just picked up my new 5'8 flare in eps today. came out sick 
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Tim Stamps - Shaper of the Year
- Thread starter griffinsurfboard
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Pictures or you’re a lying liar pants liar!
going to try as a thruster first with AM Blackstix and then as a quad with JJF fronts and HS rears. will report back of course 
I’ve only modtly ridden my flare as a quad, oddly enough, as I only thruster box’d my GX.
when thrusting I liked upright pivot fins. dont need too mucb fin for these boards.
when thrusting I liked upright pivot fins. dont need too mucb fin for these boards.
Cool. Looks like I’m still going with a swallow tail. Riding my buddies old squash tomorrow hopefully
My Flare is a round tail and whether I rode it as a quad or thruster I preferred more upright fins. TP1 thruster, Roberts quad.
My 5'8 arrived this afternoon and feels really good. Really nice work from Varial, definitely the nicest of the three I have from them.
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They're among us
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Flare 5'10"
Varial Foam core and Infused Glass for a long lasting, highly responsive board. Full plan shape with a high performance designs. A moderate and continuous rocker with plenty of contours. Single concave runs nose to tail with a double concave through your feet. A great all around, versatile board...
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@racer1 i see one of those in your future. If you've liked the superbuzz/twinsman/other stubby performance shapes, you'd love one of these. FYI, way more built in speed than my TM.
Just finalized my Flare Mod (as tim calls it) after riding my buddy's this morning.
All info pulled from my gx and fuse SBD model.
5'10" 20 2.56 with a tad bit less in the rail. Nose and tail block pulled in a wee bit. Slightly more nose rocker. V in the tail with accelerated rail rocker. 4/4/4 EPS/Epoxy.
Yee to the yew!
All info pulled from my gx and fuse SBD model.
5'10" 20 2.56 with a tad bit less in the rail. Nose and tail block pulled in a wee bit. Slightly more nose rocker. V in the tail with accelerated rail rocker. 4/4/4 EPS/Epoxy.
Yee to the yew!
Maiden voyage on my Flare this a.m. It seemed like almost no adjustment was needed from riding my CI NB2 and HS Psych Germ. The board felt familiar, nice and quick. It was waist high (maybe a few CH waves) back-washy, but I got a decent little wrap in and felt like I could pretty much do anything I wanted if I wasn't coming off an injury.
Today was my third day back in the water since a grade II sprain on 3/19, so I'm not pushing anything too hard until there's no pain. I was wearing one of those lace-up supports (Med Spec ASO) on by back foot so things feel a little weird.
I ran Filipe Toledo larges, just because I didn't feel like pulling my Kolohe larges or MF larges out of my other boards and they felt great. The board has instantaneous speed which is the main thing I need at my local spot since the waves are typically really short.
One of the best first impressions I've had with a bort in quite a while. I'm stocked and can't wait to be back to 100% so I can actually throw it around a bit.
Today was my third day back in the water since a grade II sprain on 3/19, so I'm not pushing anything too hard until there's no pain. I was wearing one of those lace-up supports (Med Spec ASO) on by back foot so things feel a little weird.
I ran Filipe Toledo larges, just because I didn't feel like pulling my Kolohe larges or MF larges out of my other boards and they felt great. The board has instantaneous speed which is the main thing I need at my local spot since the waves are typically really short.
One of the best first impressions I've had with a bort in quite a while. I'm stocked and can't wait to be back to 100% so I can actually throw it around a bit.
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