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True, and from what I can tell the foam is beautifully hidden, interested in how well this thing is gonna paddle with these rails.that thing looks fun, maybe too functional to be a mid. feels a bit more mini glider than mid to me with that nose.
Are those square rails up front? If so it should paddle well from extra volume. More interesting is will they be forgiving to accidentally catching or not.True, and from what I can tell the foam is beautifully hidden, interested in how well this thing is gonna paddle with these rails.
Now the question is to pad or not to pad..
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.
Hey mate, I am probably 170lb and as Pete mentioned at first I didn't gell with the board- I told myself it's too much foam, too boaty, it's not suited to these waves so this is what the experience was for me. A few months later I realised that I hadn't been open to the possibilities with this board and fortunately got a second chance. And in small waves, fat waves, crappy waves it's a super fun board. Be open and I am sure you will have fun on it- I never leave home without itWhat fins are you running in your Outlier. Thinking of pulling the trigger on one as they seem to be blowing them out at 30% off.
A little freightened of 3" thick and 23 inches wide (I'm only 160 pounds) but thinking it might be good for east coast summer.
Maroocyhdore area beachies (outermost point of Noosa if its breaking) and we have the Sunshine coast's premier soft arse point wave (Alex Hdld) to dice with longboarders on.Guessing Noosa points and small Sunny Coast beachies for you RP? JaM71, where do you ride yours?
Hey me too... (I'm fat though)Kazuma mini boar acquired. 7'0 x 20.5 x 2.75, nutty railz
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Forgot to add this as this is completely relevant being as he is on the East coast and much closer to your weight. Note that he is coming from a longboard background rather than a shortboard background so could be useful to see how this translates to how he goes on shorter boards he reviews like Album twinsman and others in his 3 series comparison videos.What fins are you running in your Outlier. Thinking of pulling the trigger on one as they seem to be blowing them out at 30% off.
A little freightened of 3" thick and 23 inches wide (I'm only 160 pounds) but thinking it might be good for east coast summer.
I think that's one of my go to spots.Mid Twin is Rick Kane approved
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I just put a deposit down for one, and you were definitely inspiring me to get one it's meant to fill an (imaginary) niche between my log which I barely ever ride and my grovelers. Logging to me is only fun when it's tiny and lined up, and grovelers need some sort of shape to the wave to start working. So maybe the Outlier is the solution for shin to waist high mushburgersForgot to add this as this is completely relevant being as he is on the East coast and much closer to your weight. Note that he is coming from a longboard background rather than a shortboard background so could be useful to see how this translates to how he goes on shorter boards he reviews like Album twinsman and others in his 3 series comparison videos.
Take note that he also didn't play around with fins as JaM71 and I have so a lot of different feels can be had out of changing up the fins on the board. On another forum I had one poster say they had bought a 7' Outlier but didn't find it surfed that well for them. They sold the board then later saw my fin experimentation, bought another Outlier 7'er and put in the fins more along what I had found worked and said it was then a keeper so that was cool.
Forgot to add this as this is completely relevant being as he is on the East coast and much closer to your weight. Note that he is coming from a longboard background rather than a shortboard background so could be useful to see how this translates to how he goes on shorter boards he reviews like Album twinsman and others in his 3 series comparison videos.
Take note that he also didn't play around with fins as JaM71 and I have so a lot of different feels can be had out of changing up the fins on the board. On another forum I had one poster say they had bought a 7' Outlier but didn't find it surfed that well for them. They sold the board then later saw my fin experimentation, bought another Outlier 7'er and put in the fins more along what I had found worked and said it was then a keeper so that was cool.
Watch his Twinsman review (my old board actually...before he sold it to Yurine). He tries to turn it with a drop knee longboard stance.Watched that. Funny that he says he's a longboarder and a hull rider but he surfs kinda like a shortboarder and doesn't really use the middle of the board the way you'd think somone who rides hulls would.
He actually seems like a really nice if earnest guy and is a pretty decent logger but yeah the way he always tries to drop knee even tiny boards is a bit weird (& limiting). He stopped reviewing the shorter boards after a few episodes.Watch his Twinsman review (my old board actually...before he sold it to Yurine). He tries to turn it with a drop knee longboard stance.