I just received these yesterday, I’m super stoked. I thought I’d post these to share with others that dig what Geoff does.
5’11 Lazor Zap
6’0 Pot Belly
cool-looking boards. why so short? (whats yr weight/height?)
I’m 5’7", about 160/165 lbs. For the surf here in SoCal, I rarely ride anything over 6’…
A Zap AND a Potbelly AND gullwings? You have no idea how jealous I am…
Let us know how they go as always.
Yeah, I went all out. I’ve been riding my own boards for about 18 years now, but that Pot Belly was looking too good. I had my eye on it for a while.
so you shaped that white board with the starfin in it off to the right? You should post a pic of that and the blue quad when you get a chance! Did the boards come direct from Australia? Sorry to be so nosey, but I like the McCoys.
Yes, ordered directly from Geoff in Byron Bay.
That board with Star Fin is 5’11, can’t remember the dims off hand, but I was trying to do a mix of a Zap and something similar to what Cheyne was riding in 84’. It actually works really good in fat, lined-up condition.
The quad fish is 5’6, I’ve been riding that a lot lately, playing around with different fins.
I’ll post pics later.
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Yes, ordered directly from Geoff in Byron Bay.
That board with Star Fin is 5’11, can’t remember the dims off hand, but I was trying to do a mix of a Zap and something similar to what Cheyne was riding in 84’. It actually works really good in fat, lined-up condition.
The quad fish is 5’6, I’ve been riding that a lot lately, playing around with different fins.
I’ll post pics later.
I see Geoff has not lost his touch. Spoke with him the other night…Had me busting a gut laughing. The zaps are still a modern design in my opinion. The nuggets a bit more refined.
…solosurfer,
I ve got some questions about Mc Coys
-are all handshaped by Mc Coy? or are machined and hand finished? or were/are machined or handsaped mostly by ghostshapers then finished by Mc Coy?
-who s the airbrusher? and part of the color work was/is in the Hot coat? (for ex the checkered ones)
thank you
I just got the second Stylemasters DVD which featured a segment showing Cheyne riding the double winged swallows and roundpins he rode just before the Lazor Zap. In a brief interview Cheyne came across much like the person I met a couple of years ago, down to earth, easy to talk to and down right sincere. The surfing he was doing on those boards was to me, a bit ahead of what the others on tour were doing at the time. His lightning quick snaps and even the floater, was a preview of what was yet to come. If my memory serves me correctly, I recall reading a G. McCoy interview in the late 70s featuring the above mentioned boards where he was utilizing a sort of convex bottom in the tail, where the board could roll over onto a rail over the whole radius of the rolled bottom instead of one of two panels off a vee. He definitely was a world champ in his own right.
Jealous, that’s all i have to say!. I have decided that the next board i buy, will be a nugget. Can’t afford it at the moment ( i just bought a cheap board, too good a price to knock back ), but i definately want a nugget, although it will take a while, im thinking that if i can keep the board i just bought for as long as it takes to slowly save for a nugget, it will be a good investment. Weird logic i know, but cash is short!
Let us know how they go mate.
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…solosurfer,
I ve got some questions about Mc Coys
-are all handshaped by Mc Coy? or are machined and hand finished? or were/are machined or handsaped mostly by ghostshapers then finished by Mc Coy?
-who s the airbrusher? and part of the color work was/is in the Hot coat? (for ex the checkered ones)
thank you
Geoff tends to change his mind, but I remember him telling me he was going to let machines cut them out and skin them and he would finish the rest of the board. Geoff spends hours on a shape so your still getting a 100% Geoff shaped board. No ghosthshapers from Mccoy at the moment that I know of. He has a good airbrusher. Don’t know about hotcoat, but they all looked airbrushed on the foam to me.
You will pay about $1000 to $1500 for one of them after shipping unless something has changed recently. Single boards are not quite as bad, but I would still think around a grand. The Aussie dollar is about 80% of the American dollar but shipping is really really high and damage is a strong possibility. I have been lucky on the damage mostly though all my orders of more than three had some sort of damage on them.
Yes Geoff used a loaded dome on his board or what you call a convex bottom. It’s nothing at all like a hull. Catch waves easy, planes easily and keeps it’s speed. Also sticks like glue in the pocket. He has been perfecting the thing for going on 40 years. Those boards in the movies were the first zap type boards. I owned one. They were so far ahead of their time they are still a valid design. Simon put three fins on the plan shape and the rest is of course…history. I still believe the second generation thrusters were the best of the lot. The ones that came off Geoff’s idea.
Spray is on the foam on these two.
Taking the Zap out right now for the maiden voyage…
I had a two McCoys shaped by Greg Pautch (sp?) I think that was his name. He had a shop in Costa Mesa in the 90s. What’s the story about him?
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I had a two McCoys shaped by Greg Pautch (sp?) I think that was his name. He had a shop in Costa Mesa in the 90s. What’s the story about him?
He is one of the best shapers there is. Him and Mccoy used to be partners. Good guy also. Very good shaper.
I have to agree, I still have my Zap from GP, it was my favorite 80’s shortboard.
Wish I weighed about 25 lbs less so I could still ride it.
Was checking out the 6 McCoys for sale at the Bay Action surfshop in Byron Bay.
The most expensive was a 7’6’’ priced at $925 AUS.
A custom is probably cheaper without surfshop mark up.
In the past whenever I’ve checked out the McCoys here they have all been shaped by his shop
board shaper Darren Rogers.
Apparently Darren no longer shapes for Geoff, and he has a new shop board shaper who does not put his name on them.
Whenever I’ve seen Geoff surfing out the Pass at Byron, he has been surfing a single fin like Psycowilliams blue one, but longer.
That type of fin looks to give the board a kind of pivoty feel, would like to try one when I eventually buy a modern Nugget.
Thinking of getting one with the 10’’ centre fin box and FCS plugs for side fins, this seems life the most practical and versatile fin box set up.
Any of the fin guys or Noel want to comment on this notion I have that the trailing tip on the Gullwing fin and the fin flex (torque, really) would cause the forward edge to toe out?