Dark Arts JT Dad Bod

tedshred5

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felt one of these at a shop the other day, stock 5'7, and seemed like it'd be a fun HP groveler. anyone ridden one? might have to drop by DA for a demo
 

tedshred5

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I YOLO'd one. It's still sitting in the racks as I just keep grabbing other boards... You know what that means...
have you ridden it? what size did you get
I told myself I was gonna stop riding boars shorter than 5'8 but the stock 5'7 felt good under the arm to me
 
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I've got one (the board and physique thanks COVID) and have been riding it a bunch. Was told it was a custom build with rocker to be more like a CI Flyer. I like it a lot, very versatile and catches waves easy but still high enough performance that I don't feel limitations once up and riding. Been riding as tri with AM2s and definitely recommend, it's been one of those boards I grab when not sure of conditions. I'm a big fan of Justin's shapes, have a few of his custom one-offs and he's very underrated in my opinion. Really like his Vegan Fish as well.

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My Dad Bod & Vegan Fish are now owned by @Makoman - I’ve gotten ride reports from him confirming how much I liked them and how fun Justin’s shapes are. On this particular one I had Justin cut it with more rocker than stock. I compared it to a FW Dominator but with more high end capability. And like a CI Flyer with better low end capability. You can see in my DA quiver pic how it fit perfectly between good wave boards and dedicated small wave/grovel boardsA735C41C-F9C9-4564-8496-446C51D6AA22.jpeg5E95C2DC-A6CB-4097-B546-0F702CFFA16D.jpeg7FE06ED8-A927-4591-A9C8-EA0CD4527437.jpeg0224EBFC-EFE5-464E-A35F-AE642DB9E947.jpegA58A3456-EA3D-468B-B417-E4B2D9C6AD68.jpegD39DEC3F-2243-42BF-A285-35CFF7752581.jpegB020DF0E-B56A-43AB-AA74-D040B893A258.jpeg
 

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My Dad Bod & Vegan Fish are now owned by @Makoman - I’ve gotten ride reports from him confirming how much I liked them and how fun Justin’s shapes are. On this particular one I had Justin cut it with more rocker than stock. I compared it to a FW Dominator but with more high end capability. And like a CI Flyer with better low end capability. You can see in my DA quiver pic how it fit perfectly between good wave boards and dedicated small wave/grovel boardsView attachment 129061View attachment 129063View attachment 129064View attachment 129065View attachment 129066View attachment 129067View attachment 129068

what size is that green coffin? and when you get sick of it let me know so I can buy it
 

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I've got one (the board and physique thanks COVID) and have been riding it a bunch. Was told it was a custom build with rocker to be more like a CI Flyer. I like it a lot, very versatile and catches waves easy but still high enough performance that I don't feel limitations once up and riding. Been riding as tri with AM2s and definitely recommend, it's been one of those boards I grab when not sure of conditions. I'm a big fan of Justin's shapes, have a few of his custom one-offs and he's very underrated in my opinion. Really like his Vegan Fish as well.

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Damn you got carbon AO:love:
 
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dcurbelo

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Go for it. Mine is a bit narrower and is the board I want to ride the most. In fact, I'm gonna order another one from a file they worked out for STAB which is longer and narrower than stock dims. Enough to ride it two inches longer without hurting its inherent character. It's so spicy that I tend to take it more and more in head size waves and sometimes it feels too skatey. DA construction is very dent resistant but be aware of any sharp object slightly hitting it. It will pierced it in a breeze. AMs or Dane Reynolds works insane on it.
I´m 5'9" 155lbs
 

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I've got one (the board and physique thanks COVID) and have been riding it a bunch. Was told it was a custom build with rocker to be more like a CI Flyer. I like it a lot, very versatile and catches waves easy but still high enough performance that I don't feel limitations once up and riding. Been riding as tri with AM2s and definitely recommend, it's been one of those boards I grab when not sure of conditions. I'm a big fan of Justin's shapes, have a few of his custom one-offs and he's very underrated in my opinion. Really like his Vegan Fish as well.

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erase everything you frickin typed and just say "flexing!"