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I just picked up the beauty yesterday at the new patagonia store in Cardiff. Can't wait for some winter juice to ride this baby on.
the model is called the KMRP/keith malloy round pin.
I ride a 6'1" short boad. this is a 6'6" step-up gun.
what do you guys think?
the board looks sick. hope you get some tasty waves
the sickness. going to stop by the store when i visit in Nov.
crazy leash thingamajig
instead of it ripping out your leash cup, it rips your leg out of your hip socket instead. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffy109
noice!
it just helps to release the board from white water quicker buddy.
So is it an $800 dollar shortboard?
Looks sweet. Epoxy or hi-tec resin?
What's the rest of the dimensions? My step up is a 6'6" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4", glassed extra strong because I break boards, like for fun.
they make em pretty tough, my Patagonia has taken a lot of travel abuse unscathed, but a wipeout collision with a tuflite dinged it!!
fancy new plug/leash gig.
6'6" x 18 1/2 x 2 3/8th
the board has an epoxy glass job so it is going to be alot stronger than your typical board.
nice ref. to north shore there buddy.
hey watch it brah, that's a fresh hot coat, rino chaser don't need no howley hand print fuckin up it's glide.
hey "howley", how does the leash thingamajig help release from the white water better? like aquakineticenergy or something like that?
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Originally Posted by SoCalTele
The nose is too thick! I need a board with lots more rocker. That's an OLD MAN'S board!
That leash plug design is brilliant. I have seen rails ripped to shreds by the nylon cord that the leash attaches to. That design should completely alleviate that concern.
it was a joke there buddy. (is buddy the new "dude"?)Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalTele
but i still can't get my head around what you're sayin here...:confused:
i get the rail damage idea (although i've never seen a board damaged by the leash) but it seems it would put the leash more in the water and cause slightly more drag than having it come out the top like a standard leash plug.
anyways, i'm happy for you and your new board. thanks for sharing.
surfers are so aggro
haha, yeah i use buddy alot. i'm kinda over "dude"
this should be a new thread.
ive seen a few boards that have had the rails totally screwed by the leash, hope this helps relieve that problem. go to pointblanks.com and see for yourself Fletchers view on his leash plug idea.
cheers
the only reason the leash should damage the tail is if the leash loop is to long and the nylon rope comes into contact with the rail. you simply make the loop small/shorter that it can't reach the rail.
i'm sure the leash plug is built like that for a reason, but i don't think anyone here's explained it right. buddy.
looks like a cool idea. maybe it has something to dowith when you go down in big surf and your board starts tombstoning. it won't pull at an angle and might be easier to fetch your board back when your in some good whitewater
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Originally Posted by dblatto
HO! You like beef? I brok yo face!!!! now SPLIT KOOK!
your board is sick.
i've seen that the waves down by you have had super good shape lately. sounds like fun with the 3'-5' with occasional 6 footers at Trestles and San Onofre.
hahahahahahahahahahQuote:
Originally Posted by norcalskibunny
I just ordered a 6'10" pin-tailed mini-gun. For the big days up north on some of the steeper hollower Nor-Cal waves. Made by a local shaper (the only way people should have boards shaped) Nick Palandrini of Source Surfboards.
6'10" x 18 1/2 x 2 3/8. (quite similar to poonies)
Stoke-ed
He so haole he don't even know how to spell haole.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalTele
I like that board alot man. pics need to be posted of ya shredding on it.
so I'm looking to get my second board. I'm riding a 6' 6" twin fish at the moment that I'm pretty happy with but I'm starting to step it up into big wave and I dont know weither to go to a semi gun or gun. I've only been riding for about 5 monthes so I dont know too much about board shape and such.
COD!!!!!!! Scrub it KOOK!
The board is sick...I like the board a lot...All from a picture? The board could be great, but maybe not. Maybe getting the right fins for his surfing and choses line ups makes the difference. Chances are that the board is fine. Let's hope for a big NW. Let us know how it is after a beefy swell.
