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MP Fang Tail

Created by Simondo Simondo  > 9 months ago, 24 Jan 2012
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Simondo
Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

24 Jan 2012 2:48pm
Always fun to look at !!
Just don't look at the price !

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2008-Michael-Peterson-Fangtail-Replica-Certificate-/220938594946?pt=AU_Sport_Surfing&hash=item3370f76a82#ht_500wt_1263
doggie
doggie

WA

15849 posts

24 Jan 2012 12:13pm
Jeez!! That tail would have some bite in it, ay Simo
surferstu
surferstu

1011 posts

24 Jan 2012 12:14pm
beats me how a replica board can be worth that much , be surprised if anyone forks out for it. would prob be a crap board under anyone but MPs feet anyway
Simondo
Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

24 Jan 2012 3:33pm
I told you not to look at the price Surferstu !
Yeah, Doggie, it would have bite. It's a variation on "stingers" actually.
weiry
weiry

QLD

5396 posts

24 Jan 2012 3:10pm
why are there channels on the top
Simondo
Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

24 Jan 2012 4:31pm
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weiry said...

why are there channels on the top


MP was probably just having a bender of a day in the shaping bay !!

They say MP could shape a board in 15 minutes. From Blank, to "ready for glassing" in 15 minutes! That's probably faster than current shaping machines! But MP was a Human Shaping Machine !
CMC
CMC

CMC

QLD

3954 posts

24 Jan 2012 3:53pm
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Simondo said...

weiry said...

why are there channels on the top


MP was probably just having a bender of a day in the shaping bay !!

They say MP could shape a board in 15 minutes. From Blank, to "ready for glassing" in 15 minutes! That's probably faster than current shaping machines! But MP was a Human Shaping Machine !


They also say they were as rough as bags.

A bloke I used to work with was hired to 'shape' his shapes after shaping and before glassing so to speak....

The same bloke told me a great story about a board MP left with him in Bali to bring home for him. He said it was OK to ride but for some reason felt a little heavy and dead in the water. After years of thinking about it and the MP book he thinks he knows why.... It may or may not have been filled with something.

He was a mate of MP and said he never really knew much about him, mentioned in the book and everything.
CMC
CMC

CMC

QLD

3954 posts

24 Jan 2012 3:54pm
Oh, used to also have a DHD Fang tail single fin modelled and modernised from the original. DH Shaped it for himself.

DH is an old Kirra boy as well.

I hated the board, a mate of mine rode it at 5 foot Kirra though and said it was the best board he ever rode out there.
62mac
62mac

WA

24860 posts

24 Jan 2012 2:00pm
MP back in the day on the GC points was something to see[}:)]
Simondo
Simondo

VIC

8024 posts

24 Jan 2012 5:08pm
You hear stories around Sydney too, about his sessions out at places like Fairy Bower and Dee Why Point.
Ted the Kiwi
Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

24 Jan 2012 5:44pm
How about this one - an investment?

http://sydney.gumtree.com.au/c-Stuff-for-Sale-sports-surfboards-surfing-Vintage-Bill-Wallace-hollow-plywood-longboard-W0QQAdIdZ348411526

Bit rich for me. I do like the leg-rope attachment I wonder what fin LL would recommend.

And here is another one - but slightly more modern (and affordable)

sydney.gumtree.com.au/c-Stuff-for-Sale-sports-surfboards-surfing-Vintage-Surfboard-Longboard-W0QQAdIdZ348510104
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