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SUP General / Re: HOT Chicks on Stand Up Paddle Boards!

« on: October 08, 2015, 07:46:16 PM »

ttt

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The Shape Shack / Re: Rat Rod F18

« on: October 01, 2015, 08:06:53 PM »

Digital EVA deck pad is brilliant. Kinda cliché but maybe some P40 action, but do it with green gums like an alligator mouth.

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Random / Unsung Heroes

« on: October 01, 2015, 02:55:32 PM »

I though I'd start a thread for such types. Doesn't have to be just watermen.

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SUP General / Re: quad ?????

« on: October 01, 2015, 01:13:19 PM »

I don't like quads

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Random / Re: I need some good books

« on: September 30, 2015, 09:52:06 AM »

Anything on Glenn Curtiss.  This is a good starter 

Unlocking the Sky: Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane Paperback  – September 16, 2003

by Seth Shulman

The Glenn-mister as I like to call him was the "fastest man on earth"  in 1907 went 136mph on what basically was a bicycle with a V-8 engine.  Unlike the Wright Brothers he made phenomenal engines and was also very enthusiastic with open sourcing aircraft development.  While the Wrights spent all there time fighting patent wars, Curtis moved innovation forward.  He was  very Elon Muskish except he rode the rockets!  He also hung out with a very cool crowd.  Big personal hero of  mine.

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Random / Re: Just a little search engine

« on: September 25, 2015, 05:38:25 AM »

Companies get afraid to fire engineers with lots of experience working on the legacy code because everyone is scared to touch it for fear of breaking something. Institutional knowledge they call it.

How 'bout this for a slogan  "Human Nature - Aint it a Bitch"

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SUP General / Re: VW Bus

« on: September 22, 2015, 07:04:15 PM »

Hot Tub time machine.

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Random / Re: Nice looking surf vehicle from VW

« on: September 22, 2015, 05:00:57 PM »

I want to build one of these:




Tempting to make the bottom half as a composite tub

How about make the entire structure composite with no doors and fixed windows.  Ingress/egress through a water proof roof hatch accessed via the rear external ladder.  Then make it amphibious. 

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Random / Re: Nice looking surf vehicle from VW

« on: September 21, 2015, 05:08:39 PM »

I forgot, was this posted here?
  
Bet this cost a few bucks...

Oh Man don't get me started on Jonathan Ward.........

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Gear Talk / Re: Wetsuit stuff

« on: September 17, 2015, 12:04:01 PM »

i am a believer in o'neill techno-butter (now technobutter 2).

my point: lay hands on (and try on, if possible) the oneill technobutter 2 suits

Yup!

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Gear Talk / Re: Upgrade from Kialoa Insanity Paddle?

« on: September 16, 2015, 04:48:18 PM »

What is your current dissatisfaction with the paddle you have for surf.  Too much blade? Not enough? Too little blade angle, too much blade angle? Is your paddle bogging and feeling stuck in the mud when you paddle into a wave or are you beastily overpowering the paddle as if it were a mere twig in your hands. All goes into picking the right one.

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SUP General / Re: My two cents about board length

« on: September 15, 2015, 02:26:21 PM »

Anyway, just my two cents, since I'm stuck at work .

My condolences.

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SUP General / Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson the new Johnny Utah

« on: September 11, 2015, 01:55:32 PM »

Not Really

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Downwind and Racing / Re: What-the.

« on: September 11, 2015, 07:54:26 AM »

I like the rig.

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Gear Talk / Re: High aspect for surf paddle

« on: September 09, 2015, 05:32:46 PM »

I love high aspect paddles for surf. Tremendous acceleration.  I made one from my Kialoa Pipes by cutting it down.  I also prefer higher blade angles. Those Starboards look really nice . I couldn't find the angle, do you know what angle they are. They look less than 10 degrees.