"Handmade 2" Tests Unconventional Hand-Shaped Surfboards in Perfect Indonesian Waves

[Chocki]

Just wait until they discover the 80’s!!!

Neon, webbed gloves, herpes and the Huntington Hop!!!

Boards from the 80s ruled. I scored a mint 80s Joe Bark thruster off of craigslist for nothing. Think Rusty 1984. Took a Japanese pull saw to it and made it a swallow tail. Shredded so hard at Zeros that as I was going up the stairs after my last wave some rando headed down to surf says to me “Hey man you were killing it. What board are you riding?”
I don’t think he got the answer he expected.
Personally I’d fucking love to see a bunch of today’s young free thinkers go on an 8Os thruster trip.

 

[waxfoot]

Couldn't watch it ... wanted top punch Knost through my laptop screen ... and it's too expensive to have fixed.

 

[Chocki]

Couldn't watch it ... wanted top punch Knost through my laptop screen ... and it's too expensive to have fixed.

Not a fan of his logging but I really dig his retro act. Could be the cheater 5s on a short board. I’m a sucker for cheater 5s on short boards. So fun. I like his aggression and speed.

Fully expected he would totally chafe me in general based on what little I’d seen of him previously.
I dig the cat. All the guys in the vid seem like they’d be a blast to surf with.

 

[waxfoot]

Not a fan of his logging but I really dig his retro act. Could be the cheater 5s on a short board. I’m a sucker for cheater 5s on short boards. So fun. I like his aggression and speed.

Fully expected he would totally chafe me in general based on what little I’d seen of him previously.
I dig the cat. All the guys in the vid seem like they’d be a blast to surf with.

Fair enough. The whole hipster thing just gives me the shits something fierce. I lived in London before the term hipster was a thing, and worked in an area where they were just fucking everywhere. They used to be called Shoreditch twats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreditch_Twat
Hated them then, hate them now ... and now they've invaded my holy place .. surfing.

I suppose I also partly blame people like him who legitimately rip, but inspires hordes of dickheads to come paddle out at my local protected points when the waves are firing, surfing their finless wooden boards and floral open shirts through a crowded lineup.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Boards from the 80s ruled. I scored a mint 80s Joe Bark thruster off of craigslist for nothing. Think Rusty 1984. Took a Japanese pull saw to it and made it a swallow tail. Shredded so hard at Zeros that as I was going up the stairs after my last wave some rando headed down to surf says to me “Hey man you were killing it. What board are you riding?”
I don’t think he got the answer he expected.
Personally I’d fucking love to see a bunch of today’s young free thinkers go on an 8Os thruster trip.

Non Concave bottoms with fins placed 1/4" further back ---

 

[Chocki]

Non Concave bottoms with fins placed 1/4" further back ---

I liked my vintage boards flat on the bottom, domed up top. Wide and thick. Rockerless slabs. Became very fond of the thumb tail.
Ordered a custom thruster from Rusty summer of ‘93. Told him, beak the nose.
What did else did the best 80s thrusters utilize for design char?
Rusty’s 1984 = “Occy's board from his bust-out year. The Raging Bull was unstoppable on it. The '84 is also considered a very user-friendly, versatile design. Flat bottom under the front foot with a shallow vee and scooped panels through the fins and lifting off the corners of the tail. Relaxed rocker, flat deck, beak nose, and boxy rails.”

 

[MathDebater]

I got an old Rusty thruster that matches that description from a friend, it was just sitting in the closet when he moved into a new apartment. I was so stocked on it, it felt really fun. Till I surfed it. Had a few moments but never connected, the fins were tiny and I suspect part of my problem.

 

[VonMeister]

What is the throwing both hands over your head during cut back maneuver called?

 

[rowjimmytour]

What is the throwing both hands over your head during cut back maneuver called?

sh!t. .I forgot to grab rail during my cb...

 

[000]

hey griffin, u think these fins are too far forward?, this is from the 80s
ps this question is not a joke

 

[npsp]

What is the throwing both hands over your head during cut back maneuver called?

Tossing pizzas.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

hey griffin, u think these fins are too far forward?, this is from the 80s
ps this question is not a joke

12 and 6 was what futures told shapers when they released their first 4 fin set based on a shaper of the year

It took a few years for many to recover from that ;-)

11 and 5 is the new now now for many

 

[Chocki]

hey griffin, u think these fins are too far forward?, this is from the 80s
ps this question is not a joke

That’s a rad looking board. Such a clean outline. I bet it’s super fun to surf.
I could never figure out why the reissues from that era like the 1984 and Black Beauty aren’t more popular.

You thinking about having one made?
I’d be pretty stoked on having a Rabbit model.

Snowboarding just went 80s Retro

1985



2021

 

[Chocki]

Front fins

12 and 6 was what futures told shapers when they released their first 4 fin set based on a shaper of the year

It took a few years for many to recover from that ;-)

11 and 5 is the new now now for many

What are the pros and cons of the beak?
I asked Rusty for one on my custom way back when b/c
Occy
It looked cool imo
I figured why wouldn’t you (planing)

 

[griffinsurfboard]

1983 Local Motion on the left was my board made for summer North Shore swells with its 18” wide tail




Fins were at 10 3/4” and 5” - Rears routed in for clean no fillet install , sanders happy too !

 

[000]

this guys at infinity pulled the wings even further back

 

[Chocki]

1983 Local Motion on the left was my board made for summer North Shore swells with its 18” wide tail




Fins were at 10 3/4” and 5” - Rears routed in for clean no fillet install , sanders happy too !

Glassed on fins FTW.