SHAPERS

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RoyStuart said..

Ricardo1709 said..
Roy,take a look at what you just wrote,why bring someones physical appearance into the equation,it was a damn nice bottom turn regardless and you really can't make a comparison based on the radical difference between his board and yours.Ron was merely illustrating some concepts of design,he wasn't shouting" check how deep my rails buried Im so hardcore",yet you seemed to perceive it as that and try to show him up which in actual fact you didn't (a good bottom turn buries the rail not the tail).Allow others to experiment right or wrong,if no-one went out on a limb with surfboard design(you included) we would all still be riding slabs of wood.

Ron didn't post the picture actually, and it came with the comment that the poster would listen to Ron because of the deepness of his bottom turn. Posting one in response was perfectly natural.... and I had more rail buried than he did anyway ( not that it matters, the useful content vanished as soon as they started getting personally abusive as an attempted substitute for reasoned response).

As for the beer gut comment, I have little respect for fat alcoholics and pie eaters, and since intelligent replies aren't understood or appreciated, I thought I'd take a short visit to the usual level displayed here.

Lol at going out on a limb since the saying implies a tree limb which is made of you know what.

Roy come on,how dare you insult people went you continually jump on the abusive replies you receive.I'm 53 weight 109 kgs train 5 days a week have a beer gut but don't drink beer or eat pies as you say,it just shows me that your so uneducated we are all built different we all eat and drink what ever its not of your business and you once again show poor form.

Blame me,i was the one that commented on Ron's bottom turn,lets face it,it was classic and I for one would have loved to view the next shot of him smacking the lip one thing I've NEVER seen you produce,I'll go out on a limb here ( your words once again) and call you out as being some what jealous.

Seriously I've seen more people banned from this site for so much less than what your currently dishing out.

I would love to have josh dowling come on here and post some of his design ideas and beautiful boards

Love it what about SDR

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Cobra said..
and the great Mc T

boo hoo

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Cobra said..
and the greatest

was talking to westerly the other day about your mate h...would love to hear them both in the same room

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chrispy said..

Cobra said..
and the greatest

was talking to westerly the other day about your mate h...would love to hear them both in the same room

thats nice

Can you tell me why you felt Peter belonged in that list?
Not only did he develop power surfing and man-on-man surfing and was totally involved in the shortboard change, he was responsible for the weight change in boards as well, which everyone overlooks. Nat Young came along after the Peru World Titles (1965) where he got second to (David) Nuuhiwa riding a 10’1”. Nat was very unhappy. Then he gets beaten (at the Australian Titles) by Midget in 65 on Midget’s stringerless 9’8” and Nat’s still riding his 10’1”. After this, Peter happened to be at Byron one day surfing his 9’0” and Nat asks, “Can I have a lend of it?” Nat stayed out for three hours on it! Peter was supposed to be home on the Gold Coast by 6pm but was hours late. Suddenly two weeks later Nat and his friend from Collaroy show up at Peter’s place in a ute. Well, what a surprise this is! And lo and behold his board’s still getting fixed or something and I’m like, “I guess you want to ride one of our boards?” So Laurie Hohensee has leant him his 9’4” for Burleigh, the same length Nat rode in the 66 World Titles. Well, Peter was tearing the place apart with his power surfing on a 9-foot board, and they’re all watching Peter Drouyn surf. So it went from Byron Bay to Nat coming up for two weeks and changing his style completely because he wasn’t winning, and his boards shortened by a foot – which is much more than they shortened later on – and they’re saying Peter had nothing to do with it? I wanted a 9-foot board but I also wanted it to be only 16 pounds, which in those days was unheard of. “One layer of eight ounce glass!? You’re kidding!” Peter ended up getting on his knees and begging and they did it and of course Peter ripped on it at the 66 Australian Titles in the juniors, but the board broke in half just before he left for the World Titles in San Diego (won by Nat) and he had to ride a 22lb board that was too far back in time for Peter. Peter died in that contest. He was so depressed. It was supposed to be an Australian team but they just left Peter, a 16-year-old, on the beach alone the whole time. What good did that do him? (There was no junior division in San Diego so Peter surfed in the Opens and finished 12th).


from swell net


In a similar vein was this 1968 Hohensee single fin. It was in poor condition and the seller could’ve expected a couple hundred bucks but for the name pencilled along the stringer behind the fin – Peter Drouyn. Ol' Westerly wasn't known as much of a shaper but celebrity and scarcity guide the second-hand market every bit as much as shaping chops. 48 bids stood as testament to that, and the seller pocketed $660. The new owner is gonna have a few repairs but they'll wanna keep that name intact.

this guy was a shaper
the fangtail

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Macaha said..

RoyStuart said..

Ricardo1709 said..
Roy,take a look at what you just wrote,why bring someones physical appearance into the equation,it was a damn nice bottom turn regardless and you really can't make a comparison based on the radical difference between his board and yours.Ron was merely illustrating some concepts of design,he wasn't shouting" check how deep my rails buried Im so hardcore",yet you seemed to perceive it as that and try to show him up which in actual fact you didn't (a good bottom turn buries the rail not the tail).Allow others to experiment right or wrong,if no-one went out on a limb with surfboard design(you included) we would all still be riding slabs of wood.

Ron didn't post the picture actually, and it came with the comment that the poster would listen to Ron because of the deepness of his bottom turn. Posting one in response was perfectly natural.... and I had more rail buried than he did anyway ( not that it matters, the useful content vanished as soon as they started getting personally abusive as an attempted substitute for reasoned response).

As for the beer gut comment, I have little respect for fat alcoholics and pie eaters, and since intelligent replies aren't understood or appreciated, I thought I'd take a short visit to the usual level displayed here.

