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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2016, 02:15:28 PM »
@Bulky,

I think a 29" width on an 8'11" Hammer would be a little too tippy for me . After all, I'm 66 years old and definitely not as limber as I was when I was 25 years old. This is what my "old back" is telling me.

When the time comes, when I sell my 14'9" sot kayak, which is taking up my space for the Hammer, I'll give WarDog my home telephone number and I'll rely on his expertise on the number of liters and width for me.

I've found a 10-15 minute telephone call is the equivalent of "a few hours of typing messages" back and forth to one another.

Aloha Night Wing,
No worries...we'll definitely do a phone consultation with you...
I'm very certain that we will nail it for you...
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2016, 02:32:17 PM »
You should see how much information you could glean from a trip to Santa Barbara and Wardog's shop!  A demo is worth a thousand words, and a trip to SB with someone you love might just be priceless.

Right now, my "love" doesn't know I'm planning on purchasing a second SUP. If she knew, I might be in the doghouse for a few "months".  ;) I would like nothing better to visit WarDog's shop, but that would be like "having a child fall asleep in a candy store and waking up and finding the candy store is locked up for the night and the child is the only one in the candy store. The child, with hundreds of pieces of candy all in front of him/her, wouldn't know what piece of candy to eat first while waiting for morning when the shop re-opens."  :)

Blue Planet Duke: 10'5" x 32" x 4.5" @ 190 Liters (2 Dukes)
Sup Sports Hammer: 8'11" x 31" x 4" @ 140 Liters
SUP Sports One World: 11'1" x 30" x 4.5" @ 173 Liters
CJ Nelson Parallax: 9'3" x 23 1/2" x 3 3/16" @ 78.8 Liters (prone surfing longboard; Thunderbolt Technologies build in Red construction)

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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2016, 03:03:49 PM »
Play it slow, Night Wing, but she'll come around.  At first my wife questioned why I needed more than one SUP--about the same time she questioned why one had to pay so much for "a piece of foam that floats". 

My best strategy to build the quiver has been around home remodel projects.  Lots of money going out the door and lots of big things being delivered.  Had to do a little fast talking as she pays our bills so if you ever come to our house and she tells you that our counter is made out of KeNalu, just play along like it's a variety of granite.   ;)
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2016, 04:41:09 PM »
...and, if that doesn't work...there's always the old dirty board bag trick...same bag...new board...and, the secret PayPal account...;-)
Thank god, my wifey is a boardhead, too...lord only knows where I woulda ended up...shudder to even think...;-)
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2016, 08:45:50 PM »
Getting something past my wife is hard to do. She has a PayPal account. I don't. The "dirty bag" trick won't work either because I don't have a board bag. My camping/fishing Hobie SUP is 12'2" long. Kind of hard to hide the Hobie since it is the only SUP I own. She can count too and has seen the word "Hobie" on the side of the rails since last Fall. Lastly, a Hammer at 8'11" is basically three feet shorter than the Hobie with the words, "Hammer" on the rails.

Basically, I'll have to cross all these bridges when I come to them and those bridges will come when I sell my 14'9" sot kayak.  ;)
Blue Planet Duke: 10'5" x 32" x 4.5" @ 190 Liters (2 Dukes)
Sup Sports Hammer: 8'11" x 31" x 4" @ 140 Liters
SUP Sports One World: 11'1" x 30" x 4.5" @ 173 Liters
CJ Nelson Parallax: 9'3" x 23 1/2" x 3 3/16" @ 78.8 Liters (prone surfing longboard; Thunderbolt Technologies build in Red construction)

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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2016, 03:21:17 PM »
Yea, we have our fights too.  Like "Who's getting the next new board!"  and... "Quit hoggin' all the waves!"  We agree on the important things though, like our next anniversary should be in Costa Rica.   :)



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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2016, 09:13:46 PM »
Nice picture Slatch! :)

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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #22 on: May 20, 2016, 05:40:01 AM »
Since I've decided on the Hammer 8'11"x31", I've been looking at many of the custom Hammers on WarDog's site. I like a plain clean look and the photo below is one that caught my eye. It is a picture of Deb's all carbon 8'11" two vent hole Hammer in seafoam green color. I can't see the fin configuration underneath the SUP; but I'm guessing it's a quad fin setup with, side fin wise, two 5" and two 4" fins. BTW, the SUP Sports logo at the top of the board and the pinstripe around the entire board set it off really nice. Almost forgot, I like the black deck pad without the cutouts in it.

