tanker-wake surfing - Texas

[jonny]

no - I forgot all about them actually.
I just emailed the guy now to see what he has to say so I'll keep you posted!

How's the McTavish fin working out for you?

Jonny

[Phil]

yeah its sweet, got a little chip of the back of it when it got knocked in the garage but apart from that its still going well

been thinking of geting another bigger fin for learning how to cross step and get to the nose, i can get allmost to the nose to hang 5 but keep whiping out

let me know if you get any of those star fins if there as good as he claims i might have to get one

[jonny]

Phil,

You may have tried this already, but get rid of your side-fins and put your centre fin right at the back of the fin-box - as far towards the tail as it will go.

Try it there.

Having said that, hanging-5 is bloody difficult so I may just be practive too!!

[Phil]

yeah all ready tried that but where the board isnt that wide in the nose its more of a performance longboard not a nose rider its realy hard to keep my balance when i get close to it , maybe i just need lots more practase i thought a larger fin might help

[jonny]

Phil,
I just got a mail back from Cheyne Horan regarding the fins. We should have about 10 in stock in a couple of weeks so I'll let you know.

Price looks like it will be okay too.

[Phil]

cool lookforward to testing them out

wonder if they give a feel like riding a hydro foil board, be intresting to test them out

[jonny]

I never realised it was THE Cheyne Horan. He has brought a "Learning to Surf" DVD out too whic h sounds good. He's pretty famous.

[Phil]

yeah ive heard a bit about him read an artical some where about him and big wave riding

actully did think about geting a learning DVD one that maybe teachs a bit more advance stuff im at that stage now where im trying to learn how to do floaters and cut backs and that but its just knowing how to pull it off

its either that or i thought about geting a 1 on 1 lesson to try and see where im going wrong

[jonny]

Well I don't know him personally, but a guy I would recommend would be Lee Ryan. He's a good mate of the South Coast guys in Oz that we deal with alot and they speak very very highly of him.

Anyway - he does one on one longboard coachin - may be of interest??

http://www.longboarding.co.uk/

I may have a session myself in fact!!!!

[Phil]

looks intresting will have to give it a bit more thought