It’s a nice mix of Bing, Stewart, Carrico, Rich, Liddle and others, and then there’s the Clyde Beatty Jr. China specials but I wouldn’t call it “Headquarters”. That label would more accurately fit Walden.
These are pics from KP of a custom 6’8" Liddle for ???. I don’t know the dims. Kirk?
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I’m not making it a personal big deal, but experienced salesperson down talking local custom maker to push the sale of the Clyde boards. Haven’t patronized the place since, out of principle; love the Liddles too.
I understand.
Kirk, what’s the deal with the 6’8"? Tell us more about it. What’s the goal behind this custom order?
bet he’s getting a heck of a deal on those 5…
only the Gothic Dolphin itself can weigh truth on it’s innermost sentiment for the compensatory arrangement for said 5 Siglos - clam$
i think seeing the return of the stand up Velo in all of it’s variety is really cool regardless of the origin, shaper, or template inspiration - they work
the premier screening of Displacement is bound to be a wet n wild night the likes of which have been depicted in many a Griffin Murphy comic. who’ll be there?
sliding my 9’4 into the pacific - perfect day for it
Years ago my father came up with a theory on surfboards, only used ones ride the best for him, and unless the shaper has seen you surf custom orders are out of the question.
Klaus is gonna have a hell of an art collection!
Alex is genius - no doubt. so sick of all the shitty unoriginal lowbrow crap out there, AK has a fresh vision of what is beautiful
i hooked up with a few guys at Maliboobs today and rode the siglo for the first time in 1-3 foot inconsistent but fun waves. surferguy80 was out with some friends on a couple of different boards, one was knifey as can be - a 6’0 he made yesterday…good to meet you guys today! anyway just wanted to tag a report on the new board up here in case anyone was wondering about how the 6’2 goes, i’ve had more than a few PMs come my way about it so here goes…
paddle and float is a snap - all good there. getting over the ledge and in takes a hard push and it’s much more like a fish than a log for sure on takeoff but once you’re in it’s skiddy mcfastslider. mcmalibu and mijknahs were gracious enough to let me have my share of set waves in the afternoon when the swell was working better with the tide, i owe you both gentlemen and i thank you for letting me have a great time on my first day out on this board. turning is easier by far on a 6’2 than on any other hull i’ve ridden, but i did get hung up under the lip on the down rail a couple of times at least - ha splash… though this isn’t to say i didn’t have some great rides too, i did
biggest surprise was that even in really small surf a stub like this one is equally as functional for me as a 6’10 if not more due to it’s maneuverability
Thanks Queequeg for the surf report; I look forward to hear more about it when you get some bigger surf.
About where did you run your fin on it? How far forward and what size?
Super stoked you had a good time on it!
I have similar feelings about my 6’1’’ as your 6’2’'. Your description fits for me as well…
Got two good days last week on the 6’1’’ Liddle, offshore wind with waist to chest.
Rode it with the side fins the first day and they worked but felt a little big.
Took about 1/2" off the height and foiled them to flex more like my center fin.
Wow!
Second day it was perfect, didn’t feel any drag and good hold through cutbacks.
I could really push it without slip and hold a tighter line but, I also miss the single fin slip…
Center fin @ 12 1/8 and side fins equal with the trailing edge of center.
Pics from Kirk Putnam.
Steve K. is foiling some fins for Mollusk, Venice. The whole fin flexes more evenly. Steve used to foil fins for Greg Liddle:
Whoa…
Thanks for the heads up Jim, lucky cats who end up with those…
These will be comin in on a regular basis to Mollusk, some different templates .
Did those start out as IVc fins?
Here’s a new fin set-up on the BlackJack -6’0’’ x 21-1/2’', thin, flextail with “dime rails” (the radius of a dime). The rear fins are actually set in the flex panel, so their cant varies with the panel flex. The center fin is probably too big, but its the only really stiff single fin that I have, right now.
I didn’t quite make it to malibu, yesterday, but I did manage to find some gutless little waves to try it out in, and it works well! The little rear fins give it a lot more drive, and it seems to translate any input (just subtle ankle-shimmies) into forward motion.
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bitchen! look at Steve’s hand covered in dust - no thanks cancer
his art/installations are amazing and his fins are bound to be too - thanks for posting Jim - thanks Steve & KP - and of course thanks Mollusk
more money spent out of pocket already… thanks - it’s best to keep that stuff circulating anyway
Cool! I always wanted to hear from someone using that setup, because of this from BT:
“The above photo is of my personal board, summer of ‘71. With the very wide tail, I had an easy time catching any wave I chose to try for. The Tri-Fins (as we called them then) enabled the same board that I could ride 2’ beach surf with on one day, to be ridden the next day in 12’ reef breaks, with the same setup. And not just survival riding, but ripping, going anywhere on the wave face that I would choose to go. If I were to build a similar board today, I would increase the board width to 22’‘, or evev 23’', and use the close set twin fin setup I’ve shown you before. I’d also tweek the rails, softer, yet with a hard, tucked under, release edge. But I digress. The above board is one of many that I regret ever gitting rid of. Sometimes you don’t know just how good a board is until you move on to something else. It’s interesting that a new generation of surfers are rediscovering some of the earlier design paths.”
Bill Thrailkill
Shaper since 1958