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That's really a good looking sled, any pics of the bottom/concaves ?Combined a few templates that were laying around...I'll go see how it works now.
I'll post some when I get the chance.That's really a good looking sled, any pics of the bottom/concaves ?
YeahYou make that one @casa_mugrienta?
Yeah plenty of volume - more than my usual.Why do you reckon it doesn't paddle well? Does it feel like enough volume?
JS occy i had around 2005 was one of my all time favorite confidence boards. 6’5 round pin, matching fcs fins. Packed the biggest closeouts on that board. it couldn’t be pushed too hard. Snapped in half, RIP
6’2 parm occy, 10 years later, with weird semi parabolic rail stringer thing and squash tail. Dog. Turning it was like pulling nails out of a wall with the back of a hammer.
I've always been curious about any "Occy" board models, but 've never ridden one.
99-00 Occy had me lusting after a Dahlberg round pin pretty hard.
That being said, the JS Occy ones look far less stubby than the 80's inspired Occy boards from Rusty or Parmenter, understandably. So much so, that I didn't feel I needed to try the Raging Bull model. I could just ride a modern, typical shortboard. But maybe I'm missing out.
*That being said, looking at the dims online and one of the 6'0" for a DD type or a 6'3"-6'6" for a step up looks pretty t!ts. I'd probably want a touch less width in the bigger end of the range though.
That first turn is really sick. He hardly moves but he throws buckets.Want.
Look how hard and controlled he's doing his turns.
Yeah, I'm hard for this... Good stuff...i kinda wanna try one of these. quad, with concaves
80s Replica
FEATURES Flatter entry rocker Flat through the mid section Tail flip off the front fins to the tail Single concave Slight double concave between fins Slight ‘V’ off the tail Step back in time and embrace the spirit of the late 80s with the Byrne Surf 80’s Inspired Model. Drawing inspiration from...byrnesurf.com
Derek Hynd was traveling with Occy as a sort of assigned manager/coach and said the board instantly changed Occy's surfing to another level.Mark Occhilupo
1999 world champ
I was riding one of Jim Banks’ boards when I first started getting good. Jim was a big-wave rider from Australia, and his boards were not bad at all. But the first year I came to California, I met Rusty. He was the kindest, most tranquil man I’ve ever met. He’s such a big man, but he was just so calming. He simply said, “I can make you a board, Mark, and I think you’re gonna really like it.” He didn’t even have to talk me into it. He was so confident. I just went, “I’m in. Shape me a board.” I hadn’t heard much of him at all. I was a grommet. I felt like he must be a really good shaper because I could feel his aura. And he made me a board that completely changed my surfing. I remember the first time I rode that board, at River Jetties in Newport [Beach], I just couldn’t believe it. I remember I couldn’t even sleep that night. I fell in love with the board, blown out of my mind how a board could be that good. That year, I won the Op Pro. That board was magic, and I won a lot of contests on it. It had a thickness from the tail right through to the nose, even through the whole board, which I think is really important so you can hold the rail way better, especially if you’re a bigger guy, like me.