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obct said..
I recall a story I was reading once about Mark Rabbige, he said he once had this killer board that surfed like a dream and had amazing power and feedback, one day he hit a turn or a lip really hard and heard a distinct noise in the board that he had never heard before, like a bang or a crack.

the board never broke and for all intents and purposes, it still looked like a perfectly good board, but from that day onwards, it never surfed the same. He put it down to the loss of the inherent flex with the original structure of the board.

Wow Ok, interesting. Rabbige is pretty onto it..

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laceys lane said..

Would that be lateral, or longditudinal flex your referring too???

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laceys lane said..

Would that be lateral, or longditudinal flex your referring too???

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laceys lane said..
A mate and myself were discussing flex and fancied that on a longboard there is probably more happening because of sheer length alone.


Its how boards work god dam it

If you surf you flex your board

I agree with that 100%

Its definatly more of a consideration of guns and LB's than it would be on shorty's I reckon....my anecdotal evidence is that there would also be a diffenerce between and PU and epoxy

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Macaha said..

It's my understanding that the thick wooden stringer as demonstrated in this photo provides significant lateral flex properties.

With this particular model as its made incrementally longer, you will find the wobblier it gets, the wobble is what we refer to as flex. However no one has yet been able to pin point precisely the point where the wobble is generated (peak wobble apex)

In summary the shorter this model the less wobblier it is and the longer the model the wobblier it gets.


.....Ok you get one hit and your not allowed to break anything

So somebody just got a new board picked up

Another gem from my mate.

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Macaha said..
Another gem from my mate.

Gold, that's awesome!

Picked up a nice second hand board today off gumtree. Been searching for a long time for an adequate replacement for an old favourite and finally found one. Thanks to Tux who almost found me another. The lady is more greatful that he didn't

photos. you know the deal

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Picked up a nice second hand board today off gumtree. Been searching for a long time for an adequate replacement for an old favourite and finally found one. Thanks to Tux who almost found me another. The lady is more greatful that he didn't

C,mon Ted, pics...

Once its in my hands I shall share one or two

did you buy that 5'10 nano ted??

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Macaha said..
So somebody just got a new board picked up

Hey Mac,where is that shop,I met Geoff years ago at the Woolgoolga shop he had in Woopi industrial estate,is that it,it doesn't look the same,was a long time ago though Edit:just remembered.Byron

Nope but it was 5'10" !

Only touching those Nano's in FST - I think the 6'0" is my preferred size in that range

Yes Byron AG,my GPS tracking alarm goes off once I pass Snapper then resets for Byron a k later

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Macaha said..
Yes Byron AG,my GPS tracking alarm goes off once I pass Snapper then resets for Byron a k later

haha,thanks mate.When Geoff was shaping out of Woolgoolga a mate had a shed doing whitewood furniture in the same complex,so I got to meet him and had a chat every now and then,i was up there for a few months

Epoxy 5'10" Not sure about the deck grip - its had one lady owner - not a dent to be seen - pretty much looks brand new. Stoked. Been looking to replace the Sweet Potato for a while now so it was nice to finally find something very close to what I was after. Nice price. Bargain.

Who is that made by?

Looks nice, I have been thinking about getting one after riding your thing..

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tzkev said..
Just ordered in 9'8

http://shop.firewiresurfboards.com/products/longboard-martinson




What do you think of the shape?

Good one and welcome

Thanks for welcoming me!
I mostly surf around Newy and also ride a FireWire special T.
Kev

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SP said..
Who is that made by?

Looks nice, I have been thinking about getting one after riding your thing..

http://reddogsurfboards.com.au/

I had been tempted to see if you wanted to sell it back but then this one came up

No worries if you do, I did think about offering it back to you..

Welcome and looks like a nice board TZKev, I didn't even know they had that one in the range.

Should suit the variety of waves Newscastle throws up.

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tzkev said..
Just ordered in 9'8

http://shop.firewiresurfboards.com/products/longboard-martinson




What do you think of the shape?

Surftech did these a long time back in a wood version as well. i tried one out for a while and it was a 9'4 single fin from memory . Nice board .

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Ted the Kiwi said...

SP said..
Who is that made by?

Looks nice, I have been thinking about getting one after riding your thing..

http://reddogsurfboards.com.au/

I had been tempted to see if you wanted to sell it back but then this one came up

No worries if you do, I did think about offering it back to you..

Welcome and looks like a nice board TZKev, I didn't even know they had that one in the range.

Should suit the variety of waves Newscastle throws up.

The Fire wire website has just been upgraded and their are all sorts of new goodies on there

Pop outs there everywhere

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laceys lane said..
Pop outs there everywhere

Is that signs of the times

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asea said..

laceys lane said..
Pop outs there everywhere

Is that signs of the times

Yeah you but you forgot their expensive pop outs.. The FW retail price has been reduced recently though, not sure if anyone else noticed, maybe competition is even hurting the biggest of the brands

when they can pour out pretty much 3 boards for what it costs for 1 here - yep