New Midlength

I have ordered a new mid length. Weiry and Mac will love this thread.

7' x 21.5 x 3

I contacted a 3 local shapers. Two gave me kind of average responses. The third man called me that night. I told him what I wanted. He told me it wouldnt work and gave me all his reasons.

That was all I needed. Figured I could trust a man who has been shaping in SA since 1966.

Will have it in 3 weeks.

Booo yahhhh

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McHenry said..
I have ordered a new mid length. Weiry and Mac will love this thread.

7' x 21.5 x 3

I contacted a 3 local shapers. Two gave me kind of average responses. The third man called me that night. I told him what I wanted. He told me it wouldnt work and gave me all his reasons.

That was all I needed. Figured I could trust a man who has been shaping in SA since 1966.

Will have it in 3 weeks.

Booo yahhhh

Nice work brother?

Who's the shaper? Will you be getting a Big Mac Memorial Tint in honor of the great man and his contribution to the mini mal genre?

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Macaha said..
seriously guys can you reframe from clogging the longboard forum up with your little mid length things,at least post them all in the same thread so us hard core longboards don't have to view your little things


only joking sounds unreal McH 3 weeks wow thats fast

Could it be a Mid length and a McT Thats two new forums in itself

Glad your getting back to the water (or planing too) Mchenry..

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Tux said..

McHenry said..
I have ordered a new mid length. Weiry and Mac will love this thread.

7' x 21.5 x 3

I contacted a 3 local shapers. Two gave me kind of average responses. The third man called me that night. I told him what I wanted. He told me it wouldnt work and gave me all his reasons.

That was all I needed. Figured I could trust a man who has been shaping in SA since 1966.

Will have it in 3 weeks.

Booo yahhhh

Nice work brother?

Who's the shaper? Will you be getting a Big Mac Memorial Tint in honor of the great man and his contribution to the mini mal genre?

Thanks Tux, Rodney "Weasel" Bedford. No fancy tints on this one, cant afford that plus I just like regular boards no tints.

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AndyrooMac said..

I thought you were holding out for a Miller...

Besides the dims, what sorta shape she gonna be?

awesome tho, so nice to have one (or two) on the go and glad you went for a custom instead of a pop out

Andy,

I was holding out on a Miller until Weasel told me that a SUBX type boards doesn't work well in SA and listed the reasons why. Everyone says support your local shaper so I figured why not support a guy who has been in the SA surfing community for close to 50 years.

To be honest don't even know how its going to look, am putting 100% faith in him.

Very exciting.

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vanders1 said..
Good work mate & well done on supporting your local guy I'm sure it'll pay of in tonnes of stoke!

Thanks Vanders, it's funny how your opinions change once you start speaking to people. In my head I had pretty much made up my mind with who I wanted to make me a board. Weasel's knowledge of the local conditions and knowing what would realistically work for me was priceless.

Nothing so much wrong with the Miller more just maybe not the best board for what I was looking for.

I wanted something duck divable and for when waves get 3 foot plus.


Weasel told me if I wanted duck divable something with more of a pointy nose will help, he told me to pull in the tail a bit and that a two plus one configuration probably isnt the best. A traditional thruster generally works more for a our local conditions.

Basically I think it will be more like a Miller Waterskate but I am totally leaving it upto him. Will set up with FCS Fin system and Shapers Fins as he believes they are the best on the market.

When you don't know a whole lot about surfboards like you guys you have to put your trust in those who do. Which is exactly what I have done.

Funny you ask Mac, taking a few days off to do a final clean and move in Thursday. Very exciting. I have been at it for almost a year.

Pics to come this week.

I figured I have busted my gut and sacrificed this year and what better way to celebrate then with a new board.

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McHenry said..
Nothing so much wrong with the Miller more just maybe not the best board for what I was looking for.

I wanted something duck divable and for when waves get 3 foot plus.


Basically I think it will be more like a Miller Waterskate but I am totally leaving it upto him.

Good move Mc..A SbuX def not a ducker...Waterskate is hard to push under as well...but being a local with mega years of shaping (all shapers have their own quirks/preferences) he will deliver the goods..

Enjoy your new toy

Great work McHenry - hope the new stick goes good for ya - you deserve it after ally hat hard work you put in on the house. Make sure you post some pics of the finished house as well

So I received an email from the shaper last night with a pic as he had just started shaping the board yesterdfay and sent me a pic at the end of the day. Should be done by the end of the week and hopefully I can shoot down and pick it up.

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AndyrooMac said...

Progress pic, AWESOME!!! lookin preeeeeeeedy dude, yeeeeeeew!

Sure is. Nice clean lines

i dont believe you

Cool

go hard mate too cool

nice, it might even win over cobra and weiry

Looks siiiiiiiiiiiiick, hope she gives you masses of stoke