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Went to the Goldy and Byron the other week. Dropped into the McT showroom as I'd spied a cool Webster 7'6" single fin on their used boards listings.
When I got their it wasn't on the used rack outside.
Looked into the showroom and their it was...being cleaned up, ready to be freighted off to Ireland of all places.
A guy had bought it on-line the night before.
Bugger.
Anyway, drove on into Byron with this song playing...an apt soundtrack to the Bay's disciples.
just thought you lot might be able to help out a brother. 
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Bought myself a couple of cheap cruisers the other day.
The JC at 7'6" X 20.5" x 2&3/4" could be fun for a lightweight, easy paddling board for decent sized beachies when I want to sit outside a ways from the majority of crew and wait for set waves but it doesn't have so much foam it will be a liability.
Here's a vid of JC talking about a handshaped equaliser
that jc board is what most smart people are missing,and i say too all the other,,,,,keep riding your hp boards,you all rip
the blackhawk looked like a nice shape,but that is the last vid i would have posted if i was trying to promote it. The board looked really stiff and seemed to track really badly....sorry the vid made it look like sh1t to me
I get what you're saying about the blackhawk.
I reckon that board could be way more foam compared to what Richie's used to riding and I'm already thinking of fins in my collection to loosen it up some.
Watching that video I was waiting for him to do a nice big top turn but it wasn't to be. The last fins I'd screw into that board would be glass flex fins if I was going to ride it in decent waves.
Figure I'll just leave it in the rafters for the occasional bigger day where there may not be much turning involved anyway but my local point is a big mushburger that needs planing area and foam to make it fun.
I've had some bad luck with cameras this year. 2 cameras I'd had for years died & I lost some great video/photo's from Japan when a portable hard drive died before backing up. Luckily the missus took some shots with her camera & I was able to put a little video together of us in the snow in Hokaido
Kiroro Snow World Hokaido is about 90 mins from Sapporo by bus. We visited a week before the ski season closed & were lucky to still find pretty good snow for the end of March. Its a really beautiful place & a great resort.
I also agree most people need that semi-gun/fun gun thing in their quivers. I have mates paddling around on 6'4" boards same age and weight as me when I am on a 7'2" and they are nowhere near as comfortable or getting anywhere near the number of waves.
"But Mick doesn't go over 7' until it's huge so why do I need a mid-length in 6' waves? The 6'4" will do it because I like the way it turns." Lol.
Hey Cuttlefish
If you're still about could you spare you're opinion on where you'd go with fins in a board like the Blackhawk to reduce the tracking issue?
I've got a (big) guys "short" board 7'6" which is really handy in conditions where I'd be falling off the back or getting mowed down on my smaller board.
Tracking is a bit of an issue though when the legs aren't doing enough of the small amount of critical footwork required...I guess it possible the right set of fins might make it a little more forgiving and help cover some of my stodgy positioning...(my board has fcs/surfinz)
At 6'4" I'm in that 95kgs-100kgs range too, similar to the guy drip mentioned - god help me.
Well they're all the waves I try to avoid surfing.
Actually, that's a lie. There are a whole bunch more too.
Thanks Cuttlefish.
Informative as always.
Boards a thruster so I got something to give a go straight away (the smaller centre fin).
Combined with some decent footwork should be sweet.
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