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***The Official Mid-Length Thread***
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Tube riding much Better waves and riding it like he’s on a shortboard. Now I understand your opinion.
Proper turns and using the rail length for speed, glide and drive.
not weak half turns and quasi-longboarding.
Well that surfs like a straight up longboar- not a
I’ve seen him ride much shorter /sleeker (still retro) craft in more critical waves with the same pleasingly clean casual style.
He’s still a dick tho.
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I surfed a mid-length (7' 1" based on the CI mid with twin fins) for the first-time on Thursday and hated it. I'm not good enough to jump between boars with big swings in size without needing a a session or three to get my timing and balance right. Seems like once you start surfing one, you have to commit to it. I'd rather surf a fish/long fish and then my hybrid short boars when it gets decent.
He's very smooth, and there's not a lot of wasted movement, but I think he's wasting a decent wave by essentially longboarding it. There's not a lot of driving that board through turns, more a case of swinging all that heavy nose.
Cool thing about a performancey midlength is that you can surf it like a shortboard, lean into turns and carve on rail, plus other advantages like padding, wave catching, and being able to easily move around on the board. What I really love is the smooth pop-up and glide into waves.
Posted this board in the traction pad thread but since it's a mid length it can reside here too.
Interesting thing about this 7' DVS hydro hull fish is its rocker...plenty of it. I bought it because of its atypical rocker and foil/rails compared to Dick Van's usual flatter rockered and fuller foiled/railed fish he makes. Should fit into the curve of good waves and be a livelier ride. It's going to be a while before testing it out as I have a hernia op this Tuesday so time will tell how long I'm out of the water but we are headed into prime swell season so once I'm recovered should be waves to put it through its paces. Hopefully I'm all good by my 60th next month. Should have the beard grown to full hipster length by then. Top knot is covered.
Interesting thing about this 7' DVS hydro hull fish is its rocker...plenty of it. I bought it because of its atypical rocker and foil/rails compared to Dick Van's usual flatter rockered and fuller foiled/railed fish he makes. Should fit into the curve of good waves and be a livelier ride. It's going to be a while before testing it out as I have a hernia op this Tuesday so time will tell how long I'm out of the water but we are headed into prime swell season so once I'm recovered should be waves to put it through its paces. Hopefully I'm all good by my 60th next month. Should have the beard grown to full hipster length by then. Top knot is covered.
good looking board retro pete and dude I must say that's quite a luscious mane
$10 says he was touching himself just outside of the photo
The paulownia /cork decks and s-wings make so much more sense now.
Looking good RP... @Goodfish take notes.
Hope surgery + recovery goes well. Boar looks fun!
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Got the 7’4 & 6’8 Kookapinto Thin Twins back from lam yesterday. Corey shaped the blanks for me and I took them to my buddy’s shop to glass them. Will wax the pair after work today and give them a go tomorrow experimenting with my quiver of S-Wings and then see how AMKs go in them on Monday
