his off the floor stock shapes go better than his handshapes.......so he reckons.
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Slater Designs FRK Plus
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I would have to agree with the GOAT on this one. I had an XTR Revo prior to the Firewire Revo and the firewire version feels much better! Same flex but more durable/stronger; looks better; and has stayed whiter longer than any XTR I’ve ever owned.
If you can find a stock board that lines up with your dims it’s a solid choice. At least in the iBolic build.
hate to be pedantic, but XTR Tomos
the FRK+ squashtail?
I randomly surfed with a friend that used to surf one of my south shore regulars. He’s a corporate guy at FW/SD. He said the FRK with a squash tail is the one big release this year.
We had an interesting talk. Most of you guys know the story. Start of pandemic surf industry cancelled orders fearing lockdowns and recession. Lockdowns and restrictions happened along with stimulus checks and surf, skate, bike sales went straight up. Industry orders to catch up to demand. Pandemic wanes, no more stimulus checks, rent is due, back to work/school. War in Ukraine crashes European surf sales. Overstocked. If you noticed over the holidays lots of FW/SD sale pricing. So to offer up new models they need to dump existing stock.
I asked about Akila’s model The Flat Earth. He said it’s a high performance boar and people think it would ride easy like a fish twin. Interest waned when the average dude couldn’t get it to perform highly. He’s worried about the Mike Woo twin in the works too cause it’s even a little more performance oriented than the Flat Earth.
He offered me a bro deal if I ever want to get off my 30 plus years relationship of custom Tokoro’s and jump on a production FW/SD boar. Then he laughed cause he knew it was a no go. Haha.
The Machado models and the Ingelby mids and longboars are the big movers. Easy to catch waves and be mediocre on them.
We had an interesting talk. Most of you guys know the story. Start of pandemic surf industry cancelled orders fearing lockdowns and recession. Lockdowns and restrictions happened along with stimulus checks and surf, skate, bike sales went straight up. Industry orders to catch up to demand. Pandemic wanes, no more stimulus checks, rent is due, back to work/school. War in Ukraine crashes European surf sales. Overstocked. If you noticed over the holidays lots of FW/SD sale pricing. So to offer up new models they need to dump existing stock.
I asked about Akila’s model The Flat Earth. He said it’s a high performance boar and people think it would ride easy like a fish twin. Interest waned when the average dude couldn’t get it to perform highly. He’s worried about the Mike Woo twin in the works too cause it’s even a little more performance oriented than the Flat Earth.
He offered me a bro deal if I ever want to get off my 30 plus years relationship of custom Tokoro’s and jump on a production FW/SD boar. Then he laughed cause he knew it was a no go. Haha.
The Machado models and the Ingelby mids and longboars are the big movers. Easy to catch waves and be mediocre on them.
If Yuri could do a comparison test of the FRK and the Timey Patterson Surftech Reyes Pro Model 6'1" 18 1/8" 2 1/8" 24L it would help me make an informed choice as a consumer.
You should at leasttttt try it bro. lol. Just take one for a spin. I recommend the SKX... shortboar with a nice rail line, good rocker
lol.
T Pat is the underground shaper. Hidden gem of a man.
Underground? The guy makes boards for world champs. Well loved but not underground at all....
Hard pass duuu. I’m sure the boars float and I could blandly surf them. I’ve known Wade and Kerry Tokoro for over 40 years and been getting boars from Wade for 30 plus, Kerry for over a decade. They’ve seen me surf countless times witnessing my “glory” years and continuous decline. There’s no way a stock mass produced boar could ever replicate that.You should at leasttttt try it bro. lol. Just take one for a spin. I recommend the SKX... shortboar with a nice rail line, good rocker
I don’t want to be the one to tell you Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny isn’t real, but Kelly doesn’t ride stock SD boars in the fancy lamination tech they market. His Pipe winning Tokoro was a PU/PE with a black stripe painted down the middle.
Lots of the custom team boars are the FW/SD foam and glassing schedules but a lot aren’t.
I saw Daniel Jones surfing my NS regular a month back. To scratch the YOLO itch but still support a local boar maker I’m gonna have him make me a custom performance twin closer to summer.
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That sounds about what I thought when they released the Akila flat earth. They should've done his Contempory Fish. That boar is a guaranteed good time. Would've been yuuge.
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Yeah, he should stick to his day job cuz his salesmanship sucks.I bolic last forever....I like myboards best straight from factory
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