I got the impression they were small but pitchy (closeout) kind of waves where he was finding it tricky.
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Id be tempted if not for that repaired fin box6'9" x 21 x 2 3/4 (42.14L) Love Machine FM Mid-Length - The Board Source
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fwiw i had an outlier for a minute. i think it was a 7-0. never connected with the hull lite concept. was too flat rockered for the mellow convex bottom for me.
friend showed up the other day with a 7-6 and we had a couple sessions on a relatively flatter faced bank that would run a 100+ yds. he was stoking on it.
then he took over to short round little drainer zone and got schooled. just couldnt get it slotted. horses for courses of course.
my take away despite my prejudice against the outlier is its not an all around beach break board. more of niche board for long fast walls where you can enjoy it on an open face
friend showed up the other day with a 7-6 and we had a couple sessions on a relatively flatter faced bank that would run a 100+ yds. he was stoking on it.
then he took over to short round little drainer zone and got schooled. just couldnt get it slotted. horses for courses of course.
my take away despite my prejudice against the outlier is its not an all around beach break board. more of niche board for long fast walls where you can enjoy it on an open face
Flatter faced beach break waves my 7'er loves them. The more disjointed and sectiony they are the more fun I have compared to riding my other boards.
I have put a lot of time in on mine and surfed it in shin high to overhead waves on the beachies. When its zippering, hollow beachbreak waves waist-chest plus then I can happily reach for something else.
I've had my 8'er out in barely makeable semi closeouts and been able to get in early enough to speed down the line and have fun doing it. The 7'6" and 8'er both have a more pulled in tail than the stubbie planshaped 7'er.
If you look at CJ Nelson's videos of his sessions at KS's surf ranch you can see him get barrelled on the board.
The outliers are super user friendly in my opinion.
I guess sometimes it just comes down to skill and or lack of it as to what one can do on any board.
I'll happily continue to demonstrate the lower end.
I have put a lot of time in on mine and surfed it in shin high to overhead waves on the beachies. When its zippering, hollow beachbreak waves waist-chest plus then I can happily reach for something else.
I've had my 8'er out in barely makeable semi closeouts and been able to get in early enough to speed down the line and have fun doing it. The 7'6" and 8'er both have a more pulled in tail than the stubbie planshaped 7'er.
If you look at CJ Nelson's videos of his sessions at KS's surf ranch you can see him get barrelled on the board.
The outliers are super user friendly in my opinion.
I guess sometimes it just comes down to skill and or lack of it as to what one can do on any board.
I'll happily continue to demonstrate the lower end.
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I think it's going to work fine. I've just been scraping the bottom of the barrel in little close out beach break at low tide. Have had some magic moments. When we get a touch more swell and it breaks on the higher tide, think it will be really fun.
I've got another egg and a nice channeled twin pin for when it actually gets good.
I've got another egg and a nice channeled twin pin for when it actually gets good.
big baron initial impression:
board is fast and fun.
board is fast and fun.
My mid-length midget boar is shaped. Yukiko is going to spray it a dark green today and will go to glassers tomorrow.
Did you have them pin line a shortboar outline on the deck to make it look fast and not a midgetlength?
No I’ve had Jeannie spray a cheater boar like that but this mid-length is gonna be fast. It’ll look like a green flash with white xmas tree spray flying over every section after I stand up.
thats actually a great idea. gonna offervthst service and sell it to the covid "competent" kooks been messing with my view. make wax money bank
