I like this shape but can anyone tell me what to expect of it? Anybody own one of these that might comment please. whats the rocker like? real flat?... was thinking it may be a fun design with the quad fin set up.. would ride it in FL east coast beach break sand bottom waves from knee high to as big as it gets... kind of an all rounder... I wish I was more into hp shortboards but I'm not, I like paddle power and a bit of glide while still being able to do a good cutback, getting tubed, but who doesn't right? just wondering if anyone out there has thoughts on the board from personal experience, this one happens to be 7'0
I’ve had 13 boards in the past 2 yrs, and been surfing for 35 yrs.
I recently scored a Christenson C-Bucket tri-fin used and it is my favorite board. Mine is 7’2 x 21.5 x 3.25 and i’m 195lbs.
This Christenson C-Bucket is amazing because it’s so versatile. I surf San Francisco OB which is always shifty, a major bitch of a paddle unless you are lucky and I’ve been on 5ft-16ft faces with this and it is easy to get in, a super fun/smooth ride and very fast. It loves to move fast down the line. Get a tri or quad!!!
I can’t think of a more versatile board and I can’t say enough about it. The c-Bucket is my favorite board because I can rely on it in almost any conditions and the ride is like no other. Thanks Chris. I’d love to try a smaller one and a large one.
Never rode one exactly like it but very close. Good choice for the description of the performance you’re looking for…who’s board room is that? Looks familiar.
For a big guy on the east coast of Fla, yes believe it or not that board would work as an all arounder…but I would would go bigger myself like 7’6" to 8’ and I would go with boxes instead of glass-ons for more versatility. But that’s just me.
I don’t quite understand the reference to North Shore? Size? Pintail? Please explain…
“Ultimate flow in a small package—beach breaks, point breaks and the occasional San Diego reef. If you want to surf like Joel Tudor, this board will get you halfway there. Well, at least in your own mind. But hey, just get get out there and enjoy the C Bucket’s trim, flow and rail carves”
You can see in the photo the rockers pretty flat, not too sure if the one above is a c-bucket or if he does them in different shapes. Looks like a great board to me,
funny…my original post that is quite old gets a good bump… i ended up talking to chris and ordering a custom lunchbox quad {at chris recomendation} w bamboo glass ons…7 ft x what i cant remember right now…round tail…works great and gets me up in small stuff locally and i am 215 lbs 6 ft tall 42 yrs
told chris i wanted board thati could still do a proper cutback on…w the float of a large fish…chris has lived 25 mins from my house in his past so he knows the area…and i have surfed this lunchbox model in thigh waves and it does me just fine…very interesting rails on chriss boards unlike any i have seen before
but its getting ready to go up for sale…no reason than to fund another and its been a good board, just time to move on to something else and get some value out of it
oh yeah, I used the originl blue c-bucket to email Chris to begin our ocnversation and then the Lunchbox quad was his recommendation…basically wanted a shortboard in the slightly all rounder category for local conditions and this is what he recommended…pretty sure its 22 wide give or take…and 3.125 thick
Glad it worked out for you! I’m a native Ponce guy myself…living in NC now but I surf there whenever I can. Still home to me I guess. I love those kinds of shapes for east coast Fla. Better than struggling with a potato chip under you! So you’re movin on…what’s next? Gonna build it yourself?
Build it myself… now that’s funny… I might as well go back to the five and dime foamie if I build it myself…one day I would like to build a board, but not in the cards for me at the present time
John Cherry will be in charge of this one, I have owned one of these “Simm-21” shapes before by John and have missed this board; I have too many boards and I only own 3…SE east coast life I guess; my Thrailkill Broomtail has become my favorite board for when I want to “carve”…read feel like I am 17 again in my head… its 6’8 x 23 x 3 5/8 and that board does everything I want it to do and then some, this Cherry model is just too much fun in my location, a good longboard type replacement and I will go 7’2 x 22.5 x 3 with it
Then I own a Thrailkill “One Board Quiver” board at 8’0 x 23 x 3 5/8 that I love but it seems to be getting ignored lately…no reason, just like Bill’s Broomtail so much
will sell the Christenson, keep Thrailkill boards and have this Simm-21; and I will still have one board too many. I have come to the conclusion that I just dont need any more boards, the boards I own cover the full spectrum of how I like to surf and can surf a giant variety of waves sizes/shapes…but lets just say it sure has taken me a lot of funds and years to arrive at this notion.
not that I’m averse to owning more boards, but I have had quivers of as many as 8 boards before (Yes, small quiver by many peoples standards) and really only end up surfing 2 or 3 regularly, sometimes this “large” quiver idea lends itself to board confusion imo, I grew up never owning more than one board at a time, like most of us I am sure, and that seemed to work just fine…its a never ending circular discussion
