8” x 2 5/8”. Two plus one. 6.5” center with 4” sides. I’m almost 6’1 - 185-190 lbs. Video by @visions_by_slim_jim @seanlesh @g___r___a___n___t @cisurfboards #ciSurfboards #ciMid #ciFishBeard"

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Senor Sopa

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I liked the video, but also thought the turns were somewhat forced. The board just not really wanting to come around.
After watching the Evolution shots, I think those old guys surfed better with more flow.
If the modern guys can't outsurf dudes from 50 years ago, is this the death knell for the mid-length?

My take, "Surfs like a longboard, paddles like a shortboard".
 
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Maz

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Senor Sopa said:
I liked the video, but also thought the turns were somewhat forced. The board just not really wanting to come around.
After watching the Evolution shots, I think those old guys surfed better with more flow.
If the modern guys can't outsurf dudes from 50 years ago, is this the death knell for the mid-length?

My take, "Surfs like a longboard, paddles like a shortboard".
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Don't forget that it's a fat beachbreak, with a near impossible link-up with the inside. I have a hard time thinking of a type of board better suited to those conditions.

And just to make it clear, the reason for the post was not to sing the praises of Beau Young or mid lengths, but to highlight that boards sometimes surprise us. Great looking boards turn out to be dogs, while strange looking ones shine.
 
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rgruber

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In my mind, that video makes the opposite point. A wonky looking board appears to be impeding a good surfer.

Maz said:
And just to make it clear, the reason for the post was not to sing the praises of Beau Young or mid lengths, but to highlight that boards sometimes surprise us. Great looking boards turn out to be dogs, while strange looking ones shine.
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freeride76

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I agree with Maz though, those fat outside bank beach breaks with a hard connection to an inside shore break are fucking hard to surf unless on a mid-length or something with a helluva lot of carry through.
 
SurfMission

SurfMission

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rgruber said:
Torren Martyn > Devon Howard > Beu Young

The chunkiness of that board looks like it's ruining his flow.
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It's kinda a pet peave when people group Torren Martyn with these other guys. He's a world class ripper that charges hard in man sized surf, not head high point break. He's just a great surfer that found a niche with the twin fins.
 
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rgruber

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I think though the point was someone who surfs well on something other than your typical shortboard that might look a little odd but work well. Torren Martyn certainly fits that bill maybe even more so. I don't think I'd ride a big board with a ton of surface area and twin fins on the waves he does.
 
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