I've known since I sold my fireball & only had the 10' redline that my surfing was suffering, nothing wrong with the redline just not an all rounder.
After talking with asea & seeing his Astro log I gave Gary Burden from Astro a call & ordered a board. He's a top bloke who knows his stuff, he asked me all the appropriate questions to guide him on the style of board he needed to shape.
9'8" x 23-1/2"x 3-3/8" triple cedar stringers, resin tint & hand shaped 8" center fin.
Rode it the last 2 days & it seems very forgiving, paddles really well too.
Gary Burden with the board.
Told you guy's its a great looking board and what about the finish wow its amazing and a lovely colour too boot.
Only one question that Gary guy looks very much like asea
minus 100 kgs 
edit- did I see concave sweet as[}:)]
Mate that's a nice board, quality is outstanding! I think that you are happy with it ya frother
Nice board mate. Triple stringers look nice.I remember Gary Burden from a few comps years back. He came from Sydneys Northern beaches I think. Good surfer too.
mac as doggie witnessed today I think that concave saved a nose dive, on the takeoff the nose was about 3-4" under water & it just nosed itself back up & kept going.
Just need to get to some decent waves now.
nice stik.
Try her as a single some time, she'll probably go just as good with slightly better wave entry.
Nice board Vanders,Gary gives his best and as i said i've now ordered my 4th board in a year from him.
I was not going to hi Jack the new Astro but this is the Longboard section
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mac, what is it with all these Bali animals?, first cows, then dogs,then cats and rats...and now chooks??
have to be calling you ol mac donald if u keep this up
edit: good lookin board vanders.
I liked Roger Ramjet; he became an American hero by being a user of performance enhancing drugs, what could be more Apple Pie than that?
I wish I could pop a Proton Energy Pill that gave me the strength of 20 atom bombs for a period of 20 seconds and then go out and dispose of a Noodles Romanovskyish opponent, or perhaps even a 10 foot plus swell.
