surfing thread

**GnarKill1029** · 07-02-2011, 10:44 AM

there needs to be one.

just picked up this custom yesterday. pretty stoked on it. 5'6 x 19.5 x 2.25

hopefully ill get to ride it sunday/monday. cant wait. post your boards and shit

**YellowSnow** · 07-02-2011, 10:54 AM

sick board. I'm hoping that's a quad. It looks like it would surf so nicely as a quad.

This is my most current board and got it used for 300. 5' 10 x 18 3/4 x 2 3/16

the one I had before that got destroyed against the breakwater when my leash broke. It's now wall art in my room

**GnarKill1029** · 07-02-2011, 10:59 AM

its a thruster. i like quad fins, but for rebuilding a little quiver i wanted to start out with a thruster. its the exact same shape as a lost rocket. ill probably get a squashed down, more rounded quad for my next board.

first board looks pretty sick. heres a couple more.

**sealice aka lone ranger** · 07-02-2011, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by GnarKill1029

there needs to be one.

just picked up this custom yesterday. pretty stoked on it. 5'6 x 19.5 x 2.25

hopefully ill get to ride it sunday/monday. cant wait. post your boards and shit

holy mother of god thats sick.

right now i just have a cult swallow tail

this is the board i have been fantasizing over for many many years. just havent had the funds to spend on it.

**Fuji** · 07-02-2011, 02:33 PM

6'2" / 19" / 2.25"

needs to be brought out in some big waves though, kinda useless until the hurricane swells get here

**Fuji** · 07-02-2011, 02:44 PM

my other board with was a 6'0"/ 19.5 / 2.25 quad i took to costa rico, got snapped on the surf report one day.

**Walruz996** · 07-03-2011, 12:57 PM

That board is sweet Grayson.

5'4 x ???? x ????

Insanely fun, and looks your fantasy Mike, haha.

**sealice aka lone ranger** · 07-03-2011, 01:22 PM

frack youuuuuuuuu. i bet its so much fun man. so perfect for florida.

**Walruz996** · 07-03-2011, 01:30 PM

Dominates the 2ft Jax glass.

**DJ-NJ** · 07-03-2011, 05:42 PM

grayson where are you gunna go from nyc?? long beach?

**GCStilDEATH** · 07-03-2011, 08:29 PM

navarre, 2months back... finally home for a swell for once...

thats on my 5'9 LOST stealth (firewire)

**GCStilDEATH** · 07-03-2011, 08:49 PM

**GnarKill1029** · 07-03-2011, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by DJ-NJ

grayson where are you gunna go from nyc?? long beach?

I surf rockaway beach a lot. Take the subway there. Friend also has a beach house in lavalette.
Rockaway has been pretty fun the last few weeks. Dying to ride this fracking board.

**YellowSnow** · 07-04-2011, 01:28 AM

there's a rockaway beach in norcal that I go to often. I thought you were talking about that one. I was about to flip out.

**WSMassiv** · 07-04-2011, 05:47 AM

this is my latest surfboard riding device... not my exact one, but I'll take pics of the one I have if anyone cares:

**Jim Gordon** · 07-04-2011, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by sealice aka lone ranger

Now that's what a real fish looked like back in the 70's. I wish I still had mine.=( I'm thinking about making another one though.=)

**GnarKill1029** · 07-04-2011, 10:07 PM

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

**sealice aka lone ranger** · 07-05-2011, 01:00 AM

git

**Jim Gordon** · 07-05-2011, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by WSMassiv

this is my latest surfboard riding device... not my exact one, but I'll take pics of the one I have if anyone cares:

I care! Post a pix and tell us how you like it. Back in the 70's, we called this type of fish a rocket fish.

**WSMassiv** · 07-05-2011, 10:03 AM

K ill try and get some.

I love it btw. It skates around all fishy-like and has amazing drive cause of the huge base on the fins, but the thin tip of the fins allows for shortboard-style moves. I can get the thing vertical full throttle, charlie's angels.

**brown_kid** · 07-05-2011, 08:34 PM

My Florida quiver:

5'6.5" Erie Rocket

5'9.5" Quiet Flight Custom Double Bump Squash

5'10" Firewire Flexfire (for sale, too small)

**Walruz996** · 07-05-2011, 08:40 PM

That Firewire is a needle.

**brown_kid** · 07-05-2011, 08:43 PM

No i'm just a dumbass and sketched and skewed it to make it look right, forgetting im using my tv as a monitor and its stretched -.-

**ejb** · 07-07-2011, 12:37 PM

today we had some fun thigh stomach waves but little did i know the sand would be 1000 degrees and i forgot my flops so i managed to burn my feet while running up . basiklee i have a 3 inch in diameter burn mark and it hurts like the dickens .

**Walruz996** · 07-07-2011, 12:43 PM

To Hell with Hilton Head sand, worse than asphalt.

**robsawyer** · 07-07-2011, 01:02 PM

I have a quiver full of 6'0"-6'2"s at the house, but I have been feeling the longboard slide lately. My most recent purchase was a slightly used 9'6" Becker Mitch Taylor - retro style single-fin LOG. This things has so much glass and weighs so much it's not even funny, but on the right wave, you can literally perch right up on the nose and cruise.

Here is a shitty photo of my 10'0" Infinity Nose Rider and my 9'6" Becker Mitch Taylor. (The Infinity is the white and gray board).

EDIT - realized you can see my beater pickup truck in the background. Word of advice - if any of you don't have a truck and have a few thousand (in my case $2000.00) sitting around - do yourself a favor and buy a beater truck like this. So nice to keep my car clean when hitting surf, moving dirt, picking up christmas tree, pulling boats and jet skis, etc.

**YellowSnow** · 07-07-2011, 04:19 PM

demo'd ozzie's model in 5'0 in santa cruz yesterday. too bad the waves were shit.

**sealice aka lone ranger** · 07-07-2011, 09:45 PM

**floridaskimmer** · 07-08-2011, 05:45 AM

has anyone tried the beater single fin for surfing? is it good?

**GCStilDEATH** · 07-08-2011, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by YellowSnow

demo'd ozzie's model in 5'0 in santa cruz yesterday. too bad the waves were shit.

i have this in a 55'6 and the older one in 5'8... there so sexy!!!! my fav fish by far...

**YellowSnow** · 07-08-2011, 09:13 AM

so nice, and had great float for its size. but sooo pricey. I need a job first...

**Jim Gordon** · 07-08-2011, 10:13 AM

Here's a board I made in the early 80's. Back then it was called a baby-long board. I really didn't like the way it worked, it didn't nose ride, and it turned OK. I thought it would paddle & catch waves good, but it wasn't that great. The bottom line, it just didn't perform well. The fish model I made in the 70's was great, but then the fish became obsolete by the mid-80's. Keeping up with the times, and the latest board designs, I stopping producing the fish. (I'm still kicking myself for that decision.)

A few years ago, the 70's fish-style surfboards returned and is popular again. I'm glad cause I think they are the best short boards made. The fish shape has really helped out skimboard companies generate new sales and skimmers are riding high-performing fish-shaped skimboards. Also, a fish-style surfboard is a great board should skimmers want to surf because it turns super quick (because of the shortness) and holds like it's on tracks (because of the shape and twin fins).

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