If you are getting he guilts about the overseas products. (I don't worry to much myself....) Here's another locally built product. Its 9'4" x 29.5 x 4.25.
Here's a review casso did at the mambo.
Merimbula Beach
29 Nov 08
Board: Scotty Mac 9’4” Quad Fish
Conditions: Light cross-offshore wind. Fat, knee high waves.
I took my Oxbow 11 footer out because the waves looked very gutless and I planned on paddling about 1km down the beach where there was a bit more swell. Once I got there I was catching a few dribbly waves, focusing on my longboard style surfing, when up paddles Scotty Mac on his high performance 9’4” quad fish. He, he - wrong board for the conditions mate, I thought to myself.
He asked if I wanted a go, and not being one to refuse a try of a new board, I accepted. Mainly just planning on doing a bit of paddling to see how it felt.
It felt great. Quite stable for a little board and it looks fantastic when you are looking down on its plan shape - nice lines. A real credit to its shaper. It doesn’t glide as well as my 11 footer but that’s to be expected.
A little one footer came through and I thought I’d give it a try on a wave. I nearly stumbled as I swung around and consequently thought I’d miss the wave - but with a few hard strokes I somehow got on it. The minimal lift from the wave allowed the 9’4” to get enough momentum and drop down the tiny face of this wave.
Now this is when the Scotty Mac 9’4” really surprised me. I was able to fade the takeoff , lean into a decent bottom turn, hit a crumbly section, race down the line, do a nice floater as it closed out and then hop up onto a little foam climb in the white water. All on a wave similar to what I had just been riding on my 11 footer and only been able to trim and nose ride. I think I was wrong about this being the wrong board for the conditions.
The quad fins bite enough to generate drive when bottom turning and cutting back, yet I managed to release them in the foam to pull off a bit of a tail slide - that felt cool.
I can only imagine how well it’d rip in some decent stuff. I love it.
Overall: This board is a ripper - even in tiny waves.
Highs:
- Good stability for a short SUP
- Great plan shape
- Quality workmanship
- Gets onto waves well
- Very manoeuvrable yet has drive
Lows:
- Slow paddler on flat water
- Doesn’t track very well (need to swap hands often)
This one I hand shaped. I am investigating using a closed cell computer shaped option. It's all looking pretty good. I am only really interested to making boards for myself but if some one really wanted one, its possible to custom design any features such as fin setup etc. I know this rocker works well so really its just fine tuning the design to suit weight and/or conditions. The good thing about custom is that you can adjust designs to suit local condtions. I really like the naish 9'6" quad when i rode it and pretty much adjusted my shape to suit the slower, fatter waves I ride regularly. First one is a winner.
Nice Scotty.. I wish I had taken somepics of it when I saw it at the Mambo.. It looks great.
DJ
Great looking board right there scotty, would like to do my own review on it one day
It looks like the fins are way forward than normal?
Yeah,
Would be great for you to try it. This board is made for smaller waves so having the fins a bit further foward makes it a bit looser. Also because sup boards are so long, having the fins a bit further forward means that you dont need to stand so far back on the tail. This suits smaller waves and makes the sweet spot a bit larger aswell. Seems to work. Blair do it on there sup boards aswell. Next board i build will be for bigger and more powerful waves so I will go to a thruster, make the rails finer and put the fins back.
I wish I was skilled enough to make something that looks that good and works so well. It makes sense to me moving the fins further forward, you obviously gave the board a great deal of thought for the conditions you mostly use it in. Well done Scotty, you need to give us updates on the construction process of your next board.
Thanks Oilver.
I will probally have it glassed the same as this one. Its a pretty good weight and seems pretty strong. The next blank will be stronger so it should be good for a bigger wave board. Not rushing into it. I will learn how to ride this one fully first.
Excellent job........& that's exactly what you get when you make it yourself or made by a local shaper.............right to suit local conditions 
As you can read from my review ... I think it's an awesome board. Scotty's done a fantastic job.
Thanks Casso,
I appreciate you taking your time to do a review. I think the whole forum benefits a hell of a lot from a quality rider like your self doing un-bias reviews. Looking foward to your next one.
Regards,
Scotty
I'd love to have a board with fins further forward. Seems like the biggest problem I have is my size. Moving my bulk back on a board to make it surf also brings the nose way up...very tough to keep trimmed and still carve. My meager skills don't help of course but it would be great to have a board that was loose without me having to get way back.
Remember when Candice Appleby one the comp and beat the blokes in small waves near Waikiki. See the fins are a little further forward. I liked the look of these boards.
I have made a few SUPs for some local dudes.
Have done them in polyester which makes them more weighty but have a sweet feel on the water.
This one is 10'3" and has some fabric inlays and even part of a napkin from a Hawaiian cafe glassed in.
