huie was doing them in the 60s at noosa, almost the same but with greenough fin
hes still got the original template, i think it was a 6 2 or something
i think they found an original pre 67 one, up there in someones shed
heres my take on it, and i got a refined one as well with pulled nose and squash tail, ill go and gets some photos
anyway moved the widepoint back to center
this one is 5 10 by 19 1/2
it was originally 20 wide but in didnt want know it all dorks telling her it was too wide
thats a problem with begginers confidence, they need to feel like they fit in, so even if 21 wide is functional,
all the local pro wannabes will criticize the board and shoot her confidence
so i cut it down
no deck dome
busy busy
bargain of the year
here is pics and stuff from indo, this board model is obviously not made for pipeline but has some things similar design wise. its toned down for more all round conditions and surfing.
nice one dave, that boards got it going on
posted this the other day to
missed the auction but at least i got the photos
it looks pretty old, wide point back
Paul,
I agree with you, but I guess KS is more focused than the others. Sometimes, Parko looks too much relaxed. If he could concentrate a little bit more, maybe…maybe…
Lee,
I really respect your opinion, but who dares to say the board choice of KS was wrong? Perhaps his first option was the right one: a 5’4’’ quad… (unfortunately broken before the first heat)…
Shaped this for my son a few years ago…he’ll be stoked to find out that Kelly’s riding the same design!
geeesh, an I thought it was my creation.
oh well, back to the drafting table.
Happy pc holidays all.
hey jeff
hes so tuned into the ocean, how much of his heat wins have been from waves selection but also attitude. the others mentally crumble. any free surfing video shows that there are plenty of surfers at his ability.but he has a head for competition .
im looking forward to see what Paige Hareb does, a young taranaki local girl who just one a spot on the women drean tour.
keep your eye out for her, i think she will put nzsurfing on the map. I think parko will win a world title.
Lee,
I really respect your opinion, but who dares to say the board choice of KS was wrong? Perhaps his first option was the right one: a 5’4’’ quad… (unfortunately broken before the first heat)…
well Jeff , I guess I’m the one who dares.
KS already won the world title and I don’t think he really cared of Pipemasters.
If he won the comp on a regular board, it would have been just " another one of ks wins"
now when he nailed the comp riding on a weird board, everyone talks about him and he
achived the spin he always runs after.
now, I was just saying, out of observation at kelly’s rides… this board made him a hard time !
every ride looked like a rough hardcore ride and since he’s a super mega surfer… he made it !
just my thought’s , and sure he had lots of fun experimenting infront of the whole world watching…not to metion-
winning the event.
I keep seeing these small wave squashes and stuff put on here cuz they have the wp forward. there is more to the design than that I can guarantee you that. the pin is a crucial factor out there as the foil would be. I would imagine the foil would be similar to the MTF with a razor thin tail and most of the volume under the chest and a fuller nose.
Don’t think any of the boards posted here have the slightest resemblance to the board KS rode (with all due respect).
Ferals is the closest but KS’s owes more to a mid-seventies Free-Ride era singlefin with it’s WP well forward and pulled in pin back half.
Nothing too radical there…the WP and forward foil makes for a paddling machine; the pin gives control in the tube. It’s a template Shaun Tomson used with incredible effect.
The missing info are the rail profiles and rocker. Are they modern or are there retro elements?
I’d be guessing fairly flat entry with a long continous curve aft.
Totally disagree with Lee on it being a hindrance. The board obviously worked on super late drops and tube-rides. I’d say a slightly scaled up version would be a massive improvement on most step-up boards being ridden by intermediate/competent surfers in similar conditions.
These aren’t design innovations that KS/AM are coming up with, just a canny use of equipment outside the very narrow and confining box of modern performance shortboards enabling him to gain a real advantage over his competitors.
At this rate number 10 looks like a walk in the park for him.
Steve
Lennox,great analysis. When you are a surfer getting all the boards you could ever imagine for free, you can have a board made for one specific kind of wave at a certain size. typical shortboards still have their place in the quiver of the masses but it would be cool to see design element of this board brought into the normal step-up
i agree, as i said earlier mine is NOT designed for pipeline. more for all round surfing with tuberiding a priority. as we span history of surfing there has been many a design for specific waves not validated elsewhere. how many freaks of local beaches ride stuff that the average joe would never use as joe meanders around looking for the perfect wave. meanwhile the freak at the local beach has challenged the one place and really dialled his style and board in to suit it. KS is good enough to do that anywhere.
hey steve
huie sent me a template almost identical from a board that kevin platt made in the 60s, so there you go
nothing new under the sun
everyone was still riding 10 footers at the time
funny how these design breakthroughs were left behind and design regressed through the 70s
i just pulled the wide point back on huies template and wider round nose
the rounded pin is what you want, i just squashed the second version for keep happy customer( i wanted the pin)
feral daves has got it goin on
steve the compsand site is going magazine format. id love you to write and article for it
its really funny after all the roy hoohaa i was gunna do the shortest board pipe challenge as a joke
would got the same indignant response, but kelly just proved it . no point
goes to show all the stuff thats posted here about how a pipe board has to be is kinda moot
and really at that size although formiddable is not to unlike a lot of other waves around the place, so can be ridden on a shortboard
wide nose gives excellent stability when paddling so you can dig deep and powerful strokes without the board rocking side to side and loosing energy. the added boyancy allows you to lie further forward, again making it better for catching waves
just my opinion
they bog a bit on cutbacks but really drivey off the front foot for fast surfing
the board is not weired its functional
what everyone else is riding is weired because its holding back their surfing
Fitzy’s old quiver. Not suggesting these are the same as Slater’s I just wanted to post the link because of the flyer pintail in the foreground. That type of shape makes me think of Joel Tudor’s tubeshooter (think that’s what it’s called) from his new website.
Are you serious do you really think that Kelly would go out into a final on a board that he thought that wouls hold him back.I watched the final and I think he did some amazin things.Now if Kelly rode roys board that would be bad.