2 new shortboards : Simon Anderson & Slide

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2 new shortboards : Simon Anderson & Slide

Postby jon.biarritz » Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:32 pm

(left) Simon Anderson: XFC TSR model, 6'3 x 18 3/4 x 2 3/8 with Taj Burrow grip

(right) Slide Surfboards, a local shaper here: 6'4 x 19 1/2 x 2 3/8 with Adrian Buchan grip

I like the Simon for the juicer stuff, the Slide is easy & fun in smallish conditions.

Anyone tried the Simon SXE or SXE2? Thoughts compared to the XFC?

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Postby sebastiansurfer » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:21 pm

if you die will you leave those to me as an inheritance?
:D :D :please:
but as for the simon
how small can it ride well?
i was looking at one of them possibly
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Postby twerked » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:57 pm

nice boards. and do you tape off where you're waxing? those are damn straight edges to the wax. impressive
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Postby pkbum » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:16 pm

thats some nice wax ass job.
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Postby Milo » Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:28 pm

Very posh all round :shock:
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Postby jon.biarritz » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:02 am

The Simon rides great in smaller waves, it's just harder to catch a wave with it because it's thinner, lighter, less wide. Once up, the Simon is good. It's got FCS K-3 fins on it right now and is pretty fast, with med rocker and single to double concave. Great board, though would have gotten it an inch or two shorter or maybe slightly wider.

Wax job: no tape, just drawing an outline with the base coat to stay within while waxing up. New board excitement ... yep looked all clean for the photo. Already bunged the boards up a bit since :?

Anyone surfed much with the Simon SXE or SXE2? How bout the Interceptor?

Posh? Guess it might look like that, but the apartment is a cheap furnished place I'm renting in France, the owners' grandparents probably lived there before cos the decoration is old stuff leftover from long ago.
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Postby IB_Surfer » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:28 am

I go local shaper most of the time, never heard of slide but I would think any reputable local shaper makes better boards than ANY chinese popouts. Simon Anderson are a well known line, nice find.
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Postby Beachbum » Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:58 am

Lol the nicest wax job I've ever seen. Nice boards, mine is currently dinged :( .
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Postby jon.biarritz » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:10 am

themathteacher wrote:I go local shaper most of the time, never heard of slide but I would think any reputable local shaper makes better boards than ANY chinese popouts. Simon Anderson are a well known line, nice find.


Yup agreed. My first board purchase was a Thai pop-out, a Maurice Cole copy. A good board to learn on, but after the first Asian board I don't think a discerning surfer ever buys a second one.

The Simon is aussie-made, I picked it out at Surf Odyssey shapers in nearby Hossegor (SW France) where Handley (DHD), Simon, Maurice Cole and Chevallier do resident shaping, it was one of the best-finished Simon boards they had. Bums me out to bung it up...

Slide is Gerard Duval, his website is www.slidesurfboards.com but it's only in French, he also runs the forum SHAPER CAFE (www.shapercafe.com).
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