Just picked up my 9'6 fireball today, got it at home waiting for the wax job after work! Headin out tomorrow morning even though over here on the West its 1.4m swell, just wanna get out there on it and have a paddle. Gotta love the new board stoke

congrats, should be able to find a little one some where to test the new beast out, funny how geting a new board gets you super pumped to get out there again, offshore, onshore, it dont matter cause you have a new board and a new excuse to get in the water more.

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rab said...

congrats, should be able to find a little one some where to test the new beast out, funny how geting a new board gets you super pumped to get out there again, offshore, onshore, it dont matter cause you have a new board and a new excuse to get in the water more.

Agree,Is it just me that the first few surfs on a newie seen to be the ones were you go home thinking ( in your own mind )that you ripped that day
But having said that, I rode my JC mc for three weeks and surfed like a pig [}:)]
I racked the thing for 6 months and then dropped it off to my local store to seek a punter after 5 weeks the store rang and asked me to take it home so it was re-racked and sat there for another 8 weeks until I decided to have another go and wow it was on big time,so it must have been in the mind

very true, i got my hands on a 1964 bill wallace and i have been in the water so much more on the small junkie days that we get over here on the west coast. riding all types of boards makes a difference and get back on one that you havent riden for ages is almost like getting a new board, and looking at your quiver mac how do you ever make up you mind?
did you manage to get a sneaky wave on the new log souwester?

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rab said...

very true, i got my hands on a 1964 bill wallace and i have been in the water so much more on the small junkie days that we get over here on the west coast. riding all types of boards makes a difference and get back on one that you havent riden for ages is almost like getting a new board, and looking at your quiver mac how do you ever make up you mind?
did you manage to get a sneaky wave on the new log souwester?

Yes, sometimes I can't think (to early in the morning ) so the fireball and the black and white number come for a drive but most of the time its the FB ,I've never
kept a board for to long but my current FB would be a couple of years old

Hey Guys,

Actually knocked off work early and had a wave on the FB
I tell you what its an impressive board, it will take some getting used to but the ease at which it paddles onto anything was amazing. Loved the slow motion take off and I need a bit of work on the bottom turning, will have to learn to use my feet more but definately have made the right decision. A bright red board also attracts a lot of attention!

Hopefully will go down and watch Bob and a few of his friends at the beach on Sunday strut thier stuff. Im goin out again this arvo the swell is gonna be even smaller but not fussed just gives me more time to perfect the art. Even managed to get a mate who used to LB but has since converted to SB, to grab one of his dads planks and come for a grovel, its catching on man. He actually used to be on the junior pro tour so hopefully will give me a few pointers.

Im gonna go down and check out Mullaloo Board Riders next thursday night, hoping to join a club to develop the LB ability and share the stoke.

great to hear, the boys down at mullaloo are a great mob and will be very welcoming and helpfull in the future. of all the clubs in wa they seem to get away the most and seem to have there comps in good waves, iam even considering joining myself next year.

I'm gradually getting the jist of the longboard style just have a technical question.
At what part of the wave does the board start to become stable enough to get towards the nose? I have heard there is a part of the wave higher up that allows the board to stabalize. I have nearly made it out there a couple of times.

Is it just an awareness thing that comes with experience or is there anything I can do to increase my chances of getting the toes out there?

Just lately I've been trying to spend some time up there but the heavier you are the harder it seems to be.

However, I have found that if I can stick as much of the back end as possible in under the curl as a counterweight, I've got a chance of spending a second or two up there.

To do that I need to drop back as far as possible and stay as high as possible.

Now if only I could work out a way to get back

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Souwester said...

I'm gradually getting the jist of the longboard style just have a technical question.
At what part of the wave does the board start to become stable enough to get towards the nose? I have heard there is a part of the wave higher up that allows the board to stabalize. I have nearly made it out there a couple of times.

Is it just an awareness thing that comes with experience or is there anything I can do to increase my chances of getting the toes out there?

IMO, its dead easy ,if your a light weight and or fast on your feet. The type of board you ride and weight is a HUGE factor. I am 95 kg's ride performance boards 9.1 - 9.4 max. If I rode a 10 + wide fat arse board and hit the scales at 75-80 kg's I could hang the toes and eat a packed lunch.take heaps of photos,rub some sun block in.
It's awareness, foot speed and a bucket load of other factors,type on wave / section of the wave. Dig the tail in hard and fast, run to the nose and the awareness kicks in real fast.

Had a really fun surf on the F/B yesterday at a local beachie. It was supposed to be minimal swell and strong onshore but went down and met a mate from work who is on a short board. When i got there it was a little bigger than I thought and really fat...you little beauty! Apart from snapping a side fin off it was a really good arvo

I was able to catch them from out the back, get the re-form and ride them all the way to the beach, I really made progress with the turns and stalls on the 9'6. So stoked My mate was on the inside trying for a few on his shortboard and I nearly ran him over on a particularily bowly end section! No turning back now the L/Board is the ****! Love the takeoffs and the turns cant wait to try it on bigger stuff when i get the chance

ain't love grand

I've got the same feelings about my new board, I dare not tell the wife

It just inspires you to get out there and even an inept old fart like me suddenly becomes a kid again.

I took an arvo off a couple of weeks back, hit longy on a very so so day, had a ball catching all the rubbish others were disregarding and then as I was getting out of the water on a deserted beach under an overcast sky in fading light, I got this strange sense of deja vu, like I was a kid again

I too have been guilty of another love, the love of the glassy clean face of a wave at sunrise on a deserted metro beach. I am also guilty of blowing off anything I may have had to do just to get an arvo surf in as well.

After 3 days of surfing twice a day my shoulders burn my triceps are starting to bulge, I eat anything in sight and sleep like a baby. Love is grand. Having not surfed until I was about 22 I really regret not getting into it as a kid, could have been on a different path?