***The Official Mid-Length Thread***

[jwd]

after countless hours of splitting hairs, ordered a 6'6 big baron in poly. not sure if its too short or not but time will tell. volume is good.

I'll be happy to take it off your hands if you don't like it

 

[chilly1]

Sheesh man, I received two insanely thoughtful and thorough response from Stamps and Coletta that I'm totally split. Stamps recommended a 6'10" x 21.25" x 2.63 Roswell and Coletta a 7'0 Rocket Egg, I don't feel I can go wrong either way.

Kalu or Steve, thought Stve retired to Mex?

 

[mattew]

Kalu or Steve, thought Stve retired to Mex?

The reply came from Steve himself! I thought he moved to mex as well, so maybe he's just fielding emails and design questions? Not really sure but it was a very nice surprise.

 

[chilly1]

Nice...got to be hard to go past a board shaped by living legend of the spot you surf

 

[mattew]

Nice...got to be hard to go past a board shaped by living legend of the spot you surf

Truth. I'm already leaning towards the rocket egg over the Roswell just based on the outline, but it's a Coletta, man. I think I'll probably yolo the rocket egg.

 

[parkiteric]

I just bought a trimcraft thick lizzy 7'10". i dunno how i feel about it. I wish the rails were more pinched/knifey like my old lovelace v-bowls. Need to give it more test runs

 

[mattew]

Rusty officially offering the Not So Moby Fish now...

https://rustysurfboards.com/collections/mids/products/not-so-moby-fish-nsmf

Anyone ride one of these things?

 

[cjs2002]

Anyone ride one of these things?

haven't ridden but felt one up at Bird's and if I was in the market for a middy id probably go for this one. nice and light too.

 

[mattew]

@Havoc you had a kazuma mini right? What are your thoughts on it? I've been looking into kazuma, I like his ordering process and what I'm seeing on his IG.

 

[Havoc]

@Havoc you had a kazuma mini right? What are your thoughts on it? I've been looking into kazuma, I like his ordering process and what I'm seeing on his IG.

great boar. paddles and catches waves easy and can turn like normal boar. his foil is cray. 2.75 feels like 2-3/8 hpsb

 

[mattew]

great boar. paddles and catches waves easy and can turn like normal boar. his foil is cray. 2.75 feels like 2-3/8 hpsb

Awesome I'm going to go this route. I'm 5'11 @ 167lb and he suggested a 7'0. I was thinking 6'10 with the thickness adjusted to keep the volume since his foil is nutty, but I'll probably go with whatever he suggests.

 

[surfwhere]

Here's some boards Rob has been working on that I'll be adding to the website soon. He's been on these a lot lately. I keep telling him that he's gonna have to ditch the flat brim for a beanie or a fedora

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

 

[Havoc]

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for sale?

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

for sale?

Not at this time. I haven’t ridden it yet.

If you give me $1300 you can have it.

 

[Woke AF]

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It figures Lovelace would do his pizzastains differently.

 

[mattew]

Gotta say that kazuma is the man. Incredibly fast to respond and do business. I paid my invoice this weekend for a custom mini with a pin stripe, 5 boxes (tri/twin convertible or modified quad) and apparently he thinks that he'll be able to get it on the plane to California this Thursday for Friday pickup. This guy is a beast! Getting a quality custom board at this speed is incredibly dangerous as a consumer

 

[estreet]

I've been trying to figure out a good mid-length for a few years unsuccessfully. Something cruisy that paddles easy and will work in small weak surf to maybe head high or so. Finally figured out that I've been too focused on performance. Anyway, the bort that seems to fill the bill is a CI mid twin. I felt one up at CI yesterday and something that stood out was the pronounced V that goes all the way up to the mid section of the board. (see attached screen capture). If there's any concave it's subtle. That may make it easier to turn and stuff but wouldn't it also make the board slower?

 

[mattew]

I've been trying to figure out a good mid-length for a few years unsuccessfully. Something cruisy that paddles easy and will work in small weak surf to maybe head high or so. Finally figured out that I've been too focused on performance. Anyway, the bort that seems to fill the bill is a CI mid twin. I felt one up at CI yesterday and something that stood out was the pronounced V that goes all the way up to the mid section of the board. (see attached screen capture). If there's any concave it's subtle. That may make it easier to turn and stuff but wouldn't it also make the board slower?

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What are the rails like

 

[Retropete]

I've been trying to figure out a good mid-length for a few years unsuccessfully. Something cruisy that paddles easy and will work in small weak surf to maybe head high or so. Finally figured out that I've been too focused on performance. Anyway, the bort that seems to fill the bill is a CI mid twin. I felt one up at CI yesterday and something that stood out was the pronounced V that goes all the way up to the mid section of the board. (see attached screen capture). If there's any concave it's subtle. That may make it easier to turn and stuff but wouldn't it also make the board slower?

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My 7' Outlier eats those conditions for breakfast. May not be everyone's cup of tea but a mate of mine who also has one and we always say don't leave home without it. It has belly up front with the roll going into the rails that stops them catching. Straight outline that's drivey and a wide tail that helps keep the board planing and allows you to turn without the tail sinking in small stuff. Enough length and width to plane across dead sections. The pulled in tail on that CI mid would give me pause for grovelling duties on it. Sure you can stand forward on it to trim but when you step back on the tail...hmmm. Good luck on your quest.