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Stinger

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Has anyone ever tried a stinger with a thruster or twin set up?

The basic concept of having a wider board up front for paddling and a narrower tail for hold makes sense. But I've only seen them as singles.

I grew up in the 70's and some of my first boards were stingers. My interest is part nostalgia, part curiosity...and I know Señor Pato is making one....
 
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llilibel03 said:
Has anyone ever tried a stinger with a thruster or twin set up?

The basic concept of having a wider board up front for paddling and a narrower tail for hold makes sense. But I've only seen them as singles.

I grew up in the 70's and some of my first boards were stingers. My interest is part nostalgia, part curiosity...and I know Señor Pato is making one....
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I well let you know when mine comes I ordered a 6'9" round pin tail twin from Stretch. Idea was inspired from a Aipa stinger stubby I owned in high school and my new mid life crisis love for twins and need for new mid size after surfing my Fineline MP to the grave:)
 
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Bman76 said:
I'm riding a mick mackie twin that is obviously heavily inspired by that design. It is a larger board with lots of foam, but it does respond extremely well to any back foot pressure through turns.

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NPJ has been playing with the same idea in twins and his duo design: https://www.nealpurchasedesigns.com/custom/stingfish-duo
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Aipas's sting is much further up the rail. I vaguely remember being able to control a sideslip. I wonder if the breaking up of water flowing over the last third of the rail would make the board less controlled when turning hard on rail?
 
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llilibel03 said:
Aipas's sting is much further up the rail. I vaguely remember being able to control a sideslip. I wonder if the reading up of water flowing over the last third of the rail would make the board less controlled when turning hard on rail?
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Above is a winged swallow tail mine is going to be similiar to link below 6'9" x20" x2 .5" twin set up buzz nose.
http://instagr.am/p/CAN3kVtHtZj/
 
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griffinsurfboard said:
Ben told me me a very funny story about what RB said to him about the sting :)
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And? Love to hear it GG and thanks for the pics brings back great memories specially T&C twin stinger. Reminds me of family trip early 80z to Hawaii and friend and I in aweee at all the surf shops stocked with fresh T&C and BH...
 
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griffinsurfboard said:
Brewer elevated stings in the mid 70’s




1985-6 T&C “Sting” , art director was so excited about these he made these special lams just for mine :)





Steve Lis personal 5 fins mid 90’s




All this unreported by "Historians" :)
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Didn't know Brewer did the elevated wings. I thought that was a Max McDonald thing.
 
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Yup. All types. Ben’s (RIP) original single fin Stings, then with step bottom, then with twin fins, and later with thruster setup. To answer your question: even the twins and thrusters slide using modern surfing moves and you may find you need to nurse them a bit because you do remember correctly - they do side- slip. The idea of the narrower tail for hold in my experience seems to be largely overcome by the release off the foreword wing. Better IMO just to have a wide nose flowing into a narrow tail, or a smaller wing further back, like say a Tokoro Lemonade design, to avoid that slide.

 
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In the 90s I briefly had a single fin stinger made by Natural Art. In hindsight it was the oldest Natural Art board I've ever seen. Bought it at a yard sale for $35, fixed the dings in it, rode it a couple of times and flipped it for $125. Was a pretty cool board with a dark magenta tint and the original Natural Art logo. One of several boards I flipped that I should have held onto.
 
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Slash said:
Yup. All types. Ben’s (RIP) original single fin Stings, then with step bottom, then with twin fins, and later with thruster setup. To answer your question: even the twins and thrusters slide using modern surfing moves and you may find you need to nurse them a bit because you do remember correctly - they do side- slip. The idea of the narrower tail for hold in my experience seems to be largely overcome by the release off the foreword wing. Better IMO just to have a wide nose flowing into a narrow tail, or a smaller wing further back, like say a Tokoro Lemonade design, to avoid that slide.

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Thanks for that video and the ride report. Conflicting messages for me. The video features the heroes of my youth- I loved the surfing of the Aipa crew. The idea of side slipping, however, holds less appeal to me now...I might pass on the idea to shape a stinger and just go for a Ewing back by the fins....
 
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Not as high a wing as an Aipa but very high by most standards. Mystic/Dunlop based on a Quiet Flight Stingfish.

I've been thinking about ordering a shorter and fatter version of this board. I really liked it but it's way longer than what I like nowadays at 5'10 x 19.
 

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