ok, got the board late Saturday morning.it's taken me three sessions in the creek mouth catching waves and runners to work it out.the rudder position is perfect for normal paddling etc. when it comes to wave or runner riding. 9 or 10' back is the position. that allows you to slip your left foot forward to tap the rudder, then you can go back to neutral and step the right foot back if needed. so to me it is very much the same as the vortice which when i rode one had definite positions according to what you were doing. another step back and and it surfs really well given that we widened the board a bit from behind it's wide point. doesn't seem to have lost anything to the other skinnier dc14' in terms of getting waves/runners.lastly, yes it is fast, seemingly quicker then the other dc14.
cheers
ps terrible photo taking weather this weekend
I'll be back from Margeret River Tuesday and am really keen to see how that baby goes. Let me know if you are keen for a run.
you guys running now too
It looks good i'll have to bring my oc1 down and have a paddle along side it. Make sure you bring it past the shop i have a great sticker for it
a couple of photos in the tally ck sent to me. as i said the weather was lousy
interestingly, i'm getting a lot of people on skis asking questions
Is that a chimed edge about 3" in from the rail where your hand is in that second pic?.. and is there any concaves on the bottom?
DJ
I had a paddle on this board in the creek the other day, with Lacey. It really has a nice feel about it and it really fast too. It had very little drag on the tail too, which was really nice to see. For those speed merchants out there it should be a good racer.
Hopefully we will get this out in the ocean soon and see how she goes on the runs. If it is anything like the previous one it should be really good. It should also be more stable than the original one.
Lacey and I paddled his new DC14 yesterday but the conditions were far from ideal. We left Snapper with the usual offshore but it did not swing around as it normally does once we hit the deeper water.
So, this paddle was a dud as far as checking out how this board went in the runs. Lacey went in at Currumbin and I carried on to Burleigh on my DC16. It was a pity that Lacey did not hit this section as the runs were epic from Currumbin to Burleigh. I was linking runs nicely on my 16 and I can only imagine how much better the new 14 would have handled them.
Next time...
Yes, I think we blew it today. The conditions looked really good.
Tomorrow (Sat) also looks really good so I am definately going to go and have a good hit. Are you back in the water yet, Jacko? Let me know if you want to come for a good DW (either on your OC or SUP).
