Saw one of these in a shop the other day and glanced over it… 6’10 I think…price was a bit over $500…boardworks so it was epoxy. It didn’t hit me until today but that seemed super cheap. Most pope’s I’ve encountered are way more expensive than that. I’m figuring with price of flying boards that thing would be paid off in no time. Problem is I can’t find ANY info on these pope models. They have a falling out or was something wrong with them?
notakook7,
I’ve been riding the Yancy Spencer 6’10" fish for a couple of years now and I love it! It’s a great all around board and easy to travel with. The board works in everything from waist high to overhead. It’s real easy to paddle and picks up waves like magic. (I’m 6’1" and 185 lbs. Surfing for 26 years). Fin selection is key with this board. The standard tri fin setup that it comes with is too stiff for me. I only use the tri for bigger waves. (head high plus). The perfect setup for me, in waist to head high, is the Gary McNabb Futures Twin with trailer. Only $22.00 for all three from fiberglass supply http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/Product_Catalog/SurfSailcom/surfsailcom.html You can ride it without the trailer for that real skatey feeling or add it for more drive/thrust. This is not my only shortboard but it is definitely my favorite.
Looked at Pope’s bisect version and it seems like a real solid product. If you found one for $500.00, GRAB IT! You won’t be sorry.
By the way, I don’t work for Boardworks, Yancy Spencer or Pope. Just a guy that believes in this shape through experience.
Sr Pato
Awesome! It looked like a great shape and a good choice for a board I’d wanna throw into a backback if it was possible. Now I am 6’0 and about 210lbs, ride everything from a 6’2 fish to a 9’6 longboard. Do you think there will be any issues with the additional 25lbs I’d be adding here?
I’m just imagining traveling with a package thats 3’5 ft by 22". No extra fees, small package, can ALWAYS have aboard w/ me.
No problem with your weight. I’m on the small edge of the scale for the big guy fish. My friend borrows it every chance he gets and he’s 6’0" and 220 lbs. Floats him just fine.
Sr. Pato
thane pope can be reached at 760 801 2497.they did have an issue with boardworks, but now are up and running their own place “edge Core”.
Last January, our molded epoxy source (Boardworks) went out of business and left us hanging without our very successful line of EPS core Bisects. As a result, we have contracted with Edgecore Surf who will shortly be supplying us with a brand new line of EPS core, molded epoxy Bisects from their factory just outside of Mexico City. Should have our first models in September.
Any problems with this particular production model?
Are they ever made in any color other than black? Great design and concept for a travel board, but most of the places I’d want to take one to are pretty sunny… =waxmeltin’motha!
You can get any board made into a bisect it but it looks like the carbon ones are the only production models available right now. It was my understanding that Pope and Spencer were putting these out in production a year or so ago but didn’t hear anything else and can’t find anything else on them.
If you shape it yourself it would be stupid to have it fit with the bisect parts.
I would cut the blank, install some kind of tubesystem and then shape the board.
That way the system will fit snugg before cutting the board.
When you have cut the blank and mounted the face plates you can route away some millimeters from the around the faceplates so that your tools don`t get stuck when shapeing.
I first did it the other way around—shapeing>cutting>installing>glassing (I tried) but had to strip of the glass again because it did vome out very poor.
Now what I have is basically a XPS blank with installed system…ready for the final shapeover and glassing…if I find the time and muse.
Next time I will install the system in the blank before I start shapeing.
In case you are wondering what the white stuff is…that is filler…looks ugly and I will shape it away…was my first try on shapeing. The outer tubes are selfmade, wraped glass around my inner tubes which are an old kevlarcarbon paddle tube. The outer tubes are glued into the 4 balsa stringers for connecting the tubeing to the shell. The screw is hollow and selfmade. The whole system does weights about 400g
Does anybody have an idea how the venting on these commercial XPS boards works? just put in some holes with a heated needle around the area where you stand and on the railes?
