Tardy said..
After reading this thread and the love you guys have for long boards you've got me interested in one ,
I think Brenno's 9,0 and 30 could be fun ,
Is it the glide of the longboard shape that makes small waves fun ,or is it the nose riding
I guess I will have to get one to find out ,I'm 97 kgs and a intermediate surfer ,

sweet ute Brenno .

drivethebus said..





Hi Tardy, it's the fact that a good longboard can make a non surfing day fun. I was out the weekend at a break that was unrideable on anything else. But with my Naish Nalu 10' x 29 and a 10 inch fin I caught a few fun little runners. Longboards also make waiting around out the back on days like this much easier. Everyone needs a longboard in their quiver.

Steve

LucBenac said..




I did have the pleasure of trying out for teh first time Bob's Revolution 9x30 with a 9" FatBoy and it works very nicely. Now it is up to Bob to make it rip in Tofino.

Brenno said..
Picked up the 9 x 30 revolution today. It smells like fun. Now all I need is a wave.....

Brenno said..
Hey Lizardman,
I have a 10 x 28 revolution, and a 9 x 28 smik hipster longboard. Around the same volume. Chalk and cheese.
I had the stock revo, and have since gone for a xxx tec one, with 2 + 1 fin set up. It is slightly heavier but this increases the glide. It is beautiful to look at, the rails are fine and sits perfectly in the water for me. I absolutely love this board, and currently surfing it as a single using a 9" fluid foils fatboy. James Casey says the thruster is the go, but he rips and could probably make surfing a door look good. For me it's a keeper, and currently doing a 9 x 30" one xxx tec with 2 + 1. I love running to the nose on this board, also turns well off the tail but I am large and need some decent push or she bogs. My boy has prone surfed it and was releasing many excited expletives afterwards, it is scary fast on a decent face as a single.
The hipster longboard is exciting off the tail, and carves on wally stuff. Not as good on the nose, but all the magic is in the tail on this board.
I surf it with Asher Pacey twins or an 8" single. Turns on a dime with some weight on the tail as a twin, and fun and squirrely following sections with ease as a single. There are 3 reasons I will never sell this board. It is too much fun, it has my daughter's artwork on it, and it has been that bashed about heaps in and out of the water, and probably wouldn't fetch much.
Hope this helps mate

Lizardman said..








Hi mate, the cutaway fin that sunova supplied with my revolution looks far too big for the board. I guess it is a bit deciding as the rake is so long. Have you surfed your Revo with that cutaway fin as a single or 2+1. How did it perform as I haven't been able to take mine out in decent surf yet.

justaddwater said..
Brenno,how's the stability with no side bites in ? Thinking of a 10 "fat boy in my 10 ft style

supthecreek said..






Ha ha.. I just take the big fins that come with the longboards and put them all in a box and leave them there

I don't ask why they come so big and swept back, because I always use my own fins in all my boards.

I generally like a big stiff single on longboards, but on some more performance oriented ones, I go with a thruster setup. That's how I ride my Pointbreak. standard thruster set.