Laying rail

[Maz]

Nothing like burying the rail on a bigger board. To scratch that itch, got to @pulsesurf on Insta - truckloads of classic Aussie powersurfing.


Margo on an 8'2. The undisputed King of the Planted Back Foot:

http://instagr.am/p/CE2Y5trniOA/

Kiwi cameo from the wonderful Maz Quinn:

http://instagr.am/p/CEsFj31n529/

 

[sdsurfrat]

Nice one!

thought this post was gonna be about Matt Hoy, Knox, or Archie.

 

[Havoc]

ripping!

 

[Clayster]

That's a gun in big surf. The average surfer on a typical 8'2" in average surf would bury no such rail.

 

[Maz]

That's a gun in big surf. The average surfer on a typical 8'2" in average surf would bury no such rail.

How often do you see anybody - pro or not - surf an 8'2 like that?

It's like a forgotten aspect of surfing. Paddle-in performances in huge surf have gone nuts, but it's all about getting barrelled or surviving the wave, not cranking a turn like Margo.

Would love to see him and JJF on bigger boards at 8-10ft Rockpiles.

 

[ciscojaws]

Whoops! Thought this was about laying pipe!

 

[GWS_2]

I blame this partially on the demotion of Sunset Beach. Big boards pushed through big turns in big waves...

 

[griffinsurfboard]

I blame this on those modern forward fin placements to free up those in vouge concave bottoms -

 

[opunake]

Sunset should be an WSL event for sure, but I guess you can't have it as a triple crown event as well. Sunset, for me at least, is the essence of Hawaiian power surfing, and it would be great to see some Kong, Tom Carroll, Pancho, Sunny style power hacks on bigger boards in maxing Sunset. Love how the Ho family bust out the bigger boards as well - style and power for miles!

 

[Aruka]

I blame this on those modern forward fin placements to free up those in vouge concave bottoms -

such a shame everyone fell for the concave bottom scam.

 

[JDJ]

Agreed. Sunset is the best venue for a CT event. It’s just looks so gnarly and challenging.

 

[waxfoot]

Is that you @Maz ?

 

[Maz]

Is that you @Maz ?

Haha, no. Same same, but different.

 

[rowjimmytour]

Problem is now if they held a event at Sunset they would ask for jetski assist to get back into the lineup....

 

[Chocki]

Backside bottom turns and frontside cutbacks = grab

Agreed. Sunset is the best venue for a CT event. It’s just looks so gnarly and challenging.

 

[griffinsurfboard]

Aruka

I didn't see any hard bottom turns = getting on rail , lots of quick turns

Getting on rail requires some resistance to push that hard

 

[johnson7]

Margo and Luke Egan were always two of my favorite guys to watch, I have all those old Billabong challenge videos, still my favs. I always wanted to try one of DHD's "Margo Nugget" models, is that still available for custom order?

 

[Maz]

Margo and Luke Egan were always two of my favorite guys to watch, I have all those old Billabong challenge videos, still my favs. I always wanted to try one of DHD's "Margo Nugget" models, is that still available for custom order?

I'm sure DH would have the file and could knock one out for you.

Another idea would be to get in touch with Matt Hurworth, who shapes for him now.

 

[rowjimmytour]

Backside bottom turns and frontside cutbacks = grab

And grab=chicken legs and time to do squats

 

[Chocki]

And grab=chicken legs and time to do squats

Where I got the idea. Shrug.


But it was also to totally make up for chicken legs lol. Tension + Compression. I liked trying to set in on rail and let it do it’s own thing. The fact that I snowboarded?
I discovered the utility of backside grab rail bottom turns messing around with an ancient Nectar twin fin in OH. I was making the vertical drops but then just getting destroyed. Until I started grabbing rail. Then I at least made some. I’ll never forget the one where it was such a gnarly bottom turn that it jacked my neck up for a second. Full on whiplash change of direction. I think a fell immediately afterwards lol.