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Blue Planet Duke: 10'5" x 32" x 4.5" @ 190 Liters (2 Dukes)
Sup Sports Hammer: 8'11" x 31" x 4" @ 140 Liters
SUP Sports One World: 11'1" x 30" x 4.5" @ 173 Liters
CJ Nelson Parallax: 9'3" x 23 1/2" x 3 3/16" @ 78.8 Liters (prone surfing longboard; Thunderbolt Technologies build in Red construction)

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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #23 on: May 20, 2016, 09:54:51 AM »
Yea, we have our fights too.  Like "Who's getting the next new board!"  and... "Quit hoggin' all the waves!"  We agree on the important things though, like our next anniversary should be in Costa Rica.   :)


Way to rub it in.  Only solace we can take is that she surfs better than you...

Hope the kayak sells quick, Wing.  I've never regretted letting mine go.  Deciding on the paint is an important decision and can make you crazy.  I let my daughter design mine...
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #24 on: May 20, 2016, 11:30:17 AM »
Yea, we have our fights too.  Like "Who's getting the next new board!"  and... "Quit hoggin' all the waves!"  We agree on the important things though, like our next anniversary should be in Costa Rica.   :)



A couple more shots of Jim's better half from that day...
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #25 on: May 20, 2016, 01:01:43 PM »
Yea, at this point I should probably credit the photographer...
Who get's it Wardog, you or Deb?  ;D

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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2016, 01:36:30 PM »
I was the photog that day...but, Deb definitely can handle a lens...;-)
I got some epic waves from that sesh...snapped a few shots of my shop manager, Al, on his 8'11" Hammer...but, no pics of moi...;-)
I ran into you guys as I was finishing up...so, you guys ended up with a few digital keepsakes...

http://blog.surfingsports.com/2014/01/surf-sup.html
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2016, 11:19:47 AM »

Hope the kayak sells quick, Wing.  I've never regretted letting mine go.  Deciding on the paint is an important decision and can make you crazy.  I let my daughter design mine...

A little progress report. I sold my kayak yesterday (Tuesday) and one of my two carbon paddles (second carbon paddle was a "spare"). Now I've got space in my garage for the Hammer.
Blue Planet Duke: 10'5" x 32" x 4.5" @ 190 Liters (2 Dukes)
Sup Sports Hammer: 8'11" x 31" x 4" @ 140 Liters
SUP Sports One World: 11'1" x 30" x 4.5" @ 173 Liters
CJ Nelson Parallax: 9'3" x 23 1/2" x 3 3/16" @ 78.8 Liters (prone surfing longboard; Thunderbolt Technologies build in Red construction)

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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2016, 12:01:47 PM »
Damn. I like the looks of those boards. Next trip south I gotta try them.
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Re: SUP Sports "Hammer": 8'11"x31" or 9'5"x31"
« Reply #29 on: May 27, 2016, 06:20:08 AM »
@WarDog

I've now sold my kayak and have room in my garage for the Hammer. I'm now thinking of an "all carbon", instead of the SUPer Lite, Hammer 8'11"x31", Quad + 1 fin setup, Seafoam green color, 2 vent holes and a picture of it is below this message. I want to do 75% flat water (lake) paddling since I have a 25,000 surface acre lake 25 miles from my home and I want to play around in the surf zone since the Gulf of Mexico is 90 miles from my home so that would be 25% of the time.

The 5 fin setup we can bypass for right now but I was thinking about 2 (5"), 2 (4") and 1 (2.25") trailer. What I'm most concerned with is the volume of the board. A production Hammer 8'11"x31" is 148 liters. Since I'm 5'8" tall and only weigh 145 pounds, since this would be a custom board, I need to know if the 148 liters would be too much for my weight. In other words, I don't want to be too high off the water where the board feels "corky" (not stable because of my 145 pounds).

As an example, my Hobe 12'2"x32" is 238.5 liters and it can transport all of my fishing/camping gear (tent, sleeping bag, fishing rods, tackle box, etc) and the board does not feel corky to me. But if I'm taking it for a paddle cruise with no gear strapped on her, she does feel corky to me (like the board is too much volume for my light physical weight). BTW, I've been at my 145 pound weight for the last 25 years so my weight does not fluctuate.

I've seen some custom Hammer boards at this length which range from 120 to 140 liters. This means I need your expertise on the liters of volume for me based on my weight and what I want to use this sup for. Oh, one more thing, how much would a custom board like this cost?

Blue Planet Duke: 10'5" x 32" x 4.5" @ 190 Liters (2 Dukes)
Sup Sports Hammer: 8'11" x 31" x 4" @ 140 Liters
SUP Sports One World: 11'1" x 30" x 4.5" @ 173 Liters
CJ Nelson Parallax: 9'3" x 23 1/2" x 3 3/16" @ 78.8 Liters (prone surfing longboard; Thunderbolt Technologies build in Red construction)

 


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