Surfing Waves

Posted: **Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:46 am**

hey im just wondering who else is riding on an Al Merrick board, right now i;ve got a 6'3 flyer...(post pics if you can)

Posted: **Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:34 am**

Nice Flyer...try a more narrow model on your next board...or even the tuff-lite Flyer, my bro just bought it and it is sick. I just bought the K "bling" board...in 6'2". I'll take a pick and post it in a few...

Posted: **Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:10 am**

My new 6'2" K-Board:

Posted: **Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:40 pm**

ya i was gunna go with one of the k-boards but for the waves around where i live its really mushy so i need something that can just cut through it

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:50 am**

I love dimond tails

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:21 am**

deathfrog wrote:I love dimond tails

Ive never tried one - always been a pin or swallowtail man myself. How do they ride?

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:30 pm**

arent they really tight?

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:29 pm**

flex639 wrote:hey im just wondering who else is riding on an Al Merrick board,

Just wondering!?!? Take a little look around. It seems that everybody, their neighbors, and their grandmother is riding one!

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:25 pm**

Does anyone know the design concept behind the diamond tail (benefits/disadvantages)?

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:00 pm**

Planer Man wrote:
flex639 wrote:hey im just wondering who else is riding on an Al Merrick board,

Just wondering!?!? Take a little look around. It seems that everybody, their neighbors, and their grandmother is riding one!

exactly, but i dont mind owning one

Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:12 am**

Driftingalong wrote:Does anyone know the design concept behind the diamond tail (benefits/disadvantages)?

The diamond tail theoretically brings up the pivot point of the tail approximately 1-2", thus tightening the turning radius. It supposed to be like turning a board that is 1-2" shorter. That was straight up from Merrick.

Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:03 am**

yeah its supposed to shorten rail area while keeping length to the board. You can burry the rail and piviot off it better than a squash, and it feels kinda like a round tail but not as flowy or stiff.

you really gotta burry the rail though to make it work.

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:32 am**

tomcat360 wrote:arent they really tight?

Noooooooooo. Not tight at all. At least not for me, but I'm only 5'9" and about 140lbs. I was riding a 6'3" squash with similar thickness...and my 6'2" K-Board seems way, way looser. Snappier too.

BTW, if you're into pin-tails, my brother bought the step-up at the same time I bought my K-Board. He says it is sick-sick-sick-sick.period.

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:34 am**

Planer Man wrote:
flex639 wrote:hey im just wondering who else is riding on an Al Merrick board,

Just wondering!?!? Take a little look around. It seems that everybody, their neighbors, and their grandmother is riding one!

Yeah, try surfing in Oxnard/Ventura/SB. I'd say 9 out of 10 short boarders ride on Al's boards.

Posted: **Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:04 am**

really, cause over hear in rhode island almost no one is riding them

Posted: **Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:18 am**

flex639 wrote:really, cause over hear in rhode island almost no one is riding them

So what do you guys ride??

Posted: **Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:28 pm**

deathfrog wrote:I love dimond tails

I'm going to have to ride one sometime.
This is a guy i know, Jim Hickok's new spd. (Pedro Voice) Shes purty good looking

Posted: **Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:30 pm**

5'9" Diamond Tail Parabolic Epoxy
11?" Nose
19 1/4" Width
14 1/2" Tail
2 1/8" Thick[/img]

Posted: **Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:12 am**

(Napoleon voice) Diamond tail, Epoxy, Futures, Lucky. I hope it's ready in time for this weekend's Wilma swell

Posted: **Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:26 pm**

i thinking about buying an al merrick sashimi..anyone else have one

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