Hi guys,

Im looking at buying a new board for the summer...
I am 120kg of average fittness and are looking at what would suit Yallingup mains kind of waves.
I surf Denmark/Wedge/Lancelin a fair bit as well so something with some versatility too.

i have owned 4 Mctavish fireballs 9ft up to 9"3 (depending on how much girth i put on over winter haha) and are looking for something a bit different with some glide and chop stability for the summer.(maybe a bigger board)

Fire away guys...

Cheers

Jabba

Just being polite here Jabba, I have no glue on the breaks you have mentioned however Fireballs 9 to 9'3 is on the small side for your weight. If your into progressive
riding stick with the Fireball but go 9.6 or 9.8 x 23 1/4 x 3 1/4 custom.
Even better talk to a long standing shaper and ask them what you want and he should be able to point you in the right line. That's my shot fired

mac

Thanks for ya info Mac,

I really like the Mctavish boards but are looking for something a bit different this summer...

I used to have a really nice 9"6 Scarborough Longboards custom single fin so nice to ride in clean waves but it hated choppy surf bounced around all over the show.

Any other brands off the shelf that might suit my criteria before i resort to another custom?

Jabba.

Hey bro why not go the whole hog and get a 11 or 12ft single fin classic....will make the summer slop super enjoyable and you will be getting any wave you want

Who makes such a beast mate???

It would be a whole heap of fun wouldnt it!!!

Jabba

Saw 2 just recently that were like that, both were surftechs, one was an 11ft Hawaiian Pro designs second had down at dripping wet in Manly for around 800.

The other belonged to a dude just coming out of the surf at Longy, I think it was a Pearce Arrow or a very similar name.

I recall being so shocked by it that I said to the guy, "christ, that's got some volume"

I had to laugh because his immediate reply was "look at me mate, so have I".

The HPD was a pin tail but the Arrow thingy was a really big square tail.

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Tux said...

Hey bro why not go the whole hog and get a 11 or 12ft single fin classic....will make the summer slop super enjoyable and you will be getting any wave you want

Good advice Tux

There's a couple Arrows around Manly - there's a really nice dark green tinted one so nice - I've got to figure out how to tint epoxy.

I think this is what I saw at longy but I don't remember it being this colour.

http://surftech.com/boardDetails.php?bid=SURFBDS+%3A+L1566-1000-BP&type=SURFBDS&shaper=Pearson+Arrow&shape=Longboard&skill=&weight=&rshape=&cond=&qual=

An it's a bit odd that the volume is under 80cc because it looks much bigger in the flesh.

then when you look at the width, 24.25", you can understand why it appears to give the impression of having a lot of volume.

Thats a nice board might look into that one
summer fun board very nice!!!
That has to be the wrong Volume by the way

It could be wrong but then again it is quite thin.

I have one of these tolhursts and it's thicker than that arrow


http://surftech.com/boardDetails.php?bid=SURFBDS+%3A+L1147-0906-BT&type=SURFBDS&shaper=Tolhurst

I guess it depends a lot on how they carry the thickness through.

This T&C isn't in Oz yet but I reckon it would also be a real cruzy board, and the volume is near 100cc

surftech.com/boardDetails.php?bid=SURFBDS+%3A+L1787-1000-T%26C&type=SURFBDS&shaper=Town+%26+Country+Hawaii

sorry to go on and on, I just love looking at boards.

At 124 Kg I have been riding my 12ft Munoz glide .
Great at catching them early but not a nose rider.
People are always comenting on it's size, it slots really well in 2ft-3ft surf ,haven't
ridden much bigger with it.
It's dimentions are 12x26x4.5.
There is one second hand at Dripping wet Bondi.

XXLHazza

That's a biggy, board that size you could just about use it as an SUP if you wanted to.

True ,it was one of the first boards used for SUP.
It was not it's intented use or build IMO.
If you can handle late take offs then you dont need that much volume.

XXL Hazza

Thanks for the info & help guys i ended up with a 2nd hand Mctavish Stylist 10"x23'x3' its a custom in mint cond with travel bag 1k large not bad just need some swell to have a surf now mmmm might head down south on the weekend chase out some swell???

Cheers

Jabba...

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jabba said...

Thanks for the info & help guys i ended up with a 2nd hand Mctavish Stylist 10"x23'x3' its a custom in mint cond with travel bag 1k large not bad just need some swell to have a surf now mmmm might head down south on the weekend chase out some swell???

Cheers

Jabba...

Welcome to team mac sounds sweet jabba any chance of a pic

mac