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Tim Stamps - Shaper of the Year
- Thread starter griffinsurfboard
- Start date
I have the Stamps front and Hess rears
Spicy with the V2 foil front and 80 /20 rears
r8 alpha fronts, 4.0 flat side rears
want to try a couple of new fronts and the twin trailer combo
Good one Habanerdo.
I'm curious about it as well. My GX is great but sometimes I feel like the nose is a little flat and catches when I'm getting super radical. Probably because I ordered it kinda stretched out dims. The first one I had was shorter and didn't have that problem but I didn't like the short length for paddling and wave catchering. Thinking a Hab around my height would be a fun one. Probably have to wait till spring to find out though.
Fronts are pyzel large...4 5/8 I think
Rears 4"
I'm 185-190
More like 190 right now
Not quite habanero on the spicy scale
More like a poblano...with some kick
I (6” 170) took out my fuse (5’10” 21 3/8” 2 5/8”) for her maiden voyage, at a popular beach break in the PNW. Shoulder high sets, pretty long period swell, but not pitching or anything. I hadn’t surfed in about a month.
Board went bananas. Chunky dims, but somehow doesn’t feel chunky at all. It really glides into waves, i felt like i had extra second or two at the take-off, a sensation i used to get with my erie peeples fish. Super fast down the line, but when i put my foot back all the way against the stop i could really move it around. Felt especially drivey on backhand bottom turns.
I ran it as a quad with kommunity k3 futures fronts (aside from being festooned with slater, are pretty fantastic, closest thing to an am1.5 i’ve found) and 4.15 flat foiled rears. I’ve liked this combo in the past and it felt good here. My fuse has a thruster option but i don’t think i’m ever going to use it.
Oh, and the build quality is excellent. 4s+4e/4 warp, feels very solid.
Going to bed early so i can light this fuse again tomorrow!
Board went bananas. Chunky dims, but somehow doesn’t feel chunky at all. It really glides into waves, i felt like i had extra second or two at the take-off, a sensation i used to get with my erie peeples fish. Super fast down the line, but when i put my foot back all the way against the stop i could really move it around. Felt especially drivey on backhand bottom turns.
I ran it as a quad with kommunity k3 futures fronts (aside from being festooned with slater, are pretty fantastic, closest thing to an am1.5 i’ve found) and 4.15 flat foiled rears. I’ve liked this combo in the past and it felt good here. My fuse has a thruster option but i don’t think i’m ever going to use it.
Oh, and the build quality is excellent. 4s+4e/4 warp, feels very solid.
Going to bed early so i can light this fuse again tomorrow!
Has anybody else apart from Mtruong put in any time on a Vulture? I’ve had so much fun on my fuse in the past 2 days, and i feel this might fill in the (small) gap btw. my fuse and my flare.
How are you sizing them, what tail shape, etc.
Such a good experience ordering from Tim it’s devilishly tricky to resist doing so again.
How are you sizing them, what tail shape, etc.
Such a good experience ordering from Tim it’s devilishly tricky to resist doing so again.
same I use medium WCTS in my Flare but Large JJFs in my GX - Almost time to put in for a replacement on my GX
Just ordered a Giggle Box with a Grinder X outline in my normal dims
Should be fun
80s Slayer logo, of course
Should be fun
80s Slayer logo, of course
Nice, ifal.
Any guess as to who's board this is? Whoever gets it right gets nothing
Any guess as to who's board this is? Whoever gets it right gets nothing
Shadow goes gud. Does better than GX in flat faced stuff. Similar rockers but maybe a little less in the tail for Shadow? Wing + lil vee feels like keeps tail free in weak surf. GX better for in pocket vertical surging. Shadow better low end and better in mush but still fun in head high +. Rode the Shadow as a truster and quad, both were good. AM2's with smaller trailer was probably my favorite for small waves. Rode it as a quad on head high days j-bay and had some great sessions.
Probably overlaps big time with your giggly box but maybe a shorter/fatter shadow would be a good one for smaller days? Not that I've ever let overlap deter me from buying a new board...
Probably overlaps big time with your giggly box but maybe a shorter/fatter shadow would be a good one for smaller days? Not that I've ever let overlap deter me from buying a new board...
Waitin on a GrinderX @5’9
Let’s see what all this fuzz is about!!
Let’s see what all this fuzz is about!!