ok there are boards I surf and just don't like point blank- gone. life too short to ride unlikable boards.
but most boards go like this. feels good
riding -yeah going pretty good ,' oh what was that'. its nothing the money parting side of the brain tells me.
yeah its good. but the more I surf the more that tiny fault becomes a virus until I just go that's its good bye.
that fault could be me, the board or both. doesn't matter
the more you try and find a fin set up you like the less the chance of it being keeper.
ive been wrong about feel good under the arm boards but never feel bad under the arm boards
I hate getting a custom that wasn't quite what you ask for, feels bad but what do you do.
I reckon a 1/3 for customs for me. but hey when you get that good one.
and for me . it does matter how good a board is I kinda get bored with after a while. need a new challenge.
shortboard max lifetime for me and record 1 year and that was a burton twinnie that actually had slipped on the shaping machine.
I did have a run of mf model boards that we tweaked/ tuned for me but im not that dedicated to sb's anymore
well that's it. signing off
utter nutcase
Well the shapers do love you - is it a communicable disease geez - easy come easy go - and it is your hard earned boardcoin - why would you ride something you just don't like - is variety the spice - sh!t set up your own shop & sample 'em all - put my $20 towards ya next girl who cares 
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Well the shapers do love you - is it a communicable disease geez - easy come easy go - and it is your hard earned boardcoin - why would you ride something you just don't like - is variety the spice - sh!t set up your own shop & sample 'em all - put my $20 towards ya next girl who cares
some make out like they are listening but their not. others just get it wrong or can't remember and didn't write things down . or its not detailed enough to the factory workers
I /we don't explain it properly
or the vision/concept just didn't work.
going outside proven designs spells danger a lot of times but it can be a good pay day
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..Macaha said..
totally agree utter nutcase 
thxs for being you
your most welcome
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..laceys lane said..Macaha said..
totally agree utter nutcase
thxs for being you
your most welcome
as#hole
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..
Your most creative work comes after one too many coffees
What no tea.
Select to expand quoteE T said..Macaha said..
Your most creative work comes after one too many coffees
What no tea.
No tea or cake today
Nice post LL. I used to move boards on more regularly but in the last 5 years I have found a few real keepers that have I have kept to they died - sweet potato and a CI Pod. That Pod was awesome and often thought about replacing it. Now this Nano I have seems to go well in anything from waist to double overhead. But I find that now I am surfing good quality waves most days that it's time to think about a more high performance step up board. Last attempt at one of these failed miserably so it's left me in a delimia. I don't need boards that generate speed anymore - I need boards that can handle speed. Been looking at what the good guys have been riding but they are 20 kg lighter so not the best thing to compare with. Decisions decisions decisions !
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Nice post LL. I used to move boards on more regularly but in the last 5 years I have found a few real keepers that have I have kept to they died - sweet potato and a CI Pod. That Pod was awesome and often thought about replacing it. Now this Nano I have seems to go well in anything from waist to double overhead. But I find that now I am surfing good quality waves most days that it's time to think about a more high performance step up board. Last attempt at one of these failed miserably so it's left me in a delimia. I don't need boards that generate speed anymore - I need boards that can handle speed. Been looking at what the good guys have been riding but they are 20 kg lighter so not the best thing to compare with. Decisions decisions decisions !
I would have thought that was a fairly easy call. Pick your length, single into double, perhaps a little vee if it's a big step, rounded pin, narrow-ish nose and a little thicker and a little wider than your everyday board. Get a board from a down south WA shaper. They have indo boards wired.
I just put money down on my new up north/indo step up.
It was my fifth board in 11 months and 3 board in two. Don't tell the wifey.
Good advice there Drip - but I went that way last time. Wanted to keep board fairly short relatively speaking for volume so it can still be pushed around n with some but it failed. Maybe it was the shaper - surely it's not me !
Go longer. Long and thin is faster than short and wide and surely you can throw a 7 foot board around plenty? How big are you? My go to boards for 5-6 gnaraloo have been 6'10-7'2" for years and I can rattle off hacks down the line while still pulling those "omigod" high line runs and ride a barrel. If you mean bigger waves again, lots of my mates ride 7'6" as there "I am a hero and take on anything board" at gland and ulus and a few big wave spots through Java and Sumba. But I would have thought a semi-gun in 6'10"-7'2" would be a perfect step up. This is the board I have on lay by and the sort of outline I was thinking of. The big boards lose the small wave derived bottom conclaves though, and are no where near as chuckable.
I've dead set got to stop hanging with this guy
What a morning at the board factory.
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I've dead set got to stop hanging with this guy
What a morning at a board factory.
Stop posting in riddles,unless it's a private conversation in a public forum?....what's the story? What boards are coming 
Story? you want a story?
It all started at 6.45,picked up LL back streets to snapper it was good at LM,LL said its got morning sickness head to Byron we can always come back.