6'6" twinny huh, sounds like a big ass twinny. unless your going to be surfing some big ass waves like winter puerto in mexico there isn't much need for a full on gun.
how big are you? Height/weight? and what size surf will you be in... all those play into how big of a board you should be on. plus experience as well. 5 months does not seem like a long enough time to me that you are ready to be charging some big waves, but maybe your a quick learner. i am only 5'8" 150lbs so a 6'6" feels big compared to my 5'8" twinny, and 6'1" thruster. if your on a 6'6" twinny now, why don't you step down to a shorter board first(thruster) and see where that takes you.
I only plan on riding my new 6'6" if it is like 4'-5' overhead.
Talk to a shaper instead of gettin board advice over the internet. A good shaper will answer all your questions - and ones you didn't think of.
he just gave you the best advice as long as you get a few shapers opinion. the location of where you will be using the board drastically matters as well.
for example are you sufing big waves that double up at the last second, or are you surfing bombs like at bells beach that roll in and just progressively get larger.
I think I'm explaining my board wrong cause it just seems like a beefy short board to me. there is a really bad pic below.I think that a short board is a good call. I rode a friends 6'4" the other day I really liked it felt like I was paddling on a twig. I'm like 185lb and 6' 1" and head high and up is big wave surfing to me. I demoed some fins today and I think that will keep me satisfied for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalTele
I just got back from a ses at a heavy beach break. Conditions were about head high to well over. Me and friend both went for a wave and didnt catch it, turned around to see a enormous set coming in. It completely destored us I have a fat lump on my head and a swollen shoulder from multiple board collisions. I'm starting to get used to getting held under for long periods of time. my friend said it was one of the scariest experiences he has ever had and I really over the ses at that point.
Its the second board thats yellow
http://photos-161.ak.facebook.com/ip...97161_8820.jpg
I like the idea of going to a shaper I should start saving.
i'm pretty sure there aren't any waves up there.
A lot of the HI shapers will do boards direct for $360-$375 (Arakawa, Tokoro, Pang, Schaper, etc). You save a couple hundred by getting the exact same board sans the Local Motion/ T&C label
You get reef rash if you don't put something on those cuts. Every scab, brah. SCRUB IT KOOK!Quote:
Originally Posted by pollard
....and next time don't surf such big waves.
:FIREdevil
sound like you just need to move down to a smaller board that can handle waves head high to a few feet overhead. doesn't sound like there is any need for you to buy a gun at this point. I have been in the same situation as you and your buddy were many times. it is scary as shit. I paddled for the first wave on a sneeker set at bells beach in oz, pulled off at the last second because i knew i was going to air drop into it and then turned around to see the biggest sets of the day about to crash on my head. knowing that if i tried to dive under and not hold onto my board (my leash would of snapped) i held my board as close to my body as possible(wrapping my legs and arms around it.) if i would of lost my board i would drowned for sure. it was a rookie mistake on my part that could of been avoided if i would have been patient and waited for one or two waves of the set to pass. And yes, that was the scariest moment of my life. The set that rolled through was a nine wave set my brother counted. I was in the impact zone for eight of the nine
I figured that i should use the stick before it gets huge at blacks this winter, so when i saw on surfline that it was 4'-5' w/occational 6' at del mar, i waxed her up really quickly. the board was everything that i was hoping for. it paddled like a dream and got me into any wave super early. man was it fast too, held a great edge and the glass red x fins i added to it didn't hurt much either.
i surfed off of 11th st. and it was kinda a paddle fest because of all the people. i was patient and waited out the back for the set waves to come, when i was flying down the face all i saw was all these monkies paddeling towards the horizon for their lives. and they were laughing at me for sitting all by myself for a 1/2 hour outside. who's laughing now bitches.
you tell dem brah
not a supu alias, -west