sheer beauty. a few of us might call it the most beautiful surf vehicle we’ve ever laid eyes on. it should be illegal to make these unless you’re going to give them away.
5’4" x 22"
all carbon with a little eps in the rails, i imagine
christening in 2 wks after curing
romanosky just keeps getting better
addendum: there is some fiberglass and poly, which explains the 11 lbs. it’s strong enough to test ride at the wedge.
No need to ask,“why is that man smiling?” Nice!!!
Wow! A spoon for the new millinium.
Wow is right! I don’t even ride spoons and I’m drooling. Have fun! As if it needed to be said.
it just looks fast.
it's strong enough to test ride at the wedge.
Let us know when you post the videos to youtube.
yeah it looks amazing
thats the prettiest one i think ive seen
id hate to have that fin “wedged” up my butt though
Romo in his more erotic days, out to impregnate the female populace:
Otis , im not gonna ask where you got that picture…
sick spoon, hate trying to find it after a wipeout though…
Kevin, is this the spoon you were talking about?, STOP LURKING!!
speechless.
absolutely speechless.
the thing that wet dreams are made of.
again, speechless.
Very nice
22" wide? I seem to remember hot controversy about anything flexi that wide
I like the way he has incorporated more modern rails that transition from eggy to hard down rails (looks like it from the pics, anyway) - some where between an edge board and a classic spoon. I’m guessing that the rocker is something special, too. It would be great if you could post some rail / rocker profiles.
Looks like Romo’s been thinking hard about flex evolution and has set a new standard for design that is a bit more updated than the old GG classics
Red
22" wide? I seem to remember hot controversy about anything flexi that wide
hey red, how you been? i don’t remember a controversy, but if you’re doing the traditional velo-type spoon for long walls, big bottom turns and big roundhouses, wide is good. if you’re doing the more versatile, flexy, drifty edgeboard, narrow is good.
for a board this long in the velo style, 24" would be normal. the wider the board, especially the tail, the more it wants to slide out on turns = the more the fin bends = the farther it rolls up on edge = the greater the slingshot effect. but romo wants this for big fast beach and reef, incl. the wedge, so this is a little more sled, a little less saucer.
c.r., as you said hard to tell from the pics but I thing rails are soft round, slightly egged and they just get weee thin towards the tail. Just changing the amount of roll under the rails vs amount of flat across the middle will have a huge effect on how it rides. I could be wrong about the rails but the way those boards ride you want a rail that will be equally functional at any attitude to the wave even upsidedown so…
wow, there I was thinking that I was gonna trade in my longboard for a kneeboard so I can at least seem to get nearer the “tube” on our small but peeling waves, BUT now, this changes everything! I’ve got a 5’10" Frye Fish at the glassers, but I’m already thinking how to find me one of these sleek machines.
It is, indeed a fine looking water vehicle, nice work design attributes aside.
board would look fuckin killer comin off the bottom of a thick one at wedge to the tune of the stooges T.V. eye (take 7 & 8) yeah
Tumbs up to the person who glassed ,sanded and polished this awesome board! I’m going nuts…I already looked at the photos five times…
here are a couple more to admire
Fresh. That’s so fresh. Word, that is fresh. Ugh! That is so pimp. that spoon is so tight, its off da hook. Man feeling your props.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
I was wondering how the flex is affected by using carbon fiber? I thought that cf was not as flexible as fiberglass. Or is that a misconception of mine?