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Stand Up Paddle => Gear Talk => Topic started by: TallDude on January 05, 2019, 11:10:45 PM
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For who love there PSH Hull Paddler's, here's a new line of similar boards from Tom Carroll Surf. A lot going on with the bottoms. Maybe they've been out for a while, but the first time I've seen them.
http://www.tomcarrollpaddlesurf.com/gsi/
Nice surfing video too.
http://www.tomcarrollpaddlesurf.com/clips/
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Interesting designs......wonder what they are like for everyday folks.
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I've seen a two of Tom Carroll's videos. Two of them are below. First one is from November of 2018 and the second is from April of 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfLo9lZUYo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot54myIFglc
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The Outer Reef has been out for a year or more. I like the 10' x 32". That might be the big choppy wave board I'm looking for.
Thanks for posting the links. It made me take a closer look. $1,295 is doable.
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Outer Reef is a nice line and tough to beat at $1300!
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Yes the sale price is quite attractive except that there is no shipping to Canada....
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Yes the sale price is quite attractive except that there is no shipping to Canada....
Have it shipped to me and I will try to get up there sometime in the next few years. ;D
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Here are all of Tom Carroll's boards in one spot. Click on the link then scroll on down the page and you can see the different models. Then click on a model of the board that piques your interest and then scroll on the down the page to see of all the specs for the different length boards.
https://shop.surfindustries.com/us/brands/tom-carroll-paddle-surf/
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Yes the sale price is quite attractive except that there is no shipping to Canada....
It says on their website, they do ship to Western Canada.
https://www.surfindustries.com/contacts/contacts-usa.php
Once on the page, scroll on down till you see the sales rep and the area he covers.
SALES: Pacific North West, Canada West, Mexico, South & Central America
Alex Pappas
alex@surfindustries.com
831 471 5790
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Cool. Thanks.
Their shipping terms are contradictory so they might want to clean them up:
We currently only provide shipping to Mainland US, Australia* and New Zealand.
* extra changes will apply for services to remote locations and Islands EG: Northern Territory, Lord Howe Island etc
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Like TD, I cannot tell if this is very old news or something just released for the 2019 season. I hope I remember correctly but were not TCs boards not given such hot reviews on the Breeze? 'Blane Chambers' makes my ears perk up ..like hearing Kirk McGinty or Bert Burger, but this copy/paste from TCs site is not encouraging.
"The Loose Leaf and Long Grain models are currently being upgraded. V2 of each model will be released in 2017"
Jim
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Cool. Thanks.
Their shipping terms are contradictory so they might want to clean them up:
We currently only provide shipping to Mainland US, Australia* and New Zealand.
* extra changes will apply for services to remote locations and Islands EG: Northern Territory, Lord Howe Island etc
If it was me and I lived in British Columbia like you do and if I "REALLY" wanted an Outer Reef, lets say the MX version which "isn't" even listed on their website yet, here is what I would do.
Call up the sales rep, go over lots of details and finalize the deal. The "deal" would include shipping the board to a terminal in Seattle which is in the United States. Then drive from British Columbia to Seattle, inspect the board at the terminal for any damage and if no damage, drive home to British Columbia with the board.
Bottom line. "If there is a Will, there is a Way".
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That is true. But not desperate for a new board :-) and would indeed need more information on it beforehand anyway.
I tend to mostly buy used and local.
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Wetstuff, +1 the Tom C. boards were panned on the Breeze. Even the Aussies had nothing good to say.
Chines can loosen up a big board and make behave like a smaller board. No free lunch as they can also have a major negative impact on stability.
Before I had my SCA, I was having a conversation with Blane on a custom H2 Destroyer.
A local elite SUP guy on CC had a demo loaner in the eight foot range. It was the most unstable board I had ever ridden. Given my cat like balance I asked my buddy what his experience was.
He laughed and said it was the only board that was, how shall we say, unsafe at any speed.
The Long Grain might have been doable, but I don't know.
As always, YMMV!
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Thanks for the heads-up, indeed I was looking on the Breeze and could not find anything really positive. I think that I will stick with getting a used well known board rather than looking at a good deal for a new board that is an unknown quantity.
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It's bizarre how so many of the early innovator's have fizzled. The designs were there....what happened....???
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They switched to foiling. Blane is the man behind Red Manta foilboards.
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Luke, You don't know the power of the Dark Side!
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There is one for sale not far from me. I don't know much about them it just caught my eye from seeing this thread. Looks and sounds/reads (from description) like a really nice board.
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/spo/d/apex-tom-carroll-high-performance-surf/6780843308.html
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The Carroll SUP’s are one of the coolest feeling rides I have owned. I have been riding the 9’0 Loose Leaf for about a year. Loose. Incredible glide, the V1 is heavy and crushes any chop around. I am selling the 9’0 and buying a smaller Loose Leaf!
I had ridden practically every model Blane had made over the years and this model has incredible stability, glide, and a very fluid feeling underfoot. That 11’ long grain would float an NFL player, I expect. The 9’0 is probably ideal for 190lbs or so...
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Does anyone have a review of the Outer Reef model?
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Some reviews have been less than kind on those boards. Check Seabreeze ...