are pizza stains the core version of a butterfly tail patch or is the latter that much more expensive to do?
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matt just hates butterflies due to a childhood trauma
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YOLO showed up today. Custom PU Lightbender with the wing 5'4 x 19.75 x 2.32 right around 29L. Ordered on Dec. 6 directly through Album and showed up on my doorstep today. Big shout out to Matt for answering all my questions and being super helpful in the whole process!
Initial thoughts vs. my other Albums (pics below). This is the first time I've actually seen/held a Lightbender. Matt suggested this board based on the typical FL surf I ride and what I was looking to get out of it. To me, the LB is Plasmic in the front and Twinsman in the back. It's got a nice, beaked full nose with a good amount of volume and tapers nicely into a fairly narrow swallow tail (about the same width as my 5'5 TM, but a deeper swallow). The rails are an in-between of the Plasmic and TM...full, but not as tapered as the TM.
All in all, I'm stocked and can't wait to ride it! Unfortunately I'm dealing with an MCL sprain at the moment so it will probably be a couple more weeks until that happens. Until then I need to find a good set of fins, some traction and a high-end leash string for her
Pics from L to R:
Stoke 5'0 Plasmic
Custom 5'4 Lightbender
Stoke 5'5 Twinsman
Initial thoughts vs. my other Albums (pics below). This is the first time I've actually seen/held a Lightbender. Matt suggested this board based on the typical FL surf I ride and what I was looking to get out of it. To me, the LB is Plasmic in the front and Twinsman in the back. It's got a nice, beaked full nose with a good amount of volume and tapers nicely into a fairly narrow swallow tail (about the same width as my 5'5 TM, but a deeper swallow). The rails are an in-between of the Plasmic and TM...full, but not as tapered as the TM.
All in all, I'm stocked and can't wait to ride it! Unfortunately I'm dealing with an MCL sprain at the moment so it will probably be a couple more weeks until that happens. Until then I need to find a good set of fins, some traction and a high-end leash string for her
Pics from L to R:
Stoke 5'0 Plasmic
Custom 5'4 Lightbender
Stoke 5'5 Twinsman
So is the winged LB called a twinbender or is that different? I don’t remember my standard LB having as much of a beak nose as you describe and rails not thick.YOLO showed up today. Custom PU Lightbender with the wing 5'4 x 19.75 x 2.32 right around 29L. Ordered on Dec. 6 directly through Album and showed up on my doorstep today. Big shout out to Matt for answering all my questions and being super helpful in the whole process!
Initial thoughts vs. my other Albums (pics below). This is the first time I've actually seen/held a Lightbender. Matt suggested this board based on the typical FL surf I ride and what I was looking to get out of it. To me, the LB is Plasmic in the front and Twinsman in the back. It's got a nice, beaked full nose with a good amount of volume and tapers nicely into a fairly narrow swallow tail (about the same width as my 5'5 TM, but a deeper swallow). The rails are an in-between of the Plasmic and TM...full, but not as tapered as the TM.
All in all, I'm stocked and can't wait to ride it! Unfortunately I'm dealing with an MCL sprain at the moment so it will probably be a couple more weeks until that happens. Until then I need to find a good set of fins, some traction and a high-end leash string for her
Pics from L to R:
Stoke 5'0 Plasmic
Custom 5'4 Lightbender
Stoke 5'5 Twinsman
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Had the 6’7 stretched Twinsman out in HH+ walls today. Perfect for this winter reef. I think I like this more than Townsend as alt hipster stap twin. More familiar to what I usually ride
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I’ve heard it called that but not sure if that’s what I got. I originally inquired about getting a Plasmic EAST, but after chatting more with Matt about the waves I typically surf and what I wanted out of the boar, we settled on the winged bender.
Heres a pic of the “beak” on my bender and plamsy. Keep in mind my plamsy is a 5’0 so maybe smaller boars have less beak? Stoke 5’0 plams has same listed rail thickness as my bender at 2.32
Check the back foot placement here….
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FxdCheck the back toe placement here….
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I think your plasmic in the front/twinsman in the back assessment is fair.
the foil on my OG py lightbender looked just like yours. my varial plasmic’s beak is less defined and more blended, however.
marketing, sand thrus, and backyard glassing through a sick one:
I used the NVS Nautilus set when I had mine. Using the same in my squished down twinsman. I like them but haven’t tried others so don’t know if they’re optimal.
they all kind of work. i like a diff set every few sessions and rarely regret one
who is this old guard u speak of? most of the old guard guys are just adult learner kooks who started surfing 2-3 yrs ago but try to hassle u for every wave. they usually bring an entourage of blow ins too. rinse repeat every 2-3 yrs.
