I know that there will be some of you that'll be super excited to hear that the Mickey Munoz longboard range are, in part, available again in Australia !

The boards are available on both 11' and 12' (not 9'3 or 10'6) and constructed in the new Surftech TLPC construction.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the first few to hit the east coast of NSW and thought I'd share some images and some thoughts.

The Munoz 11' in TLPC construction is in my opinion approx. 2/3 the weight of the previous Tuflite version.

The finish is a wet rub rather than gloss finish and feels bullet proof.

Having much loved both the 10'6 and 11' previously, I can say that the 11' shape remains true to the original template in my opinion (which is a relief that it wasn't tweaked) and the solid green or blue colour-way with black band look the goods.

On the water, the 11' was an absolute dream to prone paddle. It has slightly more float than the previous construction type and glides effortlessly....super fast.

On waves, the board felt totally 'alive' and 'springy'.....this board is just a pure enjoyment machine for lazy summer days which we have plenty of in front of us just now.

(I purchased mine via Stand Up Paddle Australia in Manly who are an authorised Surftech stockist).

Lacey should have waited,thanks SA nice board mate.

Lacey will come back with some crap about a 3rd of the price or something.


edit- oh he did see below.

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Macaha said..
Lacey should have waited,thanks SA nice board mate.

why. ive got a very good board at a 3rd of the cost of yours.


looks like you should have waited

the outline looks pretty much as it always did, but the tail looks a little wider than the 10'6", not by much, maybe just a half a coont hair, but then it could just be the camera angle.

Love my 10'6", had it stored up in the rafters for about 2 years, saving it for when I retire, pulled it down just this past weekend and took it out of the bag so I could copy the rail shape onto another board.

I had the 10'6 some years back. It went good in bigger waves too.

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leashless said..
Bloke down these parts has one - nice looking boards. Fair bit of rocker on the one he has also.

Mac - You might be able to save some $$$ and get the McTavish surftechs, cant pick your colours though :

http://www.surftech.com/surf/mctavish-fireball-evo-ii-tlpc

I mentioned some time back but didn't mention a brand at the time,more models coming.

Just had a look at the Surftech site and the Shapers available are down to only 5 in the Longboard range..

I'm a bit out of touch with Surftech these days..although I still have one (BT109)..but 5 is a downsize from the shapers available some years back..what's the story ?

Looks great SA and you are looking stoked as always!

Thanks for the pics!

OB - you must be pretty excited about this new development Might as well use your MM now and order a new one for storage

Read my post again ted , I'm making my own and copying the MM rails

Was that the board you had as a 12ftr OB?

There is one on gumtree near here at the moment.

I owned a 12 footer for about 5 minutes, it took me 2 minutes to work out that I could never store it and another 3 minutes to sell it.

What I'm making is sub 10', but I taking ideas from a number of boards.

Hey mate, this board looks interesting. I do a fair amount of tandem surfing with my kids on a 9'6 log which is becoming a bit of a struggle as they are getting older and heavier. I also use a 12'6 race SUP to tandem surf with my wife.

I expect this would work quite well as a tandem option with the kids and as a bigger board to use when the swell is up and the current is running hard.

I'm assuming it is an epoxy so any thoughts on how it would go as a tandem board for 2 adult riders around 55-60 kg and 85 kg.

Cheers Herb

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HerbertVoigt said..
Hey mate, this board looks interesting. I do a fair amount of tandem surfing with my kids on a 9'6 log which is becoming a bit of a struggle as they are getting older and heavier. I also use a 12'6 race SUP to tandem surf with my wife.

I expect this would work quite well as a tandem option with the kids and as a bigger board to use when the swell is up and the current is running hard.

I'm assuming it is an epoxy so any thoughts on how it would go as a tandem board for 2 adult riders around 55-60 kg and 85 kg.

Cheers Herb

I think it would be ideal mate, there's also a 12' too.

Enjoy.

How do you go with the width bro...the 11' is listed as 25' and the 12' as 26.5' wide

I think because of its tapered shape and boxy rails the sheer width does not actually feel 25' on the water rather hidden in the shape.

Carrying it the width is there for sure but on waves, the pulled in planshape gives a feel of a much thinner board IMO.

Totally different to say the old 11' NSP which felt every bit 25' odd wide on the water.

It's a winner and having ridden a few 11 & 12 footers, nothing comes close to this shape IMHO.

Whats it weigh in at?

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Tux said...
Whats it weigh in at?

It's light !

Couldn't give you digits but it's lighter than a standard PU 9'0 Longboard.

I come by to let you grumpy old buggers know what is going on and you're already onto it....

Anyway... Here's the link to the 2016 Catalogue.....

Local guys... Let's take the new samples for a spin... I just got the Bear and Robert August.. Takayama and McT very soon.



issuu.com:443/surftech4/docs/2016-surf-issuu

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surfanimal said..
I think because of its tapered shape and boxy rails the sheer width does not actually feel 25' on the water rather hidden in the shape.

Carrying it the width is there for sure but on waves, the pulled in planshape gives a feel of a much thinner board IMO.

Totally different to say the old 11' NSP which felt every bit 25' odd wide on the water.

It's a winner and having ridden a few 11 & 12 footers, nothing comes close to this shape IMHO.

Unreal feedback!! We have been a little blown away by how much interest there has been in these boards....

We sell the NSP's as well, different customer and purpose to these babies.

What are prices like? See there is a McTavish Evo as well......

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CMC said..
I come by to let you grumpy old buggers know what is going on and you're already onto it....

Anyway... Here's the link to the 2016 Catalogue.....

Local guys... Let's take the new samples for a spin... I just got the Bear and Robert August.. Takayama and McT very soon.



issuu.com:443/surftech4/docs/2016-surf-issuu

Let me know when you have a 12' Munoz to demo there mate.

Cheers Lockie

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Macaha said..
Lacey should have waited,thanks SA nice board mate.

Lacey will come back with some crap about a 3rd of the price or something.


edit- oh he did see below.

I just caught up to this.


nice editing after the fact you terrible sneaky nasty jealous guy