Terrible Waves + Awesome Board = Heaps of Fun

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Greenroom said..

Can I be honest? Share my opinion?
Yes I read the heading... Terrible waves and awesome board means heaps of fun. I agree! But...
I think the board looks ugly.
You did a lot of pumping of the board.
It seemed slow but your weight made up for the burying of the rail and throwing spray.
You fell off the back of most waves especially when you tried getting closer to the nose (which btw doesn't exist)
Short boarding with a paddle. It looked awkward.
Just my observations. Not a personal dig at you or your board.
Keep ripping

Can be honest ? tell you my opinion of what you said because i' m designing for my own surfing that kind of shape and can't read with out any reaction.
Ugly board! seems to me that a nice board is in first after all a functional board, when it's looking good, that's mean she is working for what you want to do with she .
Pumping! did you ever pumping with your sail when no wind as Casso didn't get enough slope to keep going on the wave ?
Spray, spray comes when you slide the board to force the board direction, that's all.
Nose does'nt exist: nose is an end of lines, the most important are pull-in lines making this board loose and still have some front surface to glide on. Getting no nose, make shorter and less inertia to spin. And for some other importance and not the less : less row effect while paddling
And finally, YES! this is a shortboard with a paddle. You can't understand that because this kind of board is a connecting stance between the windsurf board which are the largest influence of SUP surfing until now. But, times are changing, short boarding with paddle is arising now

Have fun what ever you want and how is looking like

I love that stance on 13th second allows by this new shape of SUP on a so weak wave, Go Carro Go!

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Greenroom said..
Can I be honest? Share my opinion?
Yes I read the heading... Terrible waves and awesome board means heaps of fun. I agree! But...
I think the board looks ugly.
You did a lot of pumping of the board.
It seemed slow but your weight made up for the burying of the rail and throwing spray.
You fell off the back of most waves especially when you tried getting closer to the nose (which btw doesn't exist)
Short boarding with a paddle. It looked awkward.
Just my observations. Not a personal dig at you or your board.
Keep ripping

Thanks Greeny - I respect your opinion.

I agree, the board won't win any beauty contests and has weird lines that can be a bit off-putting until you get use to them (or learn to ignore them).

I don't agree with you that the board is slow - on the contrary, this board is the fast thing I have ridden. The instant squirts of acceleration catch you by surprise and are so much fun, not to mention very functional.

After two surfs in very gutless Gold Coast beachbreaks, I was still learning how to adapt to the different feel. When I jumped back on my normal board in the same surf - it seemed so slow and sluggish. I had some major withdrawal symptoms from the 7'0". I can't wait until my custom version arrives (ordered it today) and get it into some more powerful waves.

I agree it is like shortboarding with a paddle - but that's what I like. Fair enough that it's not your (or everyone's) cup-of-tea.

Form follows function and if it works in small waves it is a beautiful thing! It is funny how a shape grows on you when it actually works!
Interesting stuff! Looks very cool Casso. Watching with interest

Great vid casso !! looks like you enjoyed that little ugly duckling Have had the big boys model 7-8" x 28 1/4 x 115litres for the last couple of months. The most fun in smallish waves on a surf craft in years !! sooooooo much speed and controllable .

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Piros said..

What will be the ultimate test , is which board Casso will be riding in the NSW titles at Shoal Bay I think there is massive potential in this design for Sups and would love to see them popping up in comps , it really will move the goal post in scoring criteria for the judges.

That would be a great test Piros - but unfortunately my new custom won't be ready in time and I had to give the demo one back.

this design interests me. after speaking to people that have surfed, windsurfed and SUPped with tomo inspired straight rail boards seems they are fast and seem to work short.
I see there were times in the vid it seemed quite slow, but then look at how fat the waves were, seemed no power at times. think you were milking as much as you could out of those, good work. the board seems to turn nice anyhow.
After a week at Denmark, WA, a board like this would have been so much fun to get thru the reform sections, could have ridden from out back to inside reforming 3 times and getting 150m long rides. I could get through some with my allwave but defo couldnt turn it like that board.

How does it paddle, ie getting out back, standing out back, getting onto waves?

Any chance you guys could do a quick speal on where these guys are located and shaping etc? ie local or overseas etc.? maybe rough price?
I saw they had a facebook page but only really pictures up.
I hear some WA shapers are playing also about.