Wategos not great the Pass crap,breakfast then factory,had a look at the Splice,its a week away,both LL and I talked boards,I talked about dropping down
to a 9.8 Noserider from my current 10 footer.LL just talked stuff I switched off,not sure what he was talking about or up to,couldn't do another back street
drive to snapper so dropped LL home,didn't even get wet what a journey.
signed nutcase number 2
is that it? i wanted a story....whats the 2'drop on the noserider going to do? more performance? make your noserides longer?
i think you should get a bob sled imo. you love being on the back foot. bob will make you a ripper,i would put money on that. time to stop dropping a inch and get on a smaller board mate
Less of a beast to handle in and out of the water it would drop 4 inches and I would also drop 1/8 width and thickness.
With this in mind I would also drop the 9.8 sunset board from the quiver,you mite see both on gumtree soon
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Less of a beast to handle in and out of the water it would drop 4 inches and I would also drop 1/8 width and thickness.
With this in mind I would also drop the 9.8 sunset board from the quiver,you mite see both on gumtree soon
but a noserider should be big and stable. why did you get the original size to start with? i still think you are wasting your time with those type of boards and should get a big bobsled or carver....seriously.
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is that it? i wanted a story....whats the 2'drop on the noserider going to do? more performance? make your noserides longer?
i think you should get a bob sled imo. you love being on the back foot. bob will make you a ripper,i would put money on that. time to stop dropping a inch and get on a smaller board mate
+1 wider range of quiver, rather than a wider range of similarity...would have been a nice drive though, beautiful country down along that highway
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is that it? i wanted a story....whats the 2'drop on the noserider going to do? more performance? make your noserides longer?
i think you should get a bob sled imo. you love being on the back foot. bob will make you a ripper,i would put money on that. time to stop dropping a inch and get on a smaller board mate
+1 wider range of quiver, rather than a wider range of similarity...would have been a nice drive though, beautiful country down along that highway
i thought i was going mad....you cant keep buying boards that are the same and change it by a frogs dick here and flys pube there and notice a change in performance. like why buy a noserider when you dont head to that part of town to start with?
talk to bob and get a carver or a bobsled or even a big sumo
Select to expand quotechrispy said..MickPC said..chrispy said..
is that it? i wanted a story....whats the 2'drop on the noserider going to do? more performance? make your noserides longer?
i think you should get a bob sled imo. you love being on the back foot. bob will make you a ripper,i would put money on that. time to stop dropping a inch and get on a smaller board mate
+1 wider range of quiver, rather than a wider range of similarity...would have been a nice drive though, beautiful country down along that highway
i thought i was going mad....you cant keep buying boards that are the same and change it by a frogs dick here and flys pube there and notice a change in performance. like why buy a noserider when you dont head to that part of town to start with?
talk to bob and get a carver or a bobsled or even a big sumo
are you talking to Mick
The Noserider is for real small days the flat rocker and surface area is a big difference from other boards I own so I don't have an issue with dropping length and don't believe I need to have 10 foot of length.
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..chrispy said..MickPC said..chrispy said..
is that it? i wanted a story....whats the 2'drop on the noserider going to do? more performance? make your noserides longer?
i think you should get a bob sled imo. you love being on the back foot. bob will make you a ripper,i would put money on that. time to stop dropping a inch and get on a smaller board mate
+1 wider range of quiver, rather than a wider range of similarity...would have been a nice drive though, beautiful country down along that highway
i thought i was going mad....you cant keep buying boards that are the same and change it by a frogs dick here and flys pube there and notice a change in performance. like why buy a noserider when you dont head to that part of town to start with?
talk to bob and get a carver or a bobsled or even a big sumo
are you talking to Mick
The Noserider is for real small days the flat rocker and surface area is a big difference from other boards I own so I don't have an issue with dropping length and don't believe I need to have 10 foot of length.
but why? sorry if i seem simple. you have bought how many longboards in the last however long? im trying to understand how such small changes will make a difference,or how when you go and order a board that is not discussed ...
i guess thats why the buy a completely different board comes into it.,
either way i love when you get new boards...im just more intrested in your thinking
With riding a Noserider which is new to me I'm learning as I go I just don't believe I need the length and sorry I don't mean to be rude but you'll never understand me simply because I can't
. I just want something in the middle that goes good from head to double and is still relatively performance driven. The 6'6" I have is terrible. I am around the 100kg mark. Fluctuates with Bintang consumption. Very paddle fit though.
chrispy is right mac.
had another scan on my 7 ft bobquad sled.
no known viruses found.
confession time. the 7 ft is probably the longest bsq they've done.
well I just have to try a short one.
traded my mr ff in for a 6 ft er.
not because the ff was bad by any means but I think this bqs will be better. the performance of the 7 ft,i keep forgetting its 7 ft , is so good
so logically the 6 fter should be off the dial. hanging out for this little number
leaves me with a 9'6 log , 7ft bqs, a 6'4 mr bushranger( unridden yet) and a 6 ft bqs coming.
im not even sure ill need the mr yet.
i have pulled into a few inside waves on the bqs at the alley no probs
. I just want something in the middle that goes good from head to double and is still relatively performance driven. The 6'6" I have is terrible. I am around the 100kg mark. Fluctuates with Bintang consumption. Very paddle fit though.
Thanks Mick but after something for some more size. His website says
The Psychedelic Germ is a board that can riden in all conditions up to 4ft.
I want 4ft up !
