AGAIN !!
This time , it was out in the water .
Needless to say , I paddled over and talked to the guy .
6’5 x 18 3/4 " x 2 3/8" …11 " nose , 14" tail . [A squaretail , around 4" wide.]
Interestingly , it was setup as a thruster .
With the fcs curved fins and the matching back one . All carbon fibre. A sight to behold . He didn’t have the little fins in nearly halfway up the board , either. [He commented that they had made the board ride a “bit weird” .]
He had ridden it in Indo in double headhigh , and 8’ Cactus.
I watched as he took off , pulled intio a chest high right , came out , and did a full speed roundhouse . Impressive !
I’m hoping I can catch up with him again one day …I mentioned I wanted to get some shots [and measure the wings and radical vee and concaves too , hopefully]
It was a great little surf today . Some REALLY nice peaks , glassy, and with some shape, for a change !
Funny enough , I surfed with three other people who were riding twin keel fishes today , [rare here in Perth] , and they were getting even more waves than the guys on mals [“longboards”] . Wish I could have had someone there with a video…
fun fun fun
ben
wow Landlocked , a Dale Velzy fat penguin ?? I bet THEY’RE rare !!