Hey GPA, it's not just you and me with this board.

BTW any luck getting an enjoyable ride out of yours?

Check out the board on the left. Shape look familar?

knock off . By the man that actually designed it. I was thinking of getting one off him as my next board. How does it go? And what are the Dims?

Is that a bobsled? What are your thoughts on it?

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kadilak said...

Hey GPA, it's not just you and me with this board.

BTW any luck getting an enjoyable ride out of yours?

Hey Kadilak - I only got it back from repairs yesterday - but I did enjoy today's 3hr surf - albeit it was small - at least I got a few re-entries and a couple of floaters that I made (and continued the wave).

It definitely paddles in better, and also cuts over the slow sections - no argument there... just I seems to loose the tail sometimes - mostly on backhand bottom turns??

Putting the standard fins back in made a huge improvement - which surprised me - might be the performance cores were too stiff on an already stiff board - dunno.

PS - I reckon I saw at least 6 or 7 Epoxy 7S's over the weekend - although all of them were the old shape. Haven't seen anyone with the new 2012 shape - I know JBshack has a 6.6 in PU...

Re: The Bobsled...

I have ridden the Bobsled's "Step-Up" cousin, called
"The Dream Machine" Rincon '68.

This Yellow Board was hand shaped by Bob, for himself. Bob felt is was a fraction long for himself. It now lives with me in Torquay and gets a run at Winki & Bells.

It's 7'10 x 20"1/2 even though it actually says x 21". Even Bob makes mistakes.
I would actually like to give it a go at 21.
Mine is also a Quad - 4 fin.

7'10 = paddles in a dream
Slim though the rear hips means it's a true "Step-Up". Works unreal when it is overhead+
At head high, it's actually a fraction too long. Still goes well when surfed off the tail, but just a little too much board in front of you on smaller days...

When it's bigger, you'll love having 7'10 for paddle in speed. The classic McTavish Chines up front helps to smooth everything out.

The Quad - I found I like the big Merrick fins up front, with either the GXQ in the rear, or the Kelly Quad Rears.

Fin Spread - all fins are a little further forward that you might expect, and all fins are a little further of the rail than you might expect. The result, all four fins are more likely to be up under your back foot, and all fins are now closer to your toes and heel. Result, goes unreal. Very responsive, can allow you to do some snappy turns... Yet the long smooth rail lines allow you to draw beautiful long clean bottom turns. It's 1970's template meets 2010's fins... Quite impressed.

I've ridden plenty of boards, and I like the look of the Bobsled. The fin spread is basically the same as I described above. The template is a little wider. So technically, it will go quite well in waist high and head high waves, to head and a half. If it was head and a half, I would be grabbing my Rincon '68.

I agree with what Bob says below...
http://www.mctavish.com.au/surfboard/bobsled

Further more, if you love The Bobsled, you should get on the phone immediately and ring 02 6685 6736 and ask for a guy called Bob. If he's not there, leave your details and he'll call you back. And have a chat about the dimensions for your new Rincon '68. Helps if you have easy access to some quality point breaks...

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GPA said...



It definitely paddles in better, and also cuts over the slow sections - no argument there... just it seems too loose in the tail sometimes

Yep, fairly regular feeling for a Quad. It's both good and bad at the same time. Maybe that's why Kelly mucks around with the 5th little stabiliser fin...

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GPA said...


Hey Kadilak - I only got it back from repairs yesterday - but I did enjoy today's 3hr surf - albeit it was small - at least I got a few re-entries and a couple of floaters that I made (and continued the wave).

It definitely paddles in better, and also cuts over the slow sections - no argument there... just I seems to loose the tail sometimes - mostly on backhand bottom turns??

Putting the standard fins back in made a huge improvement - which surprised me - might be the performance cores were too stiff on an already stiff board - dunno.

PS - I reckon I saw at least 6 or 7 Epoxy 7S's over the weekend - although all of them were the old shape. Haven't seen anyone with the new 2012 shape - I know JBshack has a 6.6 in PU...

Good to see it was not a complete waste.

I have spent most weekends at heavily populated beaches and this is the first I have seen other than my own. It was the old style like mine.

Hoping to make the breezers road trip, maybe it won't be too crowded.

I must be getting better at this sport too, just looking at the skills around me, I used to feel like I was in the bottom 5%, now I feel like I am in the bottom 20%

I don't think the Bobsled has the 5 th fin box for a knubster! I rang McTavish and their feedback was it doesn't work as a thruster so that's why they didn't put in in.