okay , firstly , MANY thanks to Ross , in scarborough longboards , for letting me try it !
[there's a photo of me with the 9' version on photobucket , mr. surferdave , would you mind ??]
the outline reminds me of 'Benny1's board he made ages ago and posted here on sways [was mr. meyerhoffer watching , i wonder ??!!]
kinda like a peanut , or a snowboard shape
the nose looks like a platypus's bill, the area near thfins , like a pregnant wombat , and the tail er 'pod' [if it could be called that ??!!] , like a dolphin's beak ! [so , i felt like i was riding an ozzie animal hybrid board !]
when i showed a fellow surfer who i respect the board , he asked me "how does it ride?'
well...
after he asked ,
over the next hour , i caught ten waves on it
my first , a right , i stoof up too early and got held in the lip
thankfully , from there on , i managed to ride a few
it gets going quickly ...the lighter weight epoxy/ eps felt NICE ! the board is VERY white , too, and i couldn't make out a stringer [although ? perhaps? they may have used a white pigment [/?spackle?] to cover it??
on my first left i ate S*** . i thought i was in fine , grabbed a rail to pigdog and ...KABOOM !! got blasted by the lip.
so on the nexfew i took off more sideways , and made them
the last wave , a headhigh hollow right , the board FLEW .
when you stand back on the tail , the thing pivots really smoothly backhand , i noticed
it was set up as a 2+1 , about a 7-7 1/2" deep back fin , with red fibreglass gs sideys [fcs plugs]
i'd like to ride it again , perhaps as either a singley , or as a thruster ?
fun fun fun
cheers
ben
