My thruster came this past week and I am waiting to give it a go.It is 5’ 10" x 18’3/4 x 2"3/16.
It has vee goin the entire length of the board and it has that rail line that everyone has been talking about.
The board is eps with the new fusion fin boxes.The fins are pretty bad ass.Perfectly foiled as far as I can tell.
Compared to what I normally ride this board is alot fuller especially from the midpoint up to the nose.I have been riding a coil that Mike let me try out and I compared the outline of the two since they are the same length.They were identical except from the midpoint up where the Griffin was about 2" wider.
There are supposed to be some waves comin in a couple days for us here in florida so I hope to give some feed back on what the ride was like.
Well this past weekend I was finally able to get some surfin in waves that were bigger than waist high.I would say that the waves were about chest to head high wind chop.It was really fun with waves connecting from the outside to the inside.The best thing about his design is that I was able to make small corrections at anytime.I could fell the lift thing that everyone has been talking about and it trully makes the board feel free from the water.I was able to go anywhere I wanted on the wave without having to worry about losinspeed or drive!
I did have some problems backside cause i usually surf of my front foot when i go backside in order to get speed.So I have adjusted by keepin more weight on my back foot to pump and now I am haulin ass.I did some backside lipshots that had me feelin like what the shit just happened here.I would come off the bottom and get as vertical as I could and whack the shit out of it and come down with more spped that I went into it.The board pivots when you need it to and drives when you need it to.
It goes backwards well to which is important for me cause I like to do reverses.
The only thing that I don’t like is the fact that I feel like I have to be careful with her because all my other boards are far more durable.
I would love to see what Kelly Slater would do on one of his boards!
He has some kind of magic formula that he can apply to any board.
The second day I had the board I was surfin some smalll waves and one af my friends was with me.He said he had to leave because he was tired of seeing me catch so many waves and having so much fun!That kind of shit doesn’t happen often enough.
Fix came out great.Surfed on it saturday with craftee.He was on his 5 fin griffin.Unfortuneately for me by the time I got to the beach the tide killed it.
I’m really curious about the rails on Griffins boards that I keep hearing about. Any chance of getting a up close pic, or some sort of in depth explanation? Just curious, thanks
tucked under with a hard edge nose to tail…flat bottoms…release, release, release.
I know a guy down south who got a Griffin thruster and he says it goes better than any of his other thrusters.
I snagged a used 6’5"x22"x3" 5-fin modfish last week and surfed it this weekend…smallest board in my quiver had a couple really magnificent waves on it…much easier for me to find the sweet spot since there’s much less real estate to roam on once you’re up…can’t wait for my new-new griff to show up…I’m already trying to scheme on how to afford one of his Cheater Quads and/or Twins.
