Surfing Waves

There probably is already a thread similar to this one, but im new to this forum and im lazy so i made another one.

Name your past rides. Mine are (from newest to old):

6'0'' Channel Islands Sashimi Fish
5'10" WRV round nose fish
6'2" WRV Rocket fish
9'2" Hickman Longboard
6'10" Innerlite (some FL shape, i think steve forstall, idk).

6 views and no replies? damnit ppl its 5:45 AM est and i cant fall asleep. Gimme somethin

crikey - this takes some work...

okay - from my first board to my current one

6'6" - 1970's Yater shortboard - bit fat thing that I bought on holiday in California to learn on - still got it
9'2" Gulf stream longboard - still got it
7'0" Bruce Jones funboard - still got it
9'6" Glen D'Arcy triple stringer - sold it
9'2" - Lazy B triple stringer - sold it
9'2" McTavish Fireball - my pride and joy!
6'6" - South Coast Retro Slide - not surfed it yet!!

Bic 6'7 - getting bored of it need more speed!

past, bic 7'3", current, bic 9' (called surrah) and 5'9" neil perrow fish which i cant ride.

6' sundown retro fish-- named NK :)
6'6 sharp eye ___ fish-- named jessi :)--- current board

5'10" fish (a real one)
6'0" hybrid fish (thruster setup with small GS trailer)
6'3" performance shortboard
6'8" mini gun (I get scared just looking at it)

And a 1972 Bob Davies single fin pintail. Too soulful to even ride. My dad bought it for my 8th Birthday 30 years ago...my first board.

Brent

Hell no. I'm a 39 year old grommet.

Mellow days, I have JUST the board. The 6' hybrid fish mentioned was made especially for those such conditions which we get for about 4-6 months of the year in winter here in north eastern New Zealand. It is a thing called a "step-deck", meaning, the centre deck area where your chest, torso and legs lie when paddling is raised about 1/3inch higher than the surrounding deck & rail area. meaning it has the size of a 6 footer, with the equalivent volume of about a 6'8" or more.

I can compete equally with mal riders for those 1-2 foot perfect waves. It gives them the shits too.
Mine was made here by Andy Jordan, and I have no image to show you...but another local manfacturer called Matt Hands also makes them, go to www.handssurf.co.nz & look up "step deck". His is more extreme than mine, but you'll get the idea...

Brent

Hey original poster...
What's the Shamini Fish like, They look cool & really well made...what's your take on the oriental delight?
Brent

at the moment ive got a southpoint 9'2 was good to learn on but i think ive progressed enough to move on to custom boards

im realy considering geting a mctavish blue bird as my next board

http://www.mctavish.net/theblubird.html

hey Phil - you know where to come when you've saved your pennies right??

What are those south point long boards like i know lad surfing one at my local break and he does amazinng things on the board his is the biggest of them the 10 "6 i think ive got a nsp 7"6 and when the time comes im definetly going longboard

yeah the southpoints are good i tried the bic 9" and the southpoint 9'2 and you could realy feel a diffrence in performance and waight, ill still use my southpoint just want some thing i can throw around in bigger waves and ive heard alot fo good things about the bluebird

jonny wrote:hey Phil - you know where to come when you've saved your pennies right??

certanly do jonny :D

nice replies.

It's a photo of the South Coast Longboards superstar team rider, Dane Peterson taken in Oz earlier this year.

I was about to blag it and claim it was me for a moment........

ya, wed all know you were lying :D

if I even TRIED what he's doing in that photo I'd end up with my teeth knocked out and half a fin embedded up my left nostril......

here we go - a couple more of the Dane Peterson... this guy is the future of longboarding in my opinion. He knows how to ride the nose that's for sure.

i definatly dig those photos. post some more if yopu got them.