Lol at going out on a limb since the saying implies a tree limb which is made of you know what.

Roy come on,how dare you insult people went you continually jump on the abusive replies you receive.I'm 53 weight 109 kgs train 5 days a week have a beer gut but don't drink beer or eat pies as you say,it just shows me that your so uneducated we are all built different we all eat and drink what ever its not of your business and you once again show poor form.

Blame me,i was the one that commented on Ron's bottom turn,lets face it,it was classic and I for one would have loved to view the next shot of him smacking the lip one thing I've NEVER seen you produce,I'll go out on a limb here ( your words once again) and call you out as being some what jealous.

Seriously I've seen more people banned from this site for so much less than what your currently dishing out.

Ron and several other picked a fight via the usual sort of abuse, and it looks like they got one.

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Cuttlefish said..
It's 3:55am and I can't sleep.
Listening to Led zep on my new headphones and waiting for the sun to come up so I can go surfing.
Winds still offshore and there's likely to be a couple of foot waves on offer.
The tide will be only an hour past low by the time dawn breaks but the banks should be ok.
I'll roll up to the beach and see how its looking.
Ride the McCoy 6'3" XF nugget or my nano if its shortboardable. (new word)
Or a midlength or my surf mat or even a bodyboard.
Maybe take my low rockered 6'3" quad fish out with some tiny fins in it and ride it prone because its a blast lying on your stomach and having every wave well overhead.
Might even try to stand up on it and slide around and fall off it.
Geez I love surfing...in any form.
I'm going to have fun.
Hope you all do too.
Hurry up sun...

Geez CF..your on thin ice..talk about starting a new **** fight...

This is a longboard forum..

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RoyStuart said..

Macaha said..

RoyStuart said..

Ricardo1709 said..
Roy,take a look at what you just wrote,why bring someones physical appearance into the equation,it was a damn nice bottom turn regardless and you really can't make a comparison based on the radical difference between his board and yours.Ron was merely illustrating some concepts of design,he wasn't shouting" check how deep my rails buried Im so hardcore",yet you seemed to perceive it as that and try to show him up which in actual fact you didn't (a good bottom turn buries the rail not the tail).Allow others to experiment right or wrong,if no-one went out on a limb with surfboard design(you included) we would all still be riding slabs of wood.

Ron didn't post the picture actually, and it came with the comment that the poster would listen to Ron because of the deepness of his bottom turn. Posting one in response was perfectly natural.... and I had more rail buried than he did anyway ( not that it matters, the useful content vanished as soon as they started getting personally abusive as an attempted substitute for reasoned response).

As for the beer gut comment, I have little respect for fat alcoholics and pie eaters, and since intelligent replies aren't understood or appreciated, I thought I'd take a short visit to the usual level displayed here.

Lol at going out on a limb since the saying implies a tree limb which is made of you know what.

Roy come on,how dare you insult people went you continually jump on the abusive replies you receive.I'm 53 weight 109 kgs train 5 days a week have a beer gut but don't drink beer or eat pies as you say,it just shows me that your so uneducated we are all built different we all eat and drink what ever its not of your business and you once again show poor form.

Blame me,i was the one that commented on Ron's bottom turn,lets face it,it was classic and I for one would have loved to view the next shot of him smacking the lip one thing I've NEVER seen you produce,I'll go out on a limb here ( your words once again) and call you out as being some what jealous.

Seriously I've seen more people banned from this site for so much less than what your currently dishing out.

Ron and several other picked a fight via the usual sort of abuse, and it looks like they got one.

I've only ever seen Ron as a helpful person ,in fact he did a hole thread on board manufacture ,Ron's not about self promotion he's just one of the bro's on here as most of us are. A lot of us know one another and have surfed together on occasion .We don't need this stuff from someone pimping there own cause, There are people on here that are very successful .Roy I think you come on here for the wrong reasons we're just here for a laugh

^^^ Well said TB.

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laceys lane said..

Cobra said..

Macaha said..

Cobra said..

Ricardo1709 said..
Rons thread was hijacked by Roy and no-one else,starting with his so called deeper full rail bottom turn picture and being so adamant about Rons design faults and the thread went downhill from there and not from any so called stalkers.Most comments were very conducive to the thread until Roy poked his head in.its fine to have alternative ideas and concepts and to put them across to interested people,theres also a way to do it in a non egotistical,demeaning manner.i hope we get to see ride reviews and vids on Roys boards and Rons and anyone else out there that likes to shape, without putting anyones ideas down.

Ricardo fair call on Roy.
i think Rons thread was one of the best threads all year…until the **** started.

but roys thread has had its fair share of hijacking too.

and if you look at roys and rons threads………………...its always the same nasty stuff.

i like you Ricardo are interested in board builds and welcome more shaping threads.

True and I was guilty and apoilgised in the best interests of the members interested.

Sorry Mac none of my posts are pointed at you.

they are not pointed at anyone really. just over the fighting.

you should know me mac... if i have a problem with someone i will tell them straight up.

I've built a bridge…….. and I'm over it.

shouldn't that be- weaved a basket and in it

i was going to say something



but i forgot…



thats it,


got it now

Hey Cobra, Check out the little Hohensee that just popped up on Gumtree.... 4'10 (!) ... might suit Slater.




http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/caloundra/surfing/4-vintage-single-fin-surfboards/1074318848

The DVS looks good too. Just about 2-3 ft too short for me.

PS... your avatar is freaking me out, thought you were a snake (or a golfer), not a hedgehog.

Not only did H make hono boards
He had other labels in 60s70s80s.

who's H. is he some blow in retro bandwagon shaper or something