Took the dear wife into the CBD today and dropped her off to do a bit of retail therapy
While I was killing time I went past the ripcurl shop in Market st and noticed this ripcurl mal in the window called "Magic Carpet".
9'6 & 23.25 but the thing I found most interesting was that it carried the width almost all the way to the nose and the nose was very blunt.
It was obviously a thailand knockoff but what I found odd was the underside. It was really difficult to see while it was in the window display but it appeared to carry a conc all the way from the open nose right he way out through the tail.
Rails were hard to pin down but for the most part they looked to be 50/50 and very rounded.
What's the theory behind this sort of a bottom?
No point asking any of the spotty faced kids in the shop, they were too busy worrying about their hair and how to keep their pants up
Bugger me it's hard doing a long post on an iPhone
Nice little story obct,i-phones have cameras mate
Yeh,the cool staff exposing their undies and making sure
their hair is untidy[}:)]
sounds like some kind of noserider. a concave running all the way from the nose to the tail sounds unusual. the back half is usually a rolled bottom.
Congratulations obct,you did good mate
Sounds like you had a massive day,hit the sack
and get some waves tomorrow,you deserve it
BTW,great post once again
obct,
Pure gold. Loved you tales of woe !! Suck it in... You did good today son !
I read your first post, and I knew exactly what board you were talking about before you posted the pic. I have run many a close eye over those Maurice Cole Thailand Mals. They look quite good. Brilliant price too, but probably the usual half suspect glass job from Thailand. It's always hard to beat a McT... McT have the daily double wired... the quinella... a great proven shape with great glass.
Yes, I have pondered about those concaves. Maurice is possibly the worlds biggest fan of concaves. But I know Maurice, and I know he hates Mals, and since I have not ridden his classic malibu creation, I wonder if it is good, or if it is his sick joke to malibu riders. 
But I did chat to a guy at Bells one day riding one, as I was curious... And he said he liked it... So it can't be all bad. But for my $5, they have a little too much concave in the rear end, for slower and smaller point waves... but the concaves in the rear probably go fine in juicier stuff....
I'll try and get a few iPhone pics from the RipCurl (Torquay) store once the Easter "Hoopla" dies down. Show you the concaves. But, the iPhone camera is not brilliant inside....
Simon
Foot Note: Maurice would win most Free Surf sessions in the Bells Bowl.... I rate that guy ! Most people don't surf it enough to know it... Joe Sweeney's son knows it, T-Ray Tony Ray knows it, Maurice knows it well... T-Ray's Dad is loopy (sorry, off track).... Joe Sweeney paid for the original road into Bells, cost him 30 quid, and he made 29 mates pay a quid each !!
The sticker said $900.
BTW, do shapers actually go to Thailand to shape them or do they just send over one and ask them to copy it?
Computer shapes... Machine shaped. Finished shaping by.... an Aussie or a Thai, and glassed by Thai's.... (I think)....
