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Gear Talk / Re: 3 broken leashes in 1 year! Fins cutting them??

« on: September 26, 2017, 09:33:59 PM »

Are they all the same brand? To me the brand makes a big difference. Do you sit or stand while waiting for waves? Sometimes the leash can get under the board while waiting for waves, maybe catching on the fins?

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Technique / Re: SUP Surfing progression: riding low volume SUP's

« on: September 13, 2017, 10:09:27 PM »

This type of board is great if you're at someplace with no crowd, because it seem to put you at a disadvantage to maneuver into position to catch the wave. Your take off area will be way smaller than a board that will float you enabling you to move around easier. For me I've tried lower volume boards, they're better at turns but harder at catching the wave. So I use board shape and fin size/shape to give more turning ability. Plus age is a BIG factor.

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SUP General / Finally a decent south swell

« on: September 13, 2017, 09:47:53 PM »

Last week end was long overdue for us, three days of solid overhead juice with WASABI!

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SUP General / Re: little off the top

« on: September 13, 2017, 09:44:34 PM »

Thanks for the info.
I kind of knew that it was hard to change the way a board surfs once already shaped, just came up with this idea to help decrease the volume thinking the board may sit lower and give me a more responsive board. I looked at both boards (8'9' & 9'2") and the only real difference was thickness. So I thought reducing the thickness of the 9'2" would reduce the volume, thus producing a similar board to the 8'9". I guess the only way to go is a custom board.

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SUP General / Re: little off the top

« on: September 02, 2017, 11:26:01 AM »

Yeah, I'm only 155 lbs so I don't have much weight to change the level of the waterline. That's why I thought if volume comes off from the top, the water line should change. I got the board second hand in decent condition looking for more length as age is catching up to me, my legs aren't as sturdy as before.

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SUP General / little off the top

« on: September 01, 2017, 08:16:14 PM »

Does someone know if it is feasible to cut the deck of a board around the thickest part (center mass), then trim about 1/2 inch off, and re-glass the deck with two layers of cloth to make the board thinner? I have an old 9'2" PSH hull ripper that has too much volume for me. I like the length but feel that I'm not able to burry the rails enough to power through my turns with it. I have the 8'9" hull ripper and use it on small to medium waves but have a difficult time catching waves early enough in large waves or when conditions aren't that great. I wouldn't mind getting a custom board from Blane but his backlog is too much for me. Plus I think hand glassed boards aren't as tough as the factory ones. What you guys think?

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Technique / Re: Stalling my turns

« on: November 08, 2015, 07:10:01 PM »

Surfcowboy,

I'm not real familiar with the Simmons shape, but I think it's made for more speed than turning. Straighter rail lines are usually harder to make quick turns, more for smoother drawn out turns instead. Are you trying to make a hard bottom turn and stalling? If so, you're probably too much on the tail. To stall the board on purpose I usually put more weight on the tail during the bottom turn. This helps keep me in the power pocket on a slower wave or setup for a barrel. You may try a little angle to the bottom instead of straight down and hard bottom turn. Also when going backside, you have more weight on your heels which makes the board rail dig in versus front side and your weight is spread out more under your foot. That's one of the theories in using an asymmetric tail.

Aloha

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SUP General / Re: SUP Surfing - Paddleboarding Etiquette 101 - for those new to the surf line-up

« on: September 17, 2015, 01:02:06 PM »

Also if you get stuck inside and are paddling back out, don't get in the way of someone already on a wave breaking in front of you. If you can paddle out in front of him and he has a lot of room to do whatever he wants on the wave, go for it. However if you try to paddle in front of him and you are getting in his way, then you should paddle towards the white water and give the guy on the wave the right of way...stay out of the pocket. How would you like it if you catch a bomb and are setting up for a barrel and you see someone paddling hard to get in front of you so they don't have to get hit with the white water. What would you do, go for the barrel of your life???

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Gear Talk / Re: Wave SUP recommendations?

« on: August 14, 2015, 04:04:54 PM »

Check out Keff @ Flight Boards Hawaii, they have a nice lineup of sup boards. Call him to make an appointment 808-954-9072. He also has many demos to try before you buy.

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SUP General / Re: "You're gonna hurt someone"

« on: August 13, 2015, 11:27:26 AM »

Well said Creek!

Especially the logic!

Sometimes timeouts were unfair though...depends on who you know.

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SUP General / Re: "You're gonna hurt someone"

« on: August 13, 2015, 01:21:11 AM »

I'm from Hawaii and grew up surfing Waikiki. Back in the day the guys who could surf, and there were a lot of them, caught the first break. New surfers had to prove that they belong letting their surfing do the talking. If you were a young kid learning like me, they forced you to catch the inside waves until you could show you belong. So now if I see that a guy can surf and knows how to handle whether it's sup or regular they get my respect and we share. I do try to give the proners a break by sharing the peak if possible. Like guys said above, it's more the people that don't really have the skills that get in the way and are a danger to others, just because they can catch a wave they do regardless of others in the lineup. It's like that way in most of the places that I surf. Respect is given to those that earn it.

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SUP General / Re: "You're gonna hurt someone"

« on: August 10, 2015, 06:14:36 PM »

And those are the guys saying I catch too many waves! I'm not one to just let a nice wave go by if no one is around me, sitting inside off the shoulder doesn't count. Many proners sit inside of me because they can't catch the wave where the sups are but they are directly in the takeoff area for them. I share waves with them, I know the feeling being a former short board guy and all the guys on the tankers started hogging the waves. However the mouthy proner wasn't in the pocket. It's sad to see guys open their mouth when they don't really know what's happening themselves.

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SUP General / Re: venturi effect and concaves PONO as our resident physicist care to explain?

« on: August 10, 2015, 05:52:30 PM »

I recently got a used BC/TC custom board that I use for big choppy days. The nose of the board smoothens the chops, instead of climbing the chops and bouncing around it cuts through the chop to smoothen the ride and give more control. It also climbs through the white water when paddling back out. Blane said the hull shape was for Tom who loