As a surfer who likes to ride all kinds of craft it seems there’s a gap in the genre of longboards.
I really have no interest in nose riding a longboard.
I am interested in their glide and un-ashamedly interested in ones that paddle like sharks to out paddle others on wide nosed longboards that are taking all the waves.
Also looking for a board that can handle steeper drops so they are versatlie in a wide range of conditions and wave sizes from 1-6’ but not a longboard gun as such.
Greg Loehr used to make the Millennium. Way back when. I think Rusty came out with the Desert Island the next year. This one is 9-0. I could send you some numbers.
A narrow nose isn’t always necessary to have a super loose performance longboard. I think the tail outline and fin set up have more to do with it. Rocker also. One of the loosest I ever rode had a 19.5 nose and a 13 3/4 tail. I also like small cutaway center fins moved almost in between the two front fins.
hey Cuttle , I done this one a few years back , the owner creased it in a recent swell at Snapper. The repair job is rock-solid with carbon fibre rails (under the blue pigment) and bit of extra deck strength....still a very tidy board in good nick...I just need to wet rub....maybe he wants to sell it.?...pm if your interested and I'll ask him.....
I see you are from the Sunshine Coast. Sounds like maybe you are trying to deal with Noosa. Good Luck with that. Maybe go see Tom Wegner. He could make anything you might need. Last time I was there(during a major swell and a few days prior to Festival), I could not get out of there fast enough. I love the waves there…but mate, that was the most insane surf scene I have ever seen…
Howzit cuttlefish, I think you are looking for a fun gun board since they have the pointed nose and you see quite a few of them when the surf gets big in Hawaii. Thenoses on my longboards were not real wide since I was not big on nose riding but liked to work the face of the wave a lot. I was more into off the lips and floaters and more progressive longboarding and loved my 2+1 boards more than single fins.To each his own when it comes to how you surf. Aloha,Kokua
Actually I’m not too concerned about Noosa these days.
It’s my ordinary local point where the greedy dominate that I’m looking to even up the odds.
Accuse me of looking for a crutch as I don’t mind as those I’m competing against are already utilising said crutches albeit with wide noses that quite often they never go near anyway.
It’s a wide take off zone there so positioning isn’t as important as Noosa so local knowdledge only helps so much.
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Kokua,
I’ve had the pleasure of owning a 9’ gun made by Michael Cundith (ex cali shaper- mate of Greenough’s) which was the fastest paddling board I’ve ever come across.
Too bad it needed waves the size we don’t get on the Sunshine coast to come into it’s own.
I was trying to find a good all rounder which doesn’t have a wide nose that serves no purpose for my riding style, adds unecessary swing weight, catches wind when blowing offshore/cross-shore and is hydronamically as efficent as possible for fast paddling.
Just doesn’t seem to be much around to be found easily.
Hence plumbing the resources of the Swaylocks crew because I know that quite a few on here like Ace and are making them.
Could this type of board be more sought after if shapers were putting them out as “models” or is the demand really just for noseriders?
