I had a 5'8" 11 or so years ago that I loved, rode it for over a year an a half as my primary board and stupidly sold it to fund a custom Rusty Barking Spider that ended up being a dud. I wondered if a replacement would bring back the stock, and after riding the replacement for the last three days, the bort keeps me smiling. It's a Future Flex, 5'9" x 19 3/8" x 2 3/8" 27.2L. I'm 6' and currently 167 lbs.
This one's rails feel more foiled than what I remember the original having. The first one was Future Flex as well, but made at Pure Glass in Costa Mesa. The new one was made in Oz., Mona Vale I think and is ridiculously light.
Not sure why these click with me so well. I had been alternating between my 5'9" CI NB2 and 5'11 Fever and the wide nose of the Germ was making me feel self-Hyptoconcious (I hated the 5'4 Hypto I had for a short while FWIW and I'm quick to judge people riding them), but I feel like I can get pretty much anywhere on the wave faster than I can on my other boards.
I got the best backside barrel of my life this morning on the Germ. The waves were only shoulder high+, but they were going square on a very defined sandbar with the majority spitting. A very good local surfer, Hudson Ritchie was screaming for me to go on the biggest wave I saw this morning and the thing just set up perfectly, let me get pretty deep with a pretty respectable spit on the exit.
This one's rails feel more foiled than what I remember the original having. The first one was Future Flex as well, but made at Pure Glass in Costa Mesa. The new one was made in Oz., Mona Vale I think and is ridiculously light.
Not sure why these click with me so well. I had been alternating between my 5'9" CI NB2 and 5'11 Fever and the wide nose of the Germ was making me feel self-Hyptoconcious (I hated the 5'4 Hypto I had for a short while FWIW and I'm quick to judge people riding them), but I feel like I can get pretty much anywhere on the wave faster than I can on my other boards.
I got the best backside barrel of my life this morning on the Germ. The waves were only shoulder high+, but they were going square on a very defined sandbar with the majority spitting. A very good local surfer, Hudson Ritchie was screaming for me to go on the biggest wave I saw this morning and the thing just set up perfectly, let me get pretty deep with a pretty respectable spit on the exit.