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14' boards with clean lines?
« on: February 09, 2016, 06:49:36 PM »
Yesterday I was looking at my Bark Downwinder on the top of my truck and once again noted how the clean lines and regular rocker made it so nice (at least in my eyes).
This is pretty much the opposite of my Starboard Race with "progressive" rocker and contorted shape.
The Boardworks Eradicator is also a board with somewhat clean lines if flatter and more angular than the Downwinder.

I was curious if you guys could think of other boards for flat water or open ocean that would have similar clean lines and shape as an attribute.


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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2016, 07:02:49 PM »
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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2016, 07:03:52 PM »
Jimmy Lewis Rail

We need a good picture :-)
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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2016, 09:29:43 PM »
Any SIC board. I look at my Bullet on my truck all the time and think "wow, that's so slick".

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2016, 11:27:07 PM »
Any SIC board. I look at my Bullet on my truck all the time and think "wow, that's so slick".
I agree. On my car, I can stack my F16 on top of a buddies Bullet 17'4 and then my Bullet 14v1 on top of my F16 and they nest together like... Pringles.. well not quite, but they look well together. Try stacking my Starboard All-Star or even the Think XO on top of any SIC and it needs a lot of pool noodles and looks a mess..
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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2016, 01:19:02 AM »
Bark Vapor. I bought one recently and have found myself going into my garage to just stare at it. Upside down, like on a roof rack, is it's best angle.

The Bark is there with my SICs, which are indeed beautifully clean.

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2016, 01:52:48 AM »
Any SIC board. I look at my Bullet on my truck all the time and think "wow, that's so slick".

Me too... :)
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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2016, 02:14:13 AM »
Love SIC lines! (pun) Bark Vapor too. Clean lines on a board are important for me.

Here are some pics of JL Rail.

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2016, 05:05:41 AM »
Wow Yugi, global warming has certainly affected Switzerland...  ;D

All kidding aside, the Rail is so typical of a J.L., I haven't seen one yet that doesn't have that signature look.  Certainly the continuous rocker line contributes..

Naish boards looked great back when Harold Iggy shaped them.  Now they compete with SB and Fanatic for the haphazard, piecemeal fugly Borg look.

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2016, 05:32:13 AM »
yeah, flowers and paddling in January!  :o

but then a few days later...

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2016, 06:00:51 AM »
Nice.  Bit of rocker FTW, eh?  SUPs, skis, same difference. 
BTW, no one cares that you....  8)
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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2016, 06:44:42 AM »
Touché. Interesting how board rockers are coming lower just like ski rockers have done. My skis are pretty much the rocker line of a Bullet V2. Nice clean lines.

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2016, 07:06:11 AM »
Touché. Interesting how board rockers are coming lower just like ski rockers have done. My skis are pretty much the rocker line of a Bullet V2. Nice clean lines.

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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2016, 07:14:26 AM »
Love SIC lines! (pun) Bark Vapor too. Clean lines on a board are important for me.

Here are some pics of JL Rail.
Nice. And nicer in Orange than the Yellow and Red, I have seen on some web page.
More rocker than I was expecting.

So it looks like we could soon have a review of the Vapor (Are10)  and a review of the Rail (Yugi?).
Anybody knows anything about the JL Sidewinder? It looks comparable to the Vapor as a fast choppy conditions board.
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Re: 14' boards with clean lines?
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2016, 07:15:29 AM »
I do agree with your point about ski/board rocker, Yugi. Excessive tip/nose rocker is certainly best left for special occasions and conditions.  Open water-downbreezing and on/off piste sessions suit low-early rise rocker - the daily driver. 
<edited to add> I think there's also some correlation for tail rocker too.. More of a tracking vs. surfy/slarvyness.

Actually this thread drift is pretty spot on.  Boards and skis that look right "usually" are...
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