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Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby dicky b » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:50 pm

I am curious about this shape and wanted to see if anyone had any opinions, thoughts or experience with a board like this. I am thinking about trying to shape something like this:
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby twerked » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:16 pm

whoa, that's certainly an interesting shape.

put [img]yourlink[/img] in the post. not sure why your link isn't working for it
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby tree4 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:34 pm

So you broke your long board and tried to make the best of a bad job?
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby essex sucks » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:20 pm

hmmmm could be fun abit odd as tree4 said looks like someones made the best of a broken board.

P.s sorted the pic out for u es
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby dicky b » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:51 pm

tree4 wrote:So you broke your long board and tried to make the best of a bad job?


Ha ha, I figured something with this shape could be a fun board for messing around in weak shorebreak
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby dicky b » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:56 pm

http://mini-simmons.blogspot.com/

Check out the site above it is all about these boards
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby Manhattan Beach Grom » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:45 am

I have never seen anything like that before, but it sure does look like a lot of fun!
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby collinet » Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:54 pm

Im just guessing it may ride like a retro fish? am i wrong?
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Re: Anyone surfed something with a similar shape??

Postby IB_Surfer » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:18 pm

When I was a teenager my bud had a kneeboard about the same shape, surfed super slidy, like a boogieboard, totally fun.
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