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bird.LA

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Jul 14, 2002
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To me both are amazing boards. Flare seems more verastile, surprisingly on the upper end. Both are great but If I had to chose just one it would be the flare for it's versatility.
Fk guess I've got to order one at some point
 

Sharkbiscuit

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Aug 6, 2003
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Ride report for quantum quad and sparkbox (sparkplug/gigglebox):

quantum: I think this board has good potential, but I havent found the right fin set up yet. Ive tried the F8s with some old rusty quad rears and found it to lack drive. I think I may try either a larger quad rear (F8 quad rear) or a larger front fin.

Have you considered trying flat-foiled rears?
Strongly second the flat-foiled rears for speed in a quad fish like that and strongly encourage more rake/sweep up front to aid drive.
 
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ChaseTMP

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Some dipsh^t I see out relatively often, but don't even acknowledge with a head nod since he's such an fμcking kook, back-paddled me this morning, so of course I burned him.

It was a pretty good wave and as I was lining up to hit the oncoming section I hear a "whoo!" and next thing I know I feel/hear my bort make contact with another bort. I kick out and see the du retrieving his Torq midlength.

I ask if he actually shot his bort at me, and he replies that I should have looked behind me and that I burned him. A barrage of profanity-laden remarks about back-paddling ensued. I couldn't find any dings, snackles on first inspection so I just let my tirade fizzle and the guy paddled away.

It wasn't until I was showering-off that I noticed the left FCSII plug was cracked. I took it in to my buddy's shop and he said the whole plug has to be replaced.

Long backstory for why I won't be riding my 5'8 Varial Flare for a week or longer. I'm bummed as the bort is one of my faves. Fμcking Torq dorks!
 
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cjs2002

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Some dipsh^t I see out relatively often, but don't even acknowledge with a head nod since he's such an fμcking kook, back-paddled me this morning, so of course I burned him.

It was a pretty good wave and as I was lining up to hit the oncoming section I hear a "whoo!" and next thing I know I feel/hear my bort make contact with another bort. I kick out and see the du retrieving his Torq midlength.

I ask if he actually shot his bort at me, and he replies that I should have looked behind me and that I burned him. A barrage of profanity-laden remarks about back-paddling ensued. I couldn't find any dings, snackles on first inspection so I just let my tirade fizzle and the guy paddled away.

I wasn't until I was showering off that I noticed the left FCSII plug was cracked. I took it in to my buddy's shop and he said the whole plug has to be replaced.

Long backstory for why I won't be riding my 5'8 Varial Flare for a week or longer. I'm bummed as the bort is one of my faves. Fμcking Torq dorks!
Lame, sorry dude. Torq is the Wavestorm step-up. Saw a lot of those out today as well
 
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