Ross's 'Shovel'

6'1 x 100kgs Ross [owner of Longboards Scarborough , here ] has broken with...er.. ' tradition' [?] , and made himself THIS ....

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I'll take a tape measure to it soon , but off the top of my head , it's around

 

5'6 / 5'8

22" / 23" wide

'quite thick'

and the tail and nose looked to be very wide [maybe 18" ?]

big finbox , far forward

deep double concave throughout the board

 

he has ridden it on three separate occassions , when I last spoke to him .

 

  He said he had his first semi-decent surf on it a few weeks back , at the island . Said it got  moving fast , once ON a wave [being that he 'normally' rides 7' and upwards boards , and mals , the paddling would have been the issue]...

 

  to be continued

 

  pray for surf this coming sunday , early morning ,  eh guys , as the longboard club he runs from his shop will be having a 'board swap ride day' . IF  we get with enough swell, hopefully this board [and maybe my 5'8" "bushfire fish" and / or 6'4 Bob Cooper single fin ?] might be able to be ridden ?

 Of course [it nearly goes without saying] ..... I'm keen as , to get photos or water footage of it   . I'm hoping that li'l Franky may turn up as Ross had him in mind, when he shaped this board . [Frank LOVES riding ALL kinds of stumpy , thick , 'weird'  boards , you see !]

 

  cheers !

 

  ben