Nah, no way he couldn’t have resisted the urge to post a t&c twin from ‘88 and crap on some aspect of the album’s design or marketing hype
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Varial foam Article/Ride Reports?
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If this sale isn’t a sign you need to yolo one, i don’t know what isYOLO one of those stoke Plasmic EASTs. I’d imagine similar range to Flare and would love a comparison. The 5’9 been caaaalllin me and I been so strong to resist its siren song for weeks… so far. LOL. Hope one of you snags it first so I don’t.
E.A.S.T. Plasmic 5'7"
5'7" x 19.5" x 2.32" | 30.9L Featured in the "Electric Acid Surfboard Test" (E.A.S.T.) Flatter fish-like rocker Double barrel bonzer-style concaves Tail has wings that make it a little more maneuverable Shaped for more everyday conditions compared to the traditional Plasmic E.A.S.T. Plasmic is a...www.varialsurf.com
E.A.S.T. Plasmic 5'9"
5'9" x 19.75" x 2.37" | 34.84L Album Plasmic with Varial Foam surfboard. Generously volumed twin fin , flatter fish-like rocker. Double barrel bonzer-style concaves, good for beginner to advanced shortboarders / twin fin riders, ideal for small to medium sized summer conditions+. Ride it...
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There's a blem 5'7 for $950....
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There's a blem 5'7 for $950....
Album 5'7" East Plasmic Blem
5'7" x 19.5" x 2.32" 30.9L Varial Foam core and Infused Glass Polyester resin Standard Glass: 4 + 4oz deck, 4oz bottom Twin Fin, Futures Black Blem: Small repair on rail All sales are final, no returns Looking for a used Varial Board? Click here to check out our affiliated partners website.
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I swapped my TM for a Plasmic with a guy for about an hour in waves that were better suited for the Plasmic and that concave in the back was just too weird feeling for how I drive my boards. It felt like the tail was on a jacuzzi bubble sometimes.YOLO one of those stoke Plasmic EASTs. I’d imagine similar range to Flare and would love a comparison. The 5’9 been caaaalllin me and I been so strong to resist its siren song for weeks… so far. LOL. Hope one of you snags it first so I don’t.
E.A.S.T. Plasmic 5'7"
5'7" x 19.5" x 2.32" | 30.9L Featured in the "Electric Acid Surfboard Test" (E.A.S.T.) Flatter fish-like rocker Double barrel bonzer-style concaves Tail has wings that make it a little more maneuverable Shaped for more everyday conditions compared to the traditional Plasmic E.A.S.T. Plasmic is a...
E.A.S.T. Plasmic 5'9"
5'9" x 19.75" x 2.37" | 34.84L Album Plasmic with Varial Foam surfboard. Generously volumed twin fin , flatter fish-like rocker. Double barrel bonzer-style concaves, good for beginner to advanced shortboarders / twin fin riders, ideal for small to medium sized summer conditions+. Ride it...
The sensation was similar to what I felt with the Sci Fi I owned for a minute. It's too hard after almost 40 years of surfing to unlearn pumping with more weight on my front foot.
The waves are so short/quick where I surf 95% of the time. The way I drive works and I get up to speed really quickly, but some board designs don't jive with me.
The TM works perfectly with my weight distribution, it's just I can get going more quickly on my Flare, NB2 or Psych Germ in the small stuff. I'm sure the fact those boards have a third fin to push off of helps generating speed at the get-go.
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Did you happen to notice what fins were in the plasmic you tried? My first surf on Oeste's plasmic I used the NVS album fins and definitely felt that sensation, in addition to it lacking drive and being stiff. I switched to NVS Knox (more upright, slightly bigger) and all that disappeared and it became super natural to surf as a front foot oriented sarfer.
Perhaps those were a bit small for you. I definitely think the plasmic can work for front footed surfers.
IMO, you need big fins on the Plasmic to tame the tail
definitely the same experience for me. tried the Album TA twins on my Plasmic first, but ended up preferring the bigger more upright Elmores
Just picked up a LoveMachine FM, 6'9" in Varial build. Only have 1 ride on it but hot damn she GOES! Really light, but not too light for a 6'9". Rode it in kinda chunky windswell at my local right-hand reefbreak. Love the feel of it so far...
For you top tier YOLO guys how has the carbon Varial been holding up? I’m always tempted to give it a go for the rnf96 (the love of my life). But then I see pics like this, with pretty significant denting. At that price point I need assurances. I don’t really care about deck denting. But man, if a 1.3k board does that on the bottom
Anyone ever tried the Britt Merrick twins? They're a pretty big fin but I really like 'em in my 6'4 Gibbons egg.
Yes you’ll get dents. But I’ve never gotten any in the bottom, just on the deck usually where my feet are and where I duck dive. The denting feels extreme at first but then stops after the initial dents, meaning it doesn’t get worse or no new dents after the first month or so. My 1.5 year old Varial has the same dents and depth of dents since it’s first month. At first it bummed me out but the pop and flex still being there 1.5 years later, I don’t care about the dents.
*mine is not carbon
*mine is not carbon
Caught a (first wave of my short lived session) chest high wave this a.m. that was closing out and did my standard pull through the back, but my feet disengaged and my bort got sucked up/over and the rail immediately hit me in the bridge of the nose.
A CT scan (to rule out a septal hematoma) confirmed fractures on both sides of my nose, but there was not even a shatter on my poly Varial build. Sh!tty morning, but stocked I don’t have to deal with a ding repair in addition to my nose approaching Owen Wilson territory.
A CT scan (to rule out a septal hematoma) confirmed fractures on both sides of my nose, but there was not even a shatter on my poly Varial build. Sh!tty morning, but stocked I don’t have to deal with a ding repair in addition to my nose approaching Owen Wilson territory.
Damn man. Sorry to hear that but yeah, a ding would have really been icing on the cake.