Eye Candy.

Thought I'd share some of the stand out's from the archives.

SA Tell us about ya McCoy. I find quite a range of opinion about em. Still got it? if not y not?

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pete53 said..

SA Tell us about ya McCoy. I find quite a range of opinion about em. Still got it? if not y not?

The McCoy was a custom in about 2006 / 2007. At the time they retailed for around $1500.00 and were rare and Geoff knocked this up for me and the boys in Byron did a beautiful spray exactly as I'd asked.

It was 9'3 x 23 x 3 1/8 from memory, included the loaded dome principal with 60/40 full rails and was an absolute beauty IMO.

It felt big, lots of float but loose as a goose and a true allrounder.

I have a friend who has the exact shape to this day and it's still his 'go to' board.

I sold it to a guy in Manly who loved it for a long time, had a photo on Coastalwatch once flying across a 5 foot face and it looked so good !

WOW! How on earth did you ever part with some of those works of art? I would have just had to fine a bigger garage and probably some extra cash flows. I just picked up a new stick 45mins ago and can not wait to get her wet

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vanders1 said...
What are your thoughts on Tom Wegener's board mate?

IMO his boards are absolutely magnificent creations !
I'd been mesmerised by Siesta's & Ola's and a friend in Cres'n'ed bought a 12' Weg to surf The Jail at SWR and Pt Plomber on and I just fell in love.
I bought a 9'0 Model A then had an 8'0 custom, the 9'6 and a 10'0 and they all went well in the right conditions but terrible in others. Big, heavy, horizontal only and too expensive ! But man, what quality and pedigree however I didn't have the ability of Tom on them !
Tom went down the Paulownia route at this time and stopped shaping poly boards and that was that.
I them came across a 10 x 23 x 3 pinched rail Crusader Model (in the shots above) and this thing blew my mind. A semi gun shape, what he rode in Siesta's and the bigger the wave, the better this board performed.
...single glassed fin, set right on the edge of the tail and this board gave me the confidence to surf waves I'd never felt I could take on.
To date, this board is up there as THE board for mine.... I still miss it !
The guy who bought it grabbed it for bigger south coast bombie waves. Perfect.

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Simondo said..

Very nice collection SA!
Pity you don't have many of them left!

Thanks mate.

I rode them, understand each of them and moved forward with every sale and purchase so no regrets.

Most of them are being enjoyed by someone now which is awesome and I have a clear picture of what works for me in differing conditions.

The 10'6 Munoz is the best board I've ridden, the 10' Crusader is an animal....some boards live off their reputation and are nowhere near as good as what they claim and others bat above their average but I'll keep those opinions to myself.

The best thing is I still drool over the odd board and still buy and sell the odd one when I see something that I'm attracted too....still stoked !

Some nice sticks there SA, I can't believe you let some of them "go" especially the Mccoy ,I suppose their like most sweethearts you never realize how good they were until they're gone...

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fester said..

Got Two of them Tyler Riddler & South Coast Signature Model

Good to see they are in a good home Now if we could just track down the other 480

Umm ted I am guilty...SA assisted me to join the dark side with a 12ft naish glide a few years back...

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SP said...
Umm ted I am guilty...SA assisted me to join the dark side with a 12ft naish glide a few years back...

Don't blame me....I just advertised it. Lol.