Laurie,
Just curious, can you tell who red thumbed you ?

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Simondo said...

Sparx said...
What manner of witless gibbon would presume to gaze into the crystal ball and asume what will or will not be possible in another millenium of wave riding.
Sparx

Are you calling me a witless gibbon Sparx!?
You do make some very good points in those posts though!
Here's 1 minor problem though... For SUP depending on your size, there is minimum width and volume you need to simply stand up, and be able to paddle the damn thing. But on critical waves, in the really steep parts, you actually (sort of) don't want those volumes, and a board that wide...

But hell yeah, imagine Pancho doing some hacks on a SUP. Hilly, thanks for reposting Blane!! I was reminding BillBoard how well PSH boards can go!

Mans gotta know his place in the great Darwinian scheme.....nah, just yanking your chain. You wanted a response, you got it.
And just to round it out, five years ago average size for a SUP would have been in the ten foot plus range, now at the sharp end their eight and under. With advances in materials and technology my guess is the pros will be riding boards in ten years time which will be hard to distinguish from short boards.
It would be a very brave, or foolish man who would say "never" with regards to performance parameters that are being re defined on a daily basis.
Cheers
Sparx

That kite gaff from Keahi should be giving some of you dedicated short boarders a severe case of "Hack Envy"
Cheers
Sparx

Here's some more power. This is Blane Chamber's cousin Kekoa Bacalso surfing at Winki-Pop, Victoria.

you call those hacks

i've seen esky lid riders throw more spray

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Sparx said...

..........................And just to round it out, five years ago average size for a SUP would have been in the ten foot plus range, now at the sharp end their eight and under. With advances in materials and technology my guess is the pros will be riding boards in ten years time which will be hard to distinguish from short boards.

Cheers
Sparx

I dont think you appreciate the laws of physics....it is still going to take "X" amount of board for a 80kg guy to paddle while standing up....magic materials or not, SUP boards are never going to be as thin or as narrow as a true performance SB

until technology possibly provides a new composite core ..... calling NASA

"A powerful hack..."

Why thank you!

I noticed nobody has mentioned the evolution of land yachting and their potential for hacking in the future. Nothing like 2" of water after a downpour to hack up the local carpark.

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Scotty88 said...
I noticed nobody has mentioned the evolution of land yachting and their potential for hacking in the future. Nothing like 2" of water after a downpour to hack up the local carpark.

Toast ... Land Yachting ..... Toast .... Land yachting ..... hmmmmm nope no connection I'm moving on

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thePup said...
until technology possibly provides a new composite core ..... calling NASA

unless you are going to have a hollow core and fill with helium....it wont mater how strong or light a material is, lets say a board weighed 0kg, that 85 kg rider with a normally 7kg board is now equivilant to a 78kg...that is still 78kg of rider that a board has to displace to paddle...not sit on the water as we know boards are already at 50% underwater or more....but it still has to work somewhat at paddling.

Or street sup they really rip it up ;)

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husq2100 said...

thePup said...
until technology possibly provides a new composite core ..... calling NASA

unless you are going to have a hollow core and fill with helium....it wont mater how strong or light a material is, lets say a board weighed 0kg, that 85 kg rider with a normally 7kg board is now equivilant to a 78kg...that is still 78kg of rider that a board has to displace to paddle...not sit on the water as we know boards are already at 50% underwater or more....but it still has to work somewhat at paddling.

it is what it is (and please I do mean the same goes for SB , LB etc etc here ) ,,,, and does it come down to the stoke / fun factor and I guess while we're at it - skill of the punter too H ???

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husq2100 said...

Sparx said...

..........................And just to round it out, five years ago average size for a SUP would have been in the ten foot plus range, now at the sharp end their eight and under. With advances in materials and technology my guess is the pros will be riding boards in ten years time which will be hard to distinguish from short boards.

Cheers
Sparx

I dont think you appreciate the laws of physics....it is still going to take "X" amount of board for a 80kg guy to paddle while standing up....magic materials or not, SUP boards are never going to be as thin or as narrow as a true performance SB

Nah, not a fan of physics..... to many laws. More a fan of evolutionary theory, sh.t has a way of sorting itself out.....in the fullness of time
Cheers
Sparx

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husq2100 said...

Sparx said...

..........................And just to round it out, five years ago average size for a SUP would have been in the ten foot plus range, now at the sharp end their eight and under. With advances in materials and technology my guess is the pros will be riding boards in ten years time which will be hard to distinguish from short boards.

Cheers
Sparx

I dont think you appreciate the laws of physics....it is still going to take "X" amount of board for a 80kg guy to paddle while standing up....magic materials or not, SUP boards are never going to be as thin or as narrow as a true performance SB

Nah, not a fan of physics..... to many laws. More a fan of evolutionary theory, sh.t has a way of sorting itself out.....in the fullness of time
Cheers
Sparx

Only to a point.
An Emu is a bird but can't fly for ****.

Its all relative really.........yawwwnnnnnn.