no nonsense.My favorite old mid length back when I was more skilled was always a 6 8 to 7 2 round pin thruster. View attachment 150661
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no nonsense.My favorite old mid length back when I was more skilled was always a 6 8 to 7 2 round pin thruster. View attachment 150661
Ah! the big guy (or old guy) shortboard. I’ve been singing their praises for years. Paddle, glide and early entry but turn about a hundred times better than the average mid.My favorite old mid length back when I was more skilled was always a 6 8 to 7 2 round pin thruster. View attachment 150661
That guy was wrangling that thing worse than me on the golden door. You gotta have no eyes and no functioning brain to consider that a well surfing board. Holds no rail, just jazzhands pantomime with a surfboard as the stage. For a shitshow homeshape that's ok, but to present it as some sort of viable product to the public is just offensive.7'7 Vaquero update. Fourth time out, this time in clean 1-2 foot longboard conditions. Moved the fin up close to the top of the box et voila! Board came alive. I was able to crank some cutbacks of the tail-stomping variety. Surprised by the maneuverability in such soft surf. Board also let me speed past crumbly sections I would never have made on a fish and trim through really weak reforms. Could be a log replacement in anything but micro surf, but I know it will come alive in fast chest high point surf. Definitely not a cruiser/ funboard. It is super sensitive and requires a dynamic, "involved" approach
In good point surf with a skilled operator, might go something like this:
Sarlo + Malibu = Match made in heavenThat guy was wrangling that board worse than me on the golden door. You gotta have no eyes and no functioning brain to consider that a well surfing board. Holds no rail, just jazzhands pantomime with a surfboard as the stage. For a shitshow homeshape that's ok, but to present it as some sort of viable product to the public is just offensive.
Here is a better approach to the midlength surfboard
He even manages to get a mid that’s under volumed.This Aussie middy looks pretty sic!
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First video looked more like a long board and was a longboard surfing style. I got no problem with it. Sarlo rips and is top dog at First Point... but ...I better not say anything in case he lurks here....That guy was wrangling that thing worse than me on the golden door. You gotta have no eyes and no functioning brain to consider that a well surfing board. Holds no rail, just jazzhands pantomime with a surfboard as the stage. For a shitshow homeshape that's ok, but to present it as some sort of viable product to the public is just offensive.
Here is a better approach to the midlength surfboard
He just looks old and slow. I should know. I resemble that remark.That guy was wrangling that thing worse than me on the golden door. You gotta have no eyes and no functioning brain to consider that a well surfing board. Holds no rail, just jazzhands pantomime with a surfboard as the stage. For a shitshow homeshape that's ok, but to present it as some sort of viable product to the public is just offensive.
Here is a better approach to the midlength surfboard
He is 65.He just looks old and slow. I should know. I resemble that remark.
It's like watching Occy these days. He does the moves but its like the video was on slow mo.
Hold a rail and not require vigorous jazz-handing to keep it going.What do yo want your better designed 7' plus board to do
Bit of dyslexia there? Fixed his age for you.He is 65. (56)
I have never understood the whole deal with midlengths. The boards are trash and they even require a bit of surf to get going. There must be other designs out there that would do a better job of being a 7' surfboard. A manouverable board that goes quick in small surf. Greg Webber has a few.
And don't get me started on the people who ride themJust the worst bunch of hipster clowns.
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Do you like Torryn Martins or Rastas midlength surfing? The clip of Torryn surfing big JBay looked better to my eye than the pro level shortboarders in similar conditions.Hold a rail and not require vigorous jazz-handing to keep it going.
Can't find the video of some elderly gentleman surfing it. Gonna search some more.
Oh wait, I know of a better designed 7' board...
The Mini-malibu from 1998....
Only problem is that building a lifestyle around them won't get you that Mollusk cool![]()
Like this you mean?Hold a rail and not require vigorous jazz-handing to keep it going.
or Dr. Kliff CaponeTorryn Martins or Rastas
I feel your pain. I'm on 5'11" now. Goin the wrong wayage out of 6’1’s
BIT OF YOU BEING A RETARD?!?!?!?! HE IS 65 U MONGO.Bit of dyslexia there? Fixed his age for you.