Lets say Kelly Slater rocks up to the beach with his Wizzard Sleeve under his arm. He looks out at the waves and decides to ride it as a quad. What does he see? If he decides to ride it as a thruster what do the waves look like?
Lets say Kelly Slater rocks up to the beach with his Wizzard Sleeve under his arm. He looks out at the waves and decides to ride it as a quad. What does he see? If he decides to ride it as a thruster what do the waves look like?
I don’t know about Slater, but I would be looking at the pitch of the waves and where it sections, goes flat or pitches. The need for speed vs manouvereability in the pocket.
i used to only ride thrusters. my whole 19 some odd years of surfing.
lately, i've only been riding quads. or i should say 'quad' as my self built quad is the only board i have that's rideable right now.
it's 6'0" x 19"maybe x 2 1/4 ish. accidentally DEEP single concave. i'm 6' x 175lbs... rear fins aren't so much on the rails, more
centrally located. i can get exact #'s for you if you like... i've had it out in everything up to about head and a half and it goes
good. i'm really happy with it. i'm running Probox's with the Guy Takayama quads from Larry. i used to have 6* and 4* inserts front
and back respectively. the board was kinda tracky. didn't want to turn. i switched them out for 8* and 6* and the board just lit up.
that was key... i've found that surfing the quad is different from my thrusters (duh) in that i don't have to constantly pump for speed
it's more of a carvy feel. it's growing on me. i'm not really sure, given i had the choice between a quad or a thruster, which conditions
would better suit which design. standing on the tail produces a loose feeling that is different from standing on the tail of a thruster
but, i'm having a hard time describing it. not better or worse, just different.
but... i'm no Kelly Slater. i surf way better than him. i turned down that part in Baywatch before they offered it to him too. so take this
for what it's worth.
what if it was head high hollow beach break? 3 or 4 fins?