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laceys lane > 9 months ago, 16 Jan 2016

thedrip

2355 posts

19 Jan 2016 4:41pm

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laceys lane said...
Confession time and need advice.

My dhd switch blade just feels a little short and not quite enough rocker and volume. Ever since ive been a kid, ive always surfed 6.2 s.

I cant find a semi hybrid performance 6.2 with about 35 lts so I dropped in to sdr and have ordered a monkey chip. 6.2.
I know some will say your over volumed at 73 kgs but it feels right and after mals and 666.s its ok. Pre 666 days I would have freaked out at a board that size. One must consider the daily gold coast battle for waves too
Anyway it generally comes as a sq tail. More versatile sdr reckons but I cant get my head around a sq tail I fear the squirrel.
I said ill go him halfs.
A diamond tail.
What do you reckon

Remember support your local shaper.
Long boards dont matter

Diamond tail sounds good. I'm not a fan of square tails. Why not a swallow? A lot of my boards over the years had a variety of swallows - mainly around four inch but some bigger and all the way down to a two inch swallow on a gun.

And I don't think 35 litres sounds too much.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

19 Jan 2016 6:43pm

Go the swallow tail Lacey your a hipster and fk off to the shortboard room will you, if I and others were interested you would find us there.

jbshack

6913 posts

19 Jan 2016 4:50pm

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SP said..
na mate wont work. I'd just keep running the THC with KFC, CCs, VB and STDs..

But I have never been so confused about fins as with quads, I gave up in the end and bought what the bloke in the shop said..

What did the shop guy suggest

And i may have missed it but what board is it you've got

Sadly i often find the shop guy suggests what they have on the shelf as the best option..

SP

10982 posts

19 Jan 2016 5:10pm

Yeah the shop was the boards shapers shop front so wasn't to concerned about being sold what was in the rack.

Board is nothing new just a really wide tailed fish I've had it for a while and never really sorted the fins out. Quads have me confused.

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

19 Jan 2016 7:24pm

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Macaha said..
Go the swallow tail Lacey your a hipster and fk off to the shortboard room will you, if I and others were interested you would find us there.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

19 Jan 2016 7:28pm

Oh ok then

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

19 Jan 2016 7:28pm

mac mac mac.

you've were warned.

are you stupid or can read

thread powering away and you cant cop it

no your cool.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

19 Jan 2016 7:34pm

Be nice I'm still at Kirra and heading north lock up

Cobra

9106 posts

19 Jan 2016 5:47pm

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SP said..
Quads have me confused.

nubster

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

19 Jan 2016 7:54pm

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Macaha said..
Be nice I'm still at Kirra and heading north lock up

manhunt at palmy- gulp

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

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19 Jan 2016 9:19pm

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thedrip said..

Why not a swallow? A lot of my boards over the years had a variety of swallows - mainly around four inch but some bigger and all the way down to a two inch swallow on a gun.

I always loved swallows - it is the bird of true love after all

In all seriousness the reason I do not order them anymore is I was sick of repairing the tails all the time. They just loved to get chipped for me no matter how much I try my best to look after them.

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

19 Jan 2016 8:21pm

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laceys lane said...

Macaha said..
Be nice I'm still at Kirra and heading north lock up

manhunt at palmy- gulp

At tugun just leave the house run while you can

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

19 Jan 2016 8:26pm

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Ted the Kiwi said..

thedrip said..

Why not a swallow? A lot of my boards over the years had a variety of swallows - mainly around four inch but some bigger and all the way down to a two inch swallow on a gun.

I always loved swallows - it is the bird of true love after all

In all seriousness the reason I do not order them anymore is I was sick of repairing the tails all the time. They just loved to get chipped for me no matter how much I try my best to look after them.

so true ted.

but no ones is saying anything.

im scared of a out and out sq tail. even the nano could be a bit nervous sometimes, but don't mind diamond tails. wouldnt a d tail do the square tail thing but with a little insurance

Cobra

9106 posts

19 Jan 2016 6:32pm

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Macaha said..

laceys lane said...

Macaha said..
Be nice I'm still at Kirra and heading north lock up

manhunt at palmy- gulp

At tugun just leave the house run while you can

show some decorum please.

thedrip

2355 posts

19 Jan 2016 7:59pm

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Ted the Kiwi said...

thedrip said..

Why not a swallow? A lot of my boards over the years had a variety of swallows - mainly around four inch but some bigger and all the way down to a two inch swallow on a gun.

I always loved swallows - it is the bird of true love after all

In all seriousness the reason I do not order them anymore is I was sick of repairing the tails all the time. They just loved to get chipped for me no matter how much I try my best to look after them.

