Album Surfboards

[ReForest]

I found out why the Twinsman needs a good wave! The board is so slow that's the only way it will work.

Still haven't clicked with it and I think its the bottom concave. It's a pretty basic bottom. Nothing really special about it and it doesn't really plane that well. For a twin fin I feel like it lacks glide. Maybe if it had a little more concave out the tail? Maybe its because its a 5'3? Idk.

I did like it better with the Album Fascination fins vs. the Album Twins but that's about it.

 

[oeste858]

Why didn’t they just paint the finished board for you at the factory?

Dunno. didn't sound like they do any over-the-glass color

 

[sdsrfr]

I found out why the Twinsman needs a good wave! The board is so slow that's the only way it will work.

Still haven't clicked with it and I think its the bottom concave. It's a pretty basic bottom. Nothing really special about it and it doesn't really plane that well. For a twin fin I feel like it lacks glide. Maybe if it had a little more concave out the tail? Maybe its because its a 5'3? Idk.

I did like it better with the Album Fascination fins vs. the Album Twins but that's about it.

Might be where your feet are. I never had issue throwing high lines, etc. riding it like a fish.

if you’re back-footed entirely I could see how this board doesn’t drive well.

 

[ReForest]

Might be where your feet are. I never had issue throwing high lines, etc. riding it like a fish.

if you’re back-footed entirely I could see how this board doesn’t drive well.

I dont know. I think I'm a front footed surfer?

 

[oeste858]

Might be where your feet are. I never had issue throwing high lines, etc. riding it like a fish.

if you’re back-footed entirely I could see how this board doesn’t drive well.

#metoo


(in honor of RowJimmy)

 

[oeste858]

I dont know. I think I'm a front footed surfer?

the anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise. LOL
I could see you needing to surf off back foot more for drive on those Tomos with the slot channel- kinda like the plasmic, but less extreme.
But TMST has some features not everyone is gonna click with it. Of course, it doesn't seem like you've been able to click with any of the non-tomos you've tried, as none have stayed in your quiver very long: a couple CIs, a Chemistry, a TP, a FlatEarth. Sometimes trying different designs reinforces or clarifies what feels good to you.
edit: ...and that's fine too. there's value in that

edit: you have so much video of you surfing, it should be easy to tell if you are actually "front footed"

 

[encladd]

I dont know. I think I'm a front footed surfer?

You're as back footed as it gets. You can thank skating.

 

[ChaseTMP]

I found out why the Twinsman needs a good wave! The board is so slow that's the only way it will work.

Still haven't clicked with it and I think its the bottom concave. It's a pretty basic bottom. Nothing really special about it and it doesn't really plane that well. For a twin fin I feel like it lacks glide. Maybe if it had a little more concave out the tail? Maybe its because its a 5'3? Idk.

I did like it better with the Album Fascination fins vs. the Album Twins but that's about it.

While I eventually moved on from my TMST (Varial), the only way I could get the thing to get anywhere when the waves were average or below was with huge fins. I was using FCS' Power Twins. I am a card carrying front-footed sarfer though.

 

[vanrysss]

Sunstone feels like a winner. Paddles into waves well and feels more maneuverable in the pocket than other TKFs I've had, probably due to the modern keel fins. Me like

 

[Maz]

I found out why the Twinsman needs a good wave! The board is so slow that's the only way it will work.

Still haven't clicked with it and I think its the bottom concave. It's a pretty basic bottom. Nothing really special about it and it doesn't really plane that well. For a twin fin I feel like it lacks glide. Maybe if it had a little more concave out the tail? Maybe its because its a 5'3? Idk.

I did like it better with the Album Fascination fins vs. the Album Twins but that's about it.

Maybe it's because it's got a fcukton of tail rocker?

 

[ReForest]

Maybe it's because it's got a fcukton of tail rocker?

Not really? I guess is depends on where you are measuring it? Maybe the last 6 inches has some flip out the tail. But overall "tail rocker", I wouldn't say it has a "fuckton". Maybe a fucking bit. But not a fucking ton.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

There’s no such thing as a front footed surfer - on short boards. We all surf off the back foot.

I say this as a front foot surfer.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Not really? I guess is depends on where you are measuring it? Maybe the last 6 inches has some flip out the tail. But overall "tail rocker", I wouldn't say it has a "fuckton". Maybe a fucking bit. But not a fucking ton.

 

[JDJ]

That is a healthy amount of tail rocker. But as a counterpoint, I’ve surfed twins that had way too little tail rocker and they tended to track and needed a very flat faced wave.

 

[Aruka]

Its a lot of tail rocker *for a twin* and it also has a wing and a lot of vee out the tail which all combined make the twinsman a board that does not grovel well or respond favorably to a very backfooted approach. At least in my experience.

Its okay reforest, I didnt click with my twinsman either.

 

[Maz]

@ReForest et al, just to be clear I've never even surfed a Twinsman, but I had a good fondle of one and what really stood out to my eye was the amount of rocker. I think I commented on it here.

That tail flip is really substantial, and would slow the board down, I'd guess - unless paired with a bowly wave or pumped in the right way.

 

[Sauce]

I don't get the super tail rockered boards unless you're in Hawaii or something. I had a custom lost rocket back when they were first coming out... I've never felt like more of a kook then trying to get that thing to work. Absolute dog of a board

 

[jkb]

I absolutely love a ton of tail flip.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

I absolutely love a ton of tail flip.

#metoo

 

[teeroi]

Don’t know a thing about Album boars. But if you relax the nose rocker to make a boar paddle and catch waves easier a good way to keep some curve on the bottom is to give it some tail flip. I also like some tail flip on my flatter nose rocker stubbys. Gets into waves easy but enough curve when you stand up to do turns.