ok,what boards would you guys consider the best for nice sucky surf. why is it your best board and what does it do to make it a better handling boards then others?

6,4 Taj FireWire

Got one of my best stand up barrels last weekend, but I was on my AB

i take it you all like fat slow waves then

I thought this was going to be a weird fetish thread so steered clear

Do you mean a long board, my quad is okay, it's in the tak thread, I also have a 7'2 single that gave me many years service and goes well in sucky waves

But this is the LB forum so For me if it is sucky you need to lose some bulk,  you dont need the nose width cause you wont be up there as much and you want it be able to turn hard of the back and generate speed off the bottom.

maybe something like 9'0x 22 -22 1/2  x 2 5/8 - 3/4 , narrow nose (18-20), pulled in tail (14-15). I guessed these so might change them.
I would go a bumb squash in the tail, pin will draw your turns out a bit more, where the square will turn sharper.  Also id get it thinned out in the nose and tail and a hard edge on the rails in the last foot to 2 foot.  Glass it reasonably heavy.

Fin wise..  Surf it with reasonably large sides and a 6 inch ish middle.. The big sides will produce the drive and also help hold in when turning through a sucky section.  A big single will hold in heaps better on drops but you won't get as much speed of the top.

Th above is pretty much my everyday board, except I have a pin tail.  I don't have any photos but I'll take some and post them up.

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SP said...

I thought this was going to be a weird fetish thread so steered clear

Do you mean a long board, my quad is okay, it's in the tak thread, I also have a 7'2 single that gave me many years service and goes well in sucky waves

But this is the LB forum so For me if it is sucky you need to lose some bulk,  you dont need the nose width cause you wont be up there as much and you want it be able to turn hard of the back and generate speed off the bottom.

maybe something like 9'0x 22 -22 1/2  x 2 5/8 - 3/4 , narrow nose (18-20), pulled in tail (14-15). I guessed these so might change them.
I would go a bumb squash in the tail, pin will draw your turns out a bit more, where the square will turn sharper.  Also id get it thinned out in the nose and tail and a hard edge on the rails in the last foot to 2 foot.  Glass it reasonably heavy.

Fin wise..  Surf it with reasonably large sides and a 6 inch ish middle.. The big sides will produce the drive and also help hold in when turning through a sucky section.  A big single will hold in heaps better on drops but you won't get as much speed of the top.

Th above is pretty much my everyday board, except I have a pin tail.  I don't have any photos but I'll take some and post them up.

That all sounds about right.

haha no fetish for me on this forum nice post sp im thinking i might go for a 6"4 beefed up quad with big arse fins(when the egg goes anyway) looks like i will go with the tolhurst,but will be ringing mr goddard on monday cause i thought his boards looked fn wiked on his site

This one in the LB dept, not to much rocker in the nose and a little in the tail.
Gets you up to take that drop a little earlier


And in the SB dept, this one was real good, but as the waves on the sunny coast don't get to sucky I sold it a few months ago but only to make room for more boards

^^^^locky, why little rocker, i thought that would be a downfall for sucky sucky waves

Low nose rocker will get you in early, so you don't have to handle the sucky bit as late

If you want to go small. look at the webbers, he does high volume better than most. Boards liket he Mini fish will hold, so will the CD in anything up to a decent size. My mate just got the pulse, which was the fat burner in a 6'3 and it's nice. I'm sure ted can give you some ideas think he has a pod and maybe a sweet potato

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SP said...

Low nose rocker will get you in early, so you don't have to handle the sucky bit as late

Right on the money SP
You can still have a fair bit of rocker in the tail, Which will help with turning IE: bottom turns.
But a low nose rocker will get you up faster to deal with the drop IMO.

what a relief chrispy. i read that topic head and went-oh no, he's no talking about a pen## pump is he

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Locky24 said...

This one in the LB dept, not to much rocker in the nose and a little in the tail.
Gets you up to take that drop a little earlier


And in the SB dept, this one was real good, but as the waves on the sunny coast don't get to sucky I sold it a few months ago but only to make room for more boards

hey locky, what model is the sa and dims

Hey Lacey
Can't remember the model but here are the dims, Would have been a killer board for indo or fiji

when it sucks this is my girl sorry no LB for when it sucks as i dont like face planting the reef

Edit.. 6'8" Aviso Eliminator indo stick

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watch

you love that watch mac

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weiry said...

you love that watch mac

yes mate,I like to watch[}:)]

But that board looks the goodshard and fast I bet.

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62mac said...

weiry said...

you love that watch mac

But that board looks the goodshard and fast I bet.

thats the way we roll Mac

6'10" Vouch Hull

Just love my boring old 9'4 x 23 x 3 with Kelly lite sides and 7 inch cut away (not shown) centre in super sucky surf. I also have full deck grip on it and it loves the weight. It has served me well for a $450 board.

Hey chrispy, Saw a few channel islands today, the wizard sleeve looks like a weapon so do the gravy and the biscuit. Nice boards with plenty of volume for their size,

here's a link.

www.cisurfboards.com/2011/kelly-slaters-quiver-for-hawaii-2011/