Here's some pics of a nice 6'6 single. The fin is so nice, it is on loan in another of my boards at the moment. An 8" True Ames fin, in Green.
Some of the pics from the tail, try and show the relatively heavy double concave at the tail.
Doggie,
The rest of the boards will get on here slowly !!
Take a close look at the light green one. That's the 6'6 single that you might want.... What's your weight?
Simo
Hey guys, some nice boards !
Simondo, that 9'0 Gun looks the goods.....wow. I'm chasing a gun right now.
Thought I'd share my current quiver. A mix of SUP and Surfboards of which I've been selling off some some SUP's and the DC 16 and 12' Laird are still on 'breeze for sale leaving me with 4 SUP's......which I might still sell the Naish 17'.
I'm very much tuned into epoxy now (shock horror to some) but they work, are light, easy on the back leg on hold downs and easy to repair and have better re-sale than poly IMO.http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfanimals/sets/72157594509051959/
Rather than clog everything up, here's a link above to the boards consisting of;
Naish 'Nalu' SUP
11'6 x 29 3/4 x 5 1/2
Pearson Arrow 'Laird' SUP
14' x 30 5/8 x 5 1/4
Naish 'Glide' SUP
17' x 26 3/4 x 5 3/4
Surftech Ron House 'Laird' SUP
12'1 x 31
Dale Chapman 'DC' Carbon SUP
16' x 28
Angulo 'Shaka' SUP
14' x 30' x 5 1/2
NSP 'Cruiser' Longboard
11'0 x 25 3/4 x 4 1/16
Walden 'Magic Model' Longboard
10'0 x 23 1/2 x 3 1/4
7S 'Super Fish XL'
8'0 x 23 1/8 x 3 1/4
Al Merrick 'M13' Semi Gun
8'0 x 22 x 2 7/8
.....and the hundreds that have come and gone over the years dating back to about 1992.
www.flickr.com/photos/surfanimals/sets/72157594578541701/
It's always changing and there's not many I haven't owned at some point.
Just made good friends with a couple of my new boards finally dialing them in.
It was max two foot high tide the Redline was the first board out of the cover.
Man I listened to asea and this baby loves to trim down the line at speed.I also
had the thing moving up and down the face.For those that don't know I have struggled to ride this beast for a while now but today it all clicked,The problem was I had to change my mind set,you ride it a lot differently than a HP which was my problem.I had a great time on it today.
As to tide dropped the Fireball gets wet and I must say it went very well in some sucky little sliders.
Yep happy as pig in mad Bring on the new UFO [}:)]
Extremely happy for you Mac!! Always great to have a successful and productive surf! And I'm really looking forward to getting that McT.
Today, I had a "Slop Bash" (definitions include: SUP Paddling into 15+ knots of wind, and sliding home on some runners) this afternoon on the big 17 footer (SUP). The great thing was that 20 knots combined with a decent 2m+ ground swell, out of similar direction.... so I was screaming along at times on the return leg.
Here's a little (board) porn again.
Chris,
How many boards do think you have owned?
What did you do with the snapped ones?
I snapped a McT Original after years of good abuse. Paid $250 for a semi dodge repair (rejoin) and now I just want to sell it for $250.
Simon
SurfAnimals,
You can't go wrong with the McTavish G2 Gun either. Don't be scared, go for a 9'6.
Simondo
I hear you Mac! Some of my best surfs have been 1 foot days. Everyone stays at home.... But if you know your spots, and tides, you can get lucky with some thigh high sets, and really long rides.... Leaves you buzzing for small waves !
I tell you, long perfect, and uncrowded waves leave me very happy these days. Flip side of that coin... when it's too big for some of the crew, and I paddle out on the 9'0 Merrick Gun, and drop into a couple of bombs.... that's a different sort of reward.
Happy Days !!
Well I am chuffed still haha,thats what its all about and as I said its all about the joy.
I did see a sweeper out,so it must have been micro small hehe
JTT p-ss
The after thoughts.... (typical)
Small Long Waves - soooo much fun
Extra Large Waves - glad I survived, and managed to pick off two or three bombs....
Wave count per typical session would often be 15:3, in favour of the small days....
McTavish G2 Gun
8'6 x 21+ x 3. A weapon for hunting down big lumps of water!
CMC from here sent me those blue FCS GXQ fins. It came with Black GXQ's which are being utilised in the yellow McTavish. I used the bigger Carbon Merrick's today. They went great too. I think the smaller fin is the go though. It releases slightly better, going rail to rail. You draw out your turns off the rails... But you can draw quite tight snappy turns, especially with the smaller fins that release quickly. The reasonable amount of tail rocker allows for the tighter turns. Rock back onto the rounded pin "v", and it turns really well for its size!
An open face machine. By the way, this is not for sale! You can order them through McT in Byron. 02 6685 6736
(SurfAnimals - beats the hell out of me why you would move so many boards on.... you must have only ridden some of them a few times, and some of them not at all!?)
Purple Sex Wax, with a base coat of Mrs Pamlers and her 5 daughters.
My god, Bells was so good yesterday !! Looks like it will pump again tomorrow too.