I've been loving my small side bites with a 7 1/2 centre,its feels alive and gives me drive.

BUT,I'm hearing a thruster sit up will add to performance and I'm hearing they drive well.

Do they out drive my set up? and why? I'm not a fly weight like the guys banging on about this.

Asea surfs thruster style.

Hes a big bloke.

Has to be. So many mangoes up em

Ask him

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laceys lane said..
Asea surf thruster style.

Hes a big bloke.

Has to be. So many mangoes up em

Thanks for the advice I'll have to shoot an email off

i have said for ages you cannot call a longboard hp unless it is a thruster or a quad........im a fat **** and heavier than you mac and im riding 36 litre boards no prob.....

stop dropping a oomph here and oomph there and go mental and join mr mctavishs world and join the short board revolution .....if you dont go near the nose,you dont need a longboard hey there is a new thread in that

Thanks guys I'm blown away with the advice given

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Macaha said..
Thanks guys I'm blown away with the advice given

you are welcome...now buy a new board

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chrispy said..

Macaha said..
Thanks guys I'm blown away with the advice given

you are welcome...now buy a new board

I was hoping for a shapers pimp fest from both of you

Nah no boards mate I'll have to make do with my lot.

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chrispy said..

Macaha said..
Thanks guys I'm blown away with the advice given

you are welcome...now buy a new board

I was hoping for a shapers pimp fest from both of you

Nah no boards mate I'll have to make do with my lot.

hell would freeze over first hey mate

I mean a shortboard.


ive a spare thruster setup I use. give it a go

Thats really nice of you fin guru

I'm really slack with fin set ups. I tend to whack in what I think will work & leave them in...I've got a couple of boards a friend swears work way better as thrusters than quads & been meaning to try for 9 months now but havn't yet...I only tend to change fins when a board doesn't feel like it has enough drive & then most of the time it just turns out the boards just not right for me. That's happened 4 times & a couple of those boards were well loved by their next owner.

In your case I think a 7 1/2 inch is pretty small on a LB with the sucky sections GM can put out. You could go down to a 5 1/2 inch centre if you had 5 1/2 side bites no worries at all if the 7 1/2 feels ok & you'd have way more drive

Something like these in either futures or FCS
www.wetfins.com.au/surfboard-fins/longboard-fins/shapers-fins-5-5-ruben-roxburgh-2-1-futures-bamboo/

Fins are cheaper than boards - surely Chrispy's mates at Shapers can do some in your desired colours

Fins...love fins. So many personalities from one board with mixing it up. performance = quads and Thrusters all day long in my opinion. That's what they're for.

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i have said for ages you cannot call a longboard hp unless it is a thruster or a quad........im a fat **** and heavier than you mac and im riding 36 litre boards no prob.....

stop dropping a oomph here and oomph there and go mental and join mr mctavishs world and join the short board revolution .....if you dont go near the nose,you dont need a longboard hey there is a new thread in that

Two T shirt designs in that post Chrispy, now get printing!!!

If the good people at Mact can't get it right for you then none of us have any hope....

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SP said..
If the good people at Mact can't get it right for you then none of us have any hope....

Its good right now SP, I've been a fan of my current set up for ages now,I'm not one of those sheep

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Macaha said..

SP said..
If the good people at Mact can't get it right for you then none of us have any hope....

Its good right now SP, I've been a fan of my current set up for ages now,I'm not one of those sheep

Bob's your shepherd.

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Surf69 said...
Fins...love fins. So many personalities from one board with mixing it up. performance = quads and Thrusters all day long in my opinion. That's what they're for.

What he said.

If by performance you mean tight turns in the pocket.

Having said that, I just ordered a new board and I got a 2+1 set up. I like the lines and effortless drive.

Thanks fellas for your awesome and knowledgable input. Earlier today I received a text message from a pro I know who has hooked me up with a new set up.

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Macaha said...
Thanks fellas for your awesome and knowledgable input. Earlier today I received a text message from a pro I know who has hooked me up with a new set up.

Thats very vanders ish of you mac

So the new setup is still a 2 plus one hey

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laceys lane said...

Macaha said...
Thanks fellas for your awesome and knowledgable input. Earlier today I received a text message from a pro I know who has hooked me up with a new set up.

Thats very vanders ish of you mac

So the new setup is still a 2 plus one hey

????? How did I get dragged into this??

No Vanders is a single fin sort of guy.

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laceys lane said...

Macaha said...
Thanks fellas for your awesome and knowledgable input. Earlier today I received a text message from a pro I know who has hooked me up with a new set up.

Thats very vanders ish of you mac

So the new setup is still a 2 plus one hey

????? How did I get dragged into this??

Some say - why not

Your wasting your time Lacey Vanders is single well you know he only owns singles now days

Single and proud of it.

2 boards and loving that too.

Life's good!