Thanks to Silversurf on longboard.net for the link.
It looks like they tried to force it in there, but could not figure out why it was not going in and just gave up.
dosn’t the handle go in the front ?
200 dollars shipping! give me a break! that shold get it to low earth orbit
Howzit walrus, I agree that's awful expensive shipping and if I read it right the board is in Indiana and I didn't know they had surf there. Would be funny if the price didn't go high and since there's no reserve he has to sell to the highest bidder.Aloha,Kokua
I like the tail patch.
woooooaaaaahhhhh. i had a dream last night about something like this… im pretty shure it was inspired by it. Not that it was a long or prob even meaningful dream but kinda a short memory of a dream. Friend trying to put fin in box and me just cracking up coz he couldnt and then i just simply turned it around and it slipped in aha.
WEIIIIIRRRRDDD!!
Those iSoldit ebay franchises can rake you for shipping. DVDs cost $10 each, no kidding. They even charge you a handling fee even if you want to pick stuff up. Looks like $25 to hand you the board, but no one is going to pick up that up locally. Nice board, tho.
Having lived in Indiana for a few years I can assure you that must place the fin as pictured in order to surf there.
Probably need to wax the bottom too!
wonder if the guy who’s selling it walks around on his hands all day ?
…even the picture of the BOARD is upside down , so I guess the fin looks FINE to him
is this the owner ?? *
ben
…or maybe he just does finfirst takeoffs all day …if’n he makes it to the coast ?
[*or…the guy on the left , maybe ?]
Hey Ben, do boards look like that to you guys from downunda?
" look like what ?? …dang , that thay-er surfin’borddd looks marty farn to meeeee !" [Now , if’n ah can jest farnd me a feee-eld to rard it in …]
…ben McGoo-gles
If you read the description, this is not a Gordon and Smith - this board was made by “Gordon Smith”. Gordon Smith developed the “Kelp Scythe” fin in the mid 50’s to aid in surfing spots with heavy kelp growth. The original fins had a honed stainless steel leading edge set in foiled wood. The newer fiberglass models as shown here have never caught on due to their tendancy to slice leashes and to start vibrating coming out of turns. Some who have tried the fin say the vibration is identical to a John Mellencamp tune - John is also from Indiana and is known for surfing “golden waves of grain”.
reminds me when i was a kid i had a carebear binder for school with the lion character (lionheart?) surfing on a wave. Problem was, the fin was on top of the deck, just behind his back foot. Not to mention he was surfing on top of the barrel!! Damn i wish i still had that. It was classic.
perfect for those fin-first takeoffs, but a little uncooperative off the bottom!
perfect for thee
Indiana fresh water reversals
the downstream run at the local spillway
requires that all fins be mounted this way
so as to access the hot Reversals
in the engineered surf arena.
The chained surface catches each board
and que’s it up in sequential order
so no rider can jump line
and everyone is allowed their respective
90 seconds at each wave venues
down the circutuitous 12 wave style venue
the large crowds at the Frostbite falls spillway park
attest to the simple but effective fin modification
on the modernsurfing board.
…ambrose…
and the water is heated
to47 degrees this year
by the nuke plant.
Yeah, that’s crazy.
The reason the fin is set that way is so that during flat spells (often) the board can be used as a plow. It’s a tow-in board Indiana style. Just hook up to your plow horse and hang on, boy! Git 'er done!
Actually, Gary, Indiana (birthplace of Michael Jackson I believe) is on Lake Michigan, so maybe that’s the standard fin set up there.
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Probably need to wax the bottom too!
Worked in a surfshop years ago and I actually watched a guy buy a surfboard and some wax and right in the shop he started waxing the bottom of his board. We told him its not a ski and the wax goes on the top for grip.
I saw him out today, and he fixed the fin.
