stretch boards support and board pron thread

spjones123

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Congrats, so what did they say the Speedbuzz was?
Every one here who chimed in knew what they were talking about...it's more or less a stretched out superbuzz (as opposed to a shortened, fattened buzzsaw).

I was looking as getting a Skate as well, so they were nice enough to send over numbers. I knew I loved the Skate from it's low entry rocker. But the Skate actually has a lower entry by a bit than the same length Speedbuzz, and more tail rocker. I don't know why I thought it, but I always had it in my mind that the whole Buzz family had low entry rocker with aggressive tail kick.
 

JDJ

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Three Stretch boards have been on my bucket list forever:

1) twin with original double bump roundtail. I rode Average Joe’s a few times, and it was one of the best twins I’ve surfed.

2) Super Buzz, squash quad. Rode one belonging to another erBB poster back in the day. Super fun. Always wanted one.

3) Pug. Never ridden but always liked the outline of the original Pug with no wing, five fin.
 

spjones123

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Think you’ll be good. I ordered a gbuzz late Oct and it will be here Monday. Seems like most of their order time is waiting for the blank. Once they got that, they turned around the board (including paint job) in under a month.
 
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spjones123

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I know I know. I have a friend who swears by it and he’s generally not a kook, and I’ll try anything once. The bet is if the leash string rips through the tail pad in my first 10 surfs he has to buy me a new pad and take the old one off. If it doesn’t I owe him a six pack of Pliny. I’m sure I’ll lose since he’s been doing it for years....but that’s never the point of small wagers to try and prove your friend is a kook!
 
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spjones123

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Probably. I didn't mean to derail the Stretch thread with my kooky bet with a friend. I fully expect this tail pad will not be on the board in 3 months.

Sorry, back to talking about sweet twinnies on the webstore.
 
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frontsidegrab

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I automatically put my foot against the kicker. Isnt that going to put your foot too far behind the fins and effect the drive?
 

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Think you’ll be good. I ordered a gbuzz late Oct and it will be here Monday. Seems like most of their order time is waiting for the blank. Once they got that, they turned around the board (including paint job) in under a month.
Wow, that is the longest wait I've ever heard of for stretch. Marko must be seriously backed up.