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Mat6920

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Sure it s been discussed before so sorry for asking again but the new design of this website changed the links from google and can't access any thread anymore ... bummer ...

To those who have/had an OG flyer, in what wave it works best and how does it paddle (a friend of mine had to get one size up compared to his normal shortboard, paddled like sh!t he said but great board).

I recently bought a 6'1 Stacey Labrat https://staceymfg.com/products/the-lab-rat-1 , thinking it would do well as a daily with good upper range but it s actually a good wave board period, feels slow if wave doesnt have power or size. I have a 5'8 Fling as well. I need something in between. I surf beach break in OZ.
 
Havoc

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i hav flyer f. great boar. paddles well but needs sum size to werk compd to my stampz gb that werks in everything. dunno bout the og but the f is a straight up short boar
 
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Mat6920

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Actually thinking the sampler might be a better option but a better lower range
 
Hazrus

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I had one for 6 weeks. Hated it. Sold it and bought a round tail Fever.
 
trevorbc

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What I don't get is how they call it the "OG" Flyer. The file has clearly been updated. The stock dims don't match the OG flyer stock dims. Back in the day, 2001 to about 2006, I owed 5 Flyers. Even back then, the file changed from the original flyer to the ones they were selling near the end of that time frame. The board I owned back then was always 6'0 19 2 3/8. I don't think there were liters on the boards at the time but I would guess around 28-29cl. The stock 6'0 now is 19 3/4 2 9/16 32.6L. That seems like quite a big difference. I understand the nostalgia round these boards, I loved the shape. I understand the marketing but how about calling it the new flyer 2 or something like that?

I own a sampler and love it. It feels a little flat though in curvy waves. The real OG flyer went well in curvy waves.
 
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trevorbc said:
What I don't get is how they call it the "OG" Flyer. The file has clearly been updated. The stock dims don't match the OG flyer stock dims. Back in the day, 2001 to about 2006, I owed 5 Flyers. Even back then, the file changed from the original flyer to the ones they were selling near the end of that time frame. The board I owned back then was always 6'0 19 2 3/8. I don't think there were liters on the boards at the time but I would guess around 28-29cl. The stock 6'0 now is 19 3/4 2 9/16 32.6L. That seems like quite a big difference. I understand the nostalgia round these boards, I loved the shape. I understand the marketing but how about calling it the new flyer 2 or something like that?

I own a sampler and love it. It feels a little flat though in curvy waves. The real OG flyer went well in curvy waves.
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You could order an OG Flyer at 6'0" x 19" x 2 3/8". Doesn't mean the file's any different.

My understanding is that they just tweaked the stock dimens to better match what people are riding these days.
 
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Mat6920

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Yeah they change the dims but the characteristics of the board might be similar, concave / rocker etc... So basically the OG flyer is an actual sort of shortboard for waves with a bit of push and curve, probably not what I am after.

@Hazrus I had a fever and loved it to death til it snapped, always wanted to get another one but always fell like getting a new board ... I found the fever to be a real shortboard though, not a small wave board.
 
trevorbc

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bird: a dumbass said:
You could order an OG Flyer at 6'0" x 19" x 2 3/8". Doesn't mean the file's any different.

My understanding is that they just tweaked the stock dimens to better match what people are riding these days.
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I understand that just changing the stock dims isn’t the only factor however the stock dims are a major factor in this particular example.
 
trevorbc

trevorbc

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Mat6920 said:
Yeah they change the dims but the characteristics of the board might be similar, concave / rocker etc... So basically the OG flyer is an actual sort of shortboard for waves with a bit of push and curve, probably not what I am after.

@Hazrus I had a fever and loved it to death til it snapped, always wanted to get another one but always fell like getting a new board ... I found the fever to be a real shortboard though, not a small wave board.
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I rode the flyer back in the days when I would ride one board in everything. The flyer worked in knee to waist mush and overhead curvy waves.
 
Havoc

Havoc

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trevorbc said:
I rode the flyer back in the days when I would ride one board in everything. The flyer worked in knee to waist mush and overhead curvy waves.
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same here. rode mine in 2 foot trestles mush to 6ft+ thumping beachbreak. boar went in everything. the design is definitely different. there are so many different flyer files in so many different programs who knows what they ended up with. my current flyer f is pretty rad but very hp and different than anything otr.

interested in getting a stapler for smaller stuff but i;m on such a roll with stamps that its hard to not order from him. that being said im waitng for a decent swell to try my ci perenium and may eventually get a ci b&w
 
Duffy LaCoronilla

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Mine was good at first then I lost 15 lbs. and it simply stopped working all together.

And I mean stopped working.
 
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tedshred5 said:
should've got that Phantom brah.
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I actually happened to try the phantom too on Tuesday when i was in the water with a friend, waves were small, did better than my Stacey BUT i m really stocked on the stacey for good waves which is what i originally wanted, the paddle power is amazing and love the hold, lot of foam in the nose area ! I wanted that daily with good upper range but I guess there is no perfect design, what you earn in some aspect you loose it on others.
 
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Mat6920 said:
Sure it s been discussed before so sorry for asking again but the new design of this website changed the links from google and can't access any thread anymore ... bummer ...

To those who have/had an OG flyer, in what wave it works best and how does it paddle (a friend of mine had to get one size up compared to his normal shortboard, paddled like sheet he said but great board).

I recently bought a 6'1 Stacey Labrat https://staceymfg.com/products/the-lab-rat-1 , thinking it would do well as a daily with good upper range but it s actually a good wave board period, feels slow if wave doesnt have power or size. I have a 5'8 Fling as well. I need something in between. I surf beach break in OZ.
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Mat6920 said:
Sure it s been discussed before so sorry for asking again but the new design of this website changed the links from google and can't access any thread anymore ... bummer ...

To those who have/had an OG flyer, in what wave it works best and how does it paddle (a friend of mine had to get one size up compared to his normal shortboard, paddled like sheet he said but great board).

I recently bought a 6'1 Stacey Labrat https://staceymfg.com/products/the-lab-rat-1 , thinking it would do well as a daily with good upper range but it s actually a good wave board period, feels slow if wave doesnt have power or size. I have a 5'8 Fling as well. I need something in between. I surf beach break in OZ.
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This is The OG Flyer - Aussie term for Wing- Board on the left with some dude on the right ;-) 1982
 
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Havoc

Havoc

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griffinsurfboard said:
This is The OG Flyer - Aussie term for Wing- Board on the left with some dude on the right ;-) 1982
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nice pic greg. wish they made one with that planshape and modern bottom contours. keep it low rocker for the avg dues not the pro rippers. ci has a tendency to make super hp boars they market as gravel boars. my flyer f doesn't come out until it's shoulder high with push. not a gravel boar in any sence
 
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Havoc said:
nice pic greg. wish they made one with that planshape and modern bottom contours. keep it low rocker for the avg dues not the pro rippers. ci has a tendency to make super hp boars they market as gravel boars. my flyer f doesn't come out until it's shoulder high with push. not a gravel boar in any sence
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I think the flyer f is more high performance oriented than the OG, isn't it ?
 
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