ok here she is.
9'6"x23"x3" with a 3/8" ply stringer
2 x 6oz + 4oz 1/3 deck patch
1 x 6oz + 4oz over fin area.
One thing i did notice. As my other longboards are pop outs its refreshing or funny to see some very small imperfections on a truley hand made board. as it is highly buffed i can see a little part of a lap and a spot or two in the paint. I love it. It weighs 9kgs. Peter said thats heavy because of all the glass i wanted. Anyway, very happy and cant wait to take it for a spin. He siad give it another week.

Very nice well done

Great looking board.

Great looking ride mate!
That's going to be one loooooooong week.

Nice work - don't worry about any imperfections - as soon as you add colour these are going to be seen - add a tint and its even more pronounced. That is a nice looking stick - hope it brings you much joy

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Macaha said..
Very nice well done

Mac could well be commenting on the grass, which looks nicely kept...the board looks great too

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MickPC said..

Macaha said..
Very nice well done

Mac could well be commenting on the grass, which looks nicely kept...the board looks great too

Bit of bushfire risk over the back fence to clear as well

woohooo

Thanks lads, be ashame to wax it up. Lol

Nice one bro

Cracking looking board mate, now waiting on the ride report....

Nice board . I really like the colours . Go sharkies

Nice board mate i am unemployed but i saved anything i could to get a hand shaped ocean blue longboard rather than a pop out epoxy thingonearly gave in but hung in there ,mine to has slight imperfections but that is what makes it a custom Mine cost around 700.00 whih i thought was prety dmb good conidering i looked at others for 1200 up.Now every time you go for a wave for a while youll be peakin about getting it dinged looks great mate .

OK, Took her out on her maiden voyage this morning. Was very nice. Loved the extra volume. Picked up 2 maybe 2 1/2 foot "A" frame style wave with ease. I did notice when I took off at an angle that the board tended to slide sideways a little. Maybe that has something to do wiuth the extra length/volume than my other boards. Turned really easy too. I asked for a little extra tail rocker, so combined with the pin tail when I stood on the back the nose popped up and she did round house cutbacks easy. Size of the waves helped too.
Out of say.....15 waves in a 2 hour session I never caught a rail. Best of all, all the extra glass on the deck (2 x 6oz + 4oz Patch) payed off as there was no heal dents (thats my pet hate).
So stoked it handled so well for a big board.

Sounds awesome. Well done for first outing.

As the cool kids would say.... #winning

I've also notice that problem of the rear end in big boards wanting to swap with the front if you angle your take off too much. I put it down to a larger surface area of the fins, but I have zero proof of that, it's just a guess on my part.

Keep shoving them fins in ----- the right one will appear have you tried moving the fin in the box a touch mate

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thePup said..
Keep shoving them fins in ----- the right one will appear have you tried moving the fin in the box a touch mate

Na, have not touched the fin. Its a 8" glass fin with very small side bites. Just felt odd when the back slides out a tad, just until you get some speed up. I will slip it up a bit a see how that goes.

size up the sideys if it's still letting loose or borrow some to try mate

Yeah, will do. I guess this is what it means when they say "its loose in the back end"?

You need to also keep more weight on the back foot and alot of the problem will go. I am assuming here, you are frothing on that a-frame so you paddle on a angle to stop you frome nose diving. Also when you take off on a longboard your back foot is not near the fin ,so when you pop up in the middle of the board all frothing you go into a lean in which then puts all your weight on the front foot (good for fin first take offs and helicopters). Which will then put the fin higher up but more importantly takes the pressure off the rail.



And with a two and 1 you should have no issues

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You need to also keep more weight on the back foot and alot of the problem will go. I am assuming here, you are frothing on that a-frame so you paddle on a angle to stop you frome nose diving. Also when you take off on a longboard your back foot is not near the final,so when you pop up in the middle of the board all frothing you go into a lean in which then puts all your weight on the front foot (good for fin first take offs and helicopters). Which will then put the final higher up but more importantly takes the pressure off the rail.

Am I right?

And with a two and 1 you should have no issues

Also moving the fin will not help . Moving it forward will make it looser and moving it back will give it more drive which will lead to longer arcs in your turns

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chrispy said...
You need to also keep more weight on the back foot and alot of the problem will go. I am assuming here, you are frothing on that a-frame so you paddle on a angle to stop you frome nose diving. Also when you take off on a longboard your back foot is not near the fin ,so when you pop up in the middle of the board all frothing you go into a lean in which then puts all your weight on the front foot (good for fin first take offs and helicopters). Which will then put the fin higher up but more importantly takes the pressure off the rail.



And with a two and 1 you should have no issues

+ 1

That was my first thought

If it holds through a turn and pops out on take off it is probably where your feet are.

Glad to hear you enjoyed tbe first surf on it..

Thanks cats, Surf was a bit smaller today but the feet position on take off seems to have fixed the problem. The extra couple of inches of board feels like i got an entrire football feild to walk around on now.

That is one very nice board. It will do everything you want. Enjoy!!!

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Sandsy1 said...
That is one very nice board. It will do everything you want. Enjoy!!!

I have to agree..my very nice

Great surf this morning. Nice size left hand reef break at Bar Beach. Wet dream stuff.

wow, great photo. where is this? NSW?

Newcastle. This is one of our safer reef breaks, ashame it breaks left. Good chance to practice my switch foot.

Looks like fun. I'd expect more of a crowd in Newcastle.

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Steve78 said..
Looks like fun. I'd expect more of a crowd in Newcastle.

Mid week, prior to the tradies knocking off. Same as the Central Coast!!