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

[teeroi]

Surfed the mid this morning at the regular. Waves were meh. Boar feels fun. Want to get it in some head high nuggets to see if I can go vert on it and do a layback hack.

Sorry to burst any bubbles but it doesn’t paddle like a longboar and turn like a hpsb. It paddles and turns like a bigger shortboar. The projection with all that rail engaged feels promising and it tip over on rail nicely.

Ran the FCS2 Power Twins. Lots of drive and no drift. But I’ve been dialed in on twins with my recent boar choices. Might try a slightly smaller fin but we’ll see when I get to sample some better waves.

To be continued…..

 

[aldo]

Does the Christenson Wolverine fall in to the mid length category. Looks fun but probably the smaller sizes will work better. 6’2!

 

[Northern_Shores]

6’2!

7'2"!

 

[teeroi]

Rode the new mid this morning. Waves were better than my first surf on boar but still kinda meh.

Went kinda vert on one and got fins over but fell on a couple layback hack attempts. Boar surfs like a bigger shortboar.

Here’s a screen shot of the rewind clip of the fin blow.

 

[daave]

Have a board from Pyzel that’s similar (a bit shorter though). Tough to see how far back the fins are… Power twins worked but MRs made it a bit more lively. Still held great. Usually have not liked MRs in other boards.

 

[claw87]

Rode the new mid this morning. Waves were better than my first surf on boar but still kinda meh.

Went kinda vert on one and got fins over but fell on a couple layback hack attempts. Boar surfs like a bigger shortboar.

Here’s a screen shot of the rewind clip of the fin blow.

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Ripping! My definition of a meh wave is a bit different haha

 

[wabisabi]

Does the Christenson Wolverine fall in to the mid length category. Looks fun but probably the smaller sizes will work better. 6’2!

i have a 6'6". board is very fast and loose. will launch out of the water if you have too much weight over the back fins. coming from riding shortboard thrusters, its refreshing to do nothing and let the board do all the work. it gets into waves easy, maintains speed through turns, but has a tendency to blast you out onto the shoulder coming out of your bottom turn. Biggest thing is just figuring out how to control it tbh.

Id like to try a smaller one for fun at a head high reef with some wall, but overall id recommend sizing up. If i re-ordered id get a 6'8" or 6'10". For me, sizing the board down would relegate it to only perfect waist to head high reefs. rails are quite sharp so it doesnt work in smaller/softer waves great for me. But anything stomach high with some push up to a few feet overhead even if its soft it handled well. I think for what the board is (an easy paddler with a ton of speed for good waves), id prefer more size to really make use of its strengths. Also need to add, im a mediocre surfer.

 

[emmohl80]

Would love to hear more about this one. I remember RetroPete also mentioned them a while back so I looked for more. Found this video and they look really fun and pretty versatile. Have yet to see one in person.

Anyone ridden this and a Townsend? Surfed more in the last week then all of last month.
My body is pissed at me. Got me looking at Mid's again.

 

[One-Off]

Anyone ridden this and a Townsend? Surfed more in the last week then all of last month.
My body is pissed at me. Got me looking at Mid's again.

East Coast?

 

[Sauce]

Bud I have rips on his Big B. A really nice board for small or juicy waves here on the east coast. Top on my list of wants

 

[Turtle71]

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.

PMed

 

[teeroi]

Rode the Vesso mid 5 or 6 surfs in a row. Went vert on it, got a layback hack that I’m not ashamed of, got a decent barrel. Did a few figure 8 roundhouses to rebound bashes. Boar is super fun. The longer rail loves the roundhouse.

Surfed some decent waves yesterday and all I could think was on my 5’9 DJ twin I could’ve done two more turns. The fever has broken. Back on the shortboar today.

Next time I paddle the 6’6 mid out I’m gonna run smaller fins. Still want to surf it in overhead waves on the NS or Eastside.

 

[Retropete]

@Havoc made in, Love you Wong time construction.

 

[One-Off]

@Havoc made in, Love you Wong time construction.

Given the South Bay wave drought, those waves looked so fun!

 

[teeroi]

Went to HIC since we’re working in Kailua. Checked out some fins and ended up getting a set of the Christensen twins.

Put it in the 6’6 mid and surfed it this morning. Fins are smaller than the Power Twins I’ve been using. Was interested in seeing if it would loosen up the boar. It was hard to tell cause the boar worked fine even though the waves were small. Not noticeablly looser. But I did go on a soft right and it lacked drive. Most likely the wave.

 

[Retropete]

Things have gone a bit quiet in the thread so here's a YOLO I picked up today. Local shaper...Surman shapes made in their factory about 3 mins from my house. 7'4" x 21" x 2&3/4" 47L. Shop grom cleaning off the price sticker. S wing mid keel 470s.

 

[enframed]

Used the 7'2" Christenson Ultra Tracker Venereal last week at Malibu and had a blast. So far a Futures 7" performance fin set in the middle of the box has been the best set-up. Really fun boar.

 

[Northern_Shores]

Things have gone a bit quiet in the thread

I have no idea why...

 

[Retropete]

I have no idea why...
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Keep on being clueless...that's part of your dorky Euro charm.

 

[Northern_Shores]

Keep on being clueless

You're the one who paid usd 1k for a mini malibu with condom fins for that special feel.




The board is trash. They just add some random design elements to make it "special" for the customer buying it.

The only thing stupider than midlengths are the people buying them. They had a run here too. Took about two seasons for people to realize they suck.