Has anyone tried making any boards like these? It seems like a lot of people on sways have made copies of plenty of other
types of boards but I haven’t seen anyone try a fat zap single fin.
I’d like to give it a go but it won’t be any time soon.
I had a bit of a fool around with drawing the outline shape and I found that if you take a “standard” rounded pin tail shape, keep the tip of the nose fixed in place then pull the tail out to the side so that you basically have two rounded pin tails will give you a close copy of the outline of a lazer zap.
I’m note sure if I explained that well but anyway the same should work for the white board use in the Willmington contest
you could probably get McCoy to do a replica if you wanted one that bad.I’ve seen an origonal and they look OK. The winged fins were designed with the help of Ben Lexon who designed the wing keel for the Australian Americas cup yachts. You can still buy one occasionally, If you are real keen i’ve got two and could probably let one go.
We are currently reproducing the Horan line of boards and Mccoy still does all the old stuff as well as the nuggets. You can get them here through swaybay. I have more on my site " solosurfer.com"
Great thread guys! Just thought I’d put afew more pics on of Cheyne. He’s been the one I’ve always admired from when I was a grommet. I love that he still blows minds to!
Hi Rolliges…its great to sea the old pics…cause i dont have any…Ive got a small collection and most of them r from u…the pics didnt come up…I can sea alot about the buddha board…that board was made by Terry Fitzgerald…was a time when i wanted to try everyones boards, an experiment, rode merricks rusty, rawson minami,cole,price,spider africa,ricky carroll,bernie crouch, steve wilson and lots more and yes they all had something great in their boards some greater then others ,all formidable…back to the buddha board…that board flew super fast…rode it in japan in 2 ft surf and most week conditions…itwas 5’8" x21"x3.25…fat thick and stumpy…that foto was in atemple where iwould go each afternoon and meditate oooooMMMMMMM
yeah that was the first board i went on tour with 78…still oneil wetsuit…had to change from McCoy t Bronzed Aussie board to get on tour…it was a terry bishop…he copied my Mcoy…that pic with Larry Bertleman was great he and I goton really well together becausewe were surfer/skaters…and we loved to cut loose away from the norm he inspired my surfing along with many others…long live the BERT
Board was 6’5" its 10 years old now…still ride it…notice the gloves…the boys there are marcho…no gloves…when i paddled out they all had their hands out of the wate freezing…I was toast…not cool…but Toast…howdo you get the plans for the fin they look like Bens original drawings?
This is Undoubtly one of my all time favourites…Gary Linden made it 4 himself…flew…I was fasting during this time 12day grape fast…along with Occy the best we ever were…we travelled the world so clean , living on rice fresh juice and veges…and its occys 40th tomorrow…im joining in half day as it will be a blinder…
I have that one in my garage…this was a board the dome was changing from a V to a dome…we put to much with this board…in a powerful wave it worked great…turn in the juice…in mushie waves the bottom sucked onto the wave to much…it was five years after this that the loaded dome was developed…this one the power loads up on the dome and there is speed to burn…lots of people say they van’t sink the rail in a turn…thats right the skim across the wave like squeeezing a water melon pip and it squirts across the room same with the loaded dome…push down on it and it squrts across the wave…chip…ill try get that pic…im meeting occ at 6pm…they are on the golf course…my friend is having a baby right now so im up there with a bottle of Moet for them…and then off to the 40th…occy forty it was just yesterday when McCoy asked me to caoch him and damien and pam…they were 13 years old…he cant be 40…that makes me? 4…ever young…
surfs up…i heard syd 6-8ft …should be here tomorrow…might take the foil out…waiting on new boots from trigger bros…boys r frothing …500yd rides 1 mile out to sea…where…if i told you that …I’d have to kill ya…aloha chip talk to u soon
Good to see you still surfing. I notice you been charging some crazy big tow-in stuff too… I used to hang with Fielding and Jasper back in the day surfing Mokes… Met you a few times when you were over here with McCoy in those days… It was in the the Lazor Zap times… Jasper and I used to always surf the deserted Mokuleia coast… Ahhhh good times those were…
