Nah he's perfect -they aren't marketing these boards to people who actually know about surfboards. The guy rips and is willing to talk the marketing jargon jibberish - I bet the fireturd crowd sops it up.
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Slater Designs Great White Twin
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Lot of that going on around here too.
They look pretty different.
And a stubby “high-performance groveler” probably isn’t too high performance for nearly anyone.
If you mean the Great white twin, they are bladed out, yeah?
Flat Earth 2.0.
That sunk without trace for similar reasons.
kooks won't enjoy.
There’s been more than once that I’ve met a shaper at local spot to PU a new sled when it was firing. Not as much fun as order a bort online n waiting for a shipping container from where-da-Fack-Eva but what’s a guy gonna do?
Compared to the Too Fish, sure.
Compared to the Flat Earth, not so much. The dark overlay is the FE over the Sharky board. I put an outline around the latter to show the difference in outlines.
Bladed out refers to the foil, not the outline.
But the outline is close enough anyways.
Thin foil and tapered rails = kook proof and thus market failure.
Just my opinion, of course, I could be wrong.
But based on FW sales/model popularity so far, I think I have many data points to base opinion on.
But the outline is close enough anyways.
Thin foil and tapered rails = kook proof and thus market failure.
Just my opinion, of course, I could be wrong.
But based on FW sales/model popularity so far, I think I have many data points to base opinion on.
The foils look similar, and easy to ride, though the rails on the FE look a little more pinched and the wide point is behind center. I don't know sh!t obviously but would guess that the Great White Twin is generally more stable and therefore easier to surf.
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I had a stock 6’3 otr Fever. Was surfing a local spot here in sb on a rare good day with solid overhead waves at a lonely spot. Snapped the board in half. Walked to my car, drove to CI Shop, grabbed a stock 6’3 Fever off the rack, tail pad, waxed it up swapped out the leash string, drove back to the spot, surfed for another 3 hours. Never even took my wetsuit off.
The board rack at CI is my local shaper.
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Just the duck diving.Did you notice any difference with the new board being finless?
did u make kook of the day for being yeasty?
I've had both, currently only ridden the GWT in some shoulder high clean but pretty slack conditions. The GWT feels more bladed and a lot livelier than the FE did. It's early days but from first impressions its got much more spice about it. I always thought the FE felt Mehh
Obviously “a lot livelier” and “more spice about it” is because it has volcanic ash laminated into it…and according to FW marketing lingo it was “forged in fire”
The magical thinking became overwhelming at this point.
It’s funny that people are saying the foil is the point of difference when that aspect is so similar. But again, I don’t know sh!t. Btw, when comparing them yesterday I noticed that the fins on the GWT are more forward, but maybe that‘s generally how they’re arranged on a swallow tail.