mine is boggy but its increased floatation helps me accomodate
a thick wetsuit which - unfortunately - i seem to need 6mo/yr.
tinkerer note: "speed" fins seem (to me) to de-bog it to a degree.
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New JOB Pro Model
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a thick wetsuit which - unfortunately - i seem to need 6mo/yr.
tinkerer note: "speed" fins seem (to me) to de-bog it to a degree.
I’m not sure what he was doing but he did try to become a Hollywood actor for over 10 years.
that was cool thanks for posting. That shape looks fun.
I’d love to see JOB do a few spins in the barrel at backdoor.
I'd like to try the 5'8 Wish it was more like 6'2-6'4 though so this tall old man would have an easier time getting the legs under him.
I gave my daughter's 5'5" x 20 x 2.5 (42L) Catch Surf/Odysea RNF a go yesterday for the first time. I surfed for almost four hours earlier in the morning on my 5'8 CI NB2 (Varial) and had some some decent waves, so I didn't feel obliged to bring a good board down for a family beach day to cook in a bag.
I was pretty shocked how terrible the thing rode. I wasn't expecting to do blow tails or reverses, but thought I could thread the crowd and have fun in the waist-to-chest high increasingly onshore slop. The 50/50 foil on the twin fins really add to poop riding magic. Everything you don't want in a board is there: slow (check), boggy (check), heavy (check), tracky (check).
My only other experience with a shorter softboard (we have an obligatory Wavestorm) is a 4'11 INT Blackball-Beater that I won about six years ago. That board has a hard bottom and Futures boxes. I put some Pro Teck fins in to minimize the chance of injury when my daughter would use it. While the INT is no performance machine, I could still look like I could surf, but obviously handicapped by the craft. The RNF had me seriously flailing in comparison. The high point out of about eight waves was a low speed bank of the whitewater which was a struggle in itself.
I came in and was promptly mocked by my 13 year old, doing various impressions of rolling up the windows and general kookery, which my wife and friends took great delight in, fueled by their White Claw and/or IPA intake.
The softboard boom is pretty crazy, with the vast majority of people out on these type of boards after 10:00 am at my local beach in Redondo. On one hand, I'm all for it since it takes the danger factor down a few notches, but it also makes me wonder what percentage of the kids (relative to my almost 49 years) on these things know how much they're limiting themselves performance-wise.
I have newfound appreciation for some of the surfing I've seen on video on these type of boards. For me, it was struggle-bus time.
I was pretty shocked how terrible the thing rode. I wasn't expecting to do blow tails or reverses, but thought I could thread the crowd and have fun in the waist-to-chest high increasingly onshore slop. The 50/50 foil on the twin fins really add to poop riding magic. Everything you don't want in a board is there: slow (check), boggy (check), heavy (check), tracky (check).
My only other experience with a shorter softboard (we have an obligatory Wavestorm) is a 4'11 INT Blackball-Beater that I won about six years ago. That board has a hard bottom and Futures boxes. I put some Pro Teck fins in to minimize the chance of injury when my daughter would use it. While the INT is no performance machine, I could still look like I could surf, but obviously handicapped by the craft. The RNF had me seriously flailing in comparison. The high point out of about eight waves was a low speed bank of the whitewater which was a struggle in itself.
I came in and was promptly mocked by my 13 year old, doing various impressions of rolling up the windows and general kookery, which my wife and friends took great delight in, fueled by their White Claw and/or IPA intake.
The softboard boom is pretty crazy, with the vast majority of people out on these type of boards after 10:00 am at my local beach in Redondo. On one hand, I'm all for it since it takes the danger factor down a few notches, but it also makes me wonder what percentage of the kids (relative to my almost 49 years) on these things know how much they're limiting themselves performance-wise.
I have newfound appreciation for some of the surfing I've seen on video on these type of boards. For me, it was struggle-bus time.
That’s why I never understood wavestorms in good waves. They ride absolutely terrible.
My guess is the people on them are too scared to move up and try
My guess is the people on them are too scared to move up and try
I bought the JOB quad in 5'6" first session on was terrible, sort of started to get the hang of it 2nd session. Unfortunately I think I went too short , paddled fine, caught waves fine, rode like crap, gonna give another couple of tries if does not click, trade in or craigslist it will go.
I have the modom one (5'5"). I think it's called the deadly mondo. As far as I know, it's a normal shaped eps board with a soft covering - even has concaves. Whatever they use for the top deck is grippy and feels great. Bottom is the normal bodyboard kind of bottom. The deck dents like a normal board. If you hit it with your hand, it sounds somewhat like a board instead of just a dead thud. It's a bit heavier, obviously, but rides pretty well. It doesn't excel at carving/wrap turns - but that's also probably the shape. It is fast down the line, and a good amount of pop when you hit a lip or closeout. Its not as high performance as my fling but it has more glide and a really fun feel. It's also great for hanging at the beach, which I find myself doing more of lately.
Just a side note, I'm on the east coast. We get a lot of small windswell that is really fun on a board like this. I think they have less utility on the west coast.
Just a side note, I'm on the east coast. We get a lot of small windswell that is really fun on a board like this. I think they have less utility on the west coast.
JOB and Kalani Robb are just about the only people making money from surfing (exept for the top 5 on the CT).
Surfers are so incredibly stupid, words are lacking.
-Look at me splashing about in the ocean, now give me money!!! How the hell is that even gonna work?!!?
There should be way more Catch Surf and less Billabroke, Skidsilver and Turd Curl in surfing.
Surfers are so incredibly stupid, words are lacking.
-Look at me splashing about in the ocean, now give me money!!! How the hell is that even gonna work?!!?
There should be way more Catch Surf and less Billabroke, Skidsilver and Turd Curl in surfing.
I've heard what Kalani makes from Catch. It's nice and I'd wear pink wetsuits and do 360's for it, but most of the CT makes more. Top 10 on CT make exponentially more. Maybe top 10-20 on the QS and maybe 20-30 free surfers make more as well. I don't know how any of it sense from a ROI perspective.
I think I could get barreled at what looks like Gums on a softie, (Gab's video above). I just can't surf the thing anywhere close to my ability when I'm trying to generate speed and do some decent looking turns in marginal Southern California beachbreak.
His wallet should expand once Palm Springs Surf Club opens. Anyone getting paid to surf right now, especially a 43 year old who was out of the surf industry limelight for a long time should be extremely grateful that brands like Catch Surf and energy drink brands like Rocktar, Monster and Red Bull ("it's not poison, it's got juice in it" -Anson Wheeler, Role Models) are supporting them. Clay Marzo's (and Zeke's to a lesser extent) IG is pretty sad with him having to fulfill his contract promoting that swill almost every post.
