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Postby hiimbong » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:00 am

...surf without wax?
i know it's a silly question. but i have a friend, well, he was my spanish teacher in high school and he longboards without wax or deck pads.
, he had a board that had the wood finish look. i was thinking about it for a while because i thought that it was the bottom part of the board, but i didn't see the fin, so i just started asking questions.
so he says that he really surfs without wax, and that it's just a natural thing for him, and that it's been like that for a long time now.
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Postby surferdude_scarborough » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:51 pm

hmm well if you have a normal glass board then feel free to go try it out for urself.
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Postby isaluteyou » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:02 pm

try it and report back on you experience :lol:
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:05 pm

what i found helps is waxing the underside and wearing my wetsuit inside out
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Postby hiimbong » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:19 pm

O_Danny_Boy wrote:what i found helps is waxing the underside and wearing my wetsuit inside out


funny.. i'm serious here.

i don't want to try it cause it seems silly, but he's rather good.
he surfs almost everyday and keeps a log of everything. like wave conditions, clouds, winds, animals in the water, etc.
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Postby Otter » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:31 pm

May have something to do with the finish on the board. Is it rough? If it's glassed and slick I'd be amazed that he could keep his footing at all, salt water makes for a great lubricant when you're trying to surf...
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Postby hiimbong » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:48 pm

its glassed.
i've seen a couple of his boards and they are clean. most of them look new.

and no he doesn't have suction cups on his feet.
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:43 pm

one of the lads has a wooden log and he waxes his

i dont know, ive never heard of it
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Postby Stone Fox » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:44 pm

hiimbong wrote:its glassed.


Dude, try it. Really! I don't think you're going to get a serious answer here anyway, but YOU would get some appreciation if you tried to and posted the results.
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Postby long_man » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:20 pm

Stone Fox wrote:
hiimbong wrote:its glassed.


Dude, try it. Really! I don't think you're going to get a serious answer here anyway, but YOU would get some appreciation if you tried to and posted the results.


go on....give it a go, just see what happens, at least then you can say you've tried it :roll:
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