doesnt it seem like this forum is just getting way too much “ALL ABOUT SURFBOARDS”? As if thats all there is to riding waves! Ive seen in the old archived stuff such cool threads about wild ideas about so many different things! Check out the archives and see for yourselves! Theres a whole lot of creative thought that isnt representing here anymore. Too bad! Why? What happened?
Please post some ‘wild’ stuff, Mark…it’s one of the reasons I come here… “out there ideas” don’t get laughed at as much here
Well, there may be one or two narrow minds, but generally, everyone here is pretty open to lots of different stuff, in my experience here , anyway. Go for it mate !
cheers !
ben
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doesnt it seem like this forum is just getting way too much “ALL ABOUT SURFBOARDS”? As if thats all there is to riding waves! Ive seen in the old archived stuff such cool threads about wild ideas about so many different things! Check out the archives and see for yourselves! Theres a whole lot of creative thought that isnt representing here anymore. Too bad! Why? What happened? "
The topic has wandered on occasion and I’ve even been known to get off track myself once in awhile. Cheyne Horan from down under dangled a little political bait once and I bit - hook, line and sinker, much to the chagrin of my fellow moderators.
One of my favorite threads wasn’t on this website, but over at S--------.com where they had some fun with it. I doubt if it would get very far over here. I may get my ass kicked for even posting the link…
Hey Mark. I’m fairly new here at Swaylock’s but I make no bones about bringing up “alternative” subjects, i.e. outriggers,stand-up paddleboards, etc. On the other hand you bring up a good point and have encouraged me to start, yet another, thread. It will be entitled “SURFTRIP?”. Please check it out and contribute what you can
mark—the late dan heritage made me an exact copy of velo to use in PR over the winter—the speed and carve was unreal!however as the season moved on small cracks began to form–and then one morning at hobo’s on about a 8’ wave the thing just exploded! bit and pieces everywhere!dan’s later comment when he saw the photos of the mess was that the design was a few decades ahead of the materials ----someone needs to make a 2005 velo of epoxy and eps.
I surfed with a guy at Rincon the other day who was riding a spoon kneeboard that he bought back in the 70´s. It had a lot of miles on it and he had done numerous repairs, but it was all there. He found it in the used board rack in Greg Liddles shop. It was made by Paul Gross. Paul worked with George Greenough over the years and actually made some of the spoons that George rode. If you look in the archives here you will find some pics of the spoons that Paul made a few years back. There was an article about that project on Blasthawaii.com that may still be available? Paul currently has gotten away from shaping any type of surf equiptment, so I feel fortunate to have possession of the last board he made and it is magic.
Given that Swaylocks is a Surfboard Design Forum, I also find it amusing that it’s “ALL ABOUT SURFBOARDS”.
Seriously though, topics come and go in cycles, sometimes it’s all fish stuff, then hydrofoil stuff, then longboard stuff and every few months topics resurface.
Rather than whining (& as Chippie said), post some “wild stuff” and generate some discussion. We’re the ones that create the content on Swaylocks and it’s up to us to keep it interesting. Even if you bring things out from the archives and ask new questions, it still gets the fresh & varied discussion going.
BTW, I use the archives HEAPS!! It’s a shame that quite a few newbies are asking very basic questions without reading the archives. Some of these questions have already been answered 50 times already in the archives.
O.K. MAYBE Swaylocks is supposed to be “all about surf boards”. But look through the archives there are some really old intereting posts (some sick arguments, too!) about different kneeboards, paipos, bodyboiards, surfmats, surfskiis, canoes, skim boards, fin designs , bodysurfing, handboards, tow-in, deck padding, leashes, paddle surfing, ETC! It looks like there were more “wild” ideas and people happening in the old Swaylocks than the “new”. MAYBE? Whatevers-
No offense man but your old archives posts seem to be filled with more fully stoked energy! You ride kneeboards and mats? Well then write more cool stuff about them! Alot of the old dudes in the archives had all that happy vibe and humor too! Im just wondering out loud about the reasons “WHY”? Like do most posters in this forum just chill for a while and then spin out? The attrition rate is? Do they stay here and get “matured”? Or do people end up all grumpy like “been-there-done-that-blah-blah-blah” ?? (sorry LeeD) I’d rather have mine real fresh- but grounded on the old. Whatevers…