Yeah there's swallows and then there are swallows. They need to be thick with a lot of glass and resin hanging over them. I have had swallows glasses like they rails and they are egg shells wanting to shatter, but thick glass and resin (and Tom Hoye does them about a quarter inch thick on top of the foam) and they are far more resilient.

These days I ride mainly pins and rounded pins and they seem so much less damageable than swallows. Funnily enough I have a twin fin sitting in the shed waiting for a swallow repair. It's only been there two years waiting for two hours work.

thedrip

2355 posts

19 Jan 2016 8:22pm

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laceys lane said...

Ted the Kiwi said..

thedrip said..

Why not a swallow? A lot of my boards over the years had a variety of swallows - mainly around four inch but some bigger and all the way down to a two inch swallow on a gun.

I always loved swallows - it is the bird of true love after all

In all seriousness the reason I do not order them anymore is I was sick of repairing the tails all the time. They just loved to get chipped for me no matter how much I try my best to look after them.

I would think so. How big do you want this board to surf?

Tux

VIC

3829 posts

20 Jan 2016 7:41am

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laceys lane said..

Diamond tails reduce the rail line length...so with a 5'10 vader for example with a 1/2 diamond nose and tail when its goes on rail your only turning a 5'9....with a pin or a swallow you end up with more rail line in the water...I rode rounded squares for years...nice compromise on the chopped squares which always seem a bit abrupt to me

SP

10982 posts

20 Jan 2016 7:09am

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Cobra said..

SP said..
Quads have me confused.

nubster

C'mon mate, i don't tell you to put training wheels on your Harley.

But the board doesn't have plugs for one and I think it kinda defeats the purpose of a quad putting one in.

SP

10982 posts

20 Jan 2016 7:12am

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Macaha said...
Go the swallow tail Lacey your a hipster and fk off to the shortboard room will you, if I and others were interested you would find us there.

Maybe back of the Caffeine Mac, the hipsters reckon this is a good alternative..

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

20 Jan 2016 2:38pm

Dropped into sdr for 5 mins.
I was always getting a rounded sq tail.
The tail of the photos of the monkey chop have what sdr calls a chop tail. Funnily enough.

Thxs to all who replied.

And even macman

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

20 Jan 2016 3:16pm

Del told me your driving him to drink.

SP

10982 posts

20 Jan 2016 1:22pm

He's drinking the Tea Mac.....

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

20 Jan 2016 3:48pm

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Macaha said..
Del told me your driving him to drink.

haven't resorted to sending him emails at 3.30 in the morning yet mac.

actually he's a hard man to get away from.

loves a chinwag

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

20 Jan 2016 3:51pm

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laceys lane said..

Macaha said..
Del told me your driving him to drink.

haven't resorted to sending him emails at 3.30 in the morning yet mac.

actually his a hard man to get away from.

loves a chinwag

BS its people like you that hold up production

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

20 Jan 2016 4:23pm

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Macaha said..

laceys lane said..

Macaha said..
Del told me your driving him to drink.

haven't resorted to sending him emails at 3.30 in the morning yet mac.

actually his a hard man to get away from.

loves a chinwag

BS its people like you that hold up production

you really are becoming a charmless man

Macaha

QLD

21981 posts

20 Jan 2016 4:25pm

Yes I know maybe I should light up a smoke

Surf69

883 posts

20 Jan 2016 2:28pm

Look forward to seeing the end result, and I don't think you can over volume, foam is your friend.

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

20 Jan 2016 4:30pm

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Macaha said..
Yes I know maybe I should light up a smoke

CMC

QLD

3954 posts

21 Jan 2016 2:53pm

Lacey!! You need to ride this thing mate...... Most surprising board I have ever ridden.

I've got one at home, you should have a spin! 7'2 Channel Islands waterhog in TLPC...... You look at it and think its a fun shape.. BUT it's actually a shortboard tail and rocker with a longer, round nose. Literally catches waves and paddles like a 7'2 but the 1 foot dissapears on the wave and it feels like it becomes a 6'2... Ultra, ultra light.

Seriously I could go on all day about it... Just come and get it and have a go!!

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

21 Jan 2016 5:25pm

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CMC said..

Lacey!! You need to ride this thing mate...... Most surprising board I have ever ridden.

I've got one at home, you should have a spin! 7'2 Channel Islands waterhog in TLPC...... You look at it and think its a fun shape.. BUT it's actually a shortboard tail and rocker with a longer, round nose. Literally catches waves and paddles like a 7'2 but the 1 foot dissapears on the wave and it feels like it becomes a 6'2... Ultra, ultra light.

Seriously I could go on all day about it... Just come and get it and have a go!!

love to cmc but just got 2 lots of stitches in my back so im a few days out of the water.

will do tho, sounds just the board for the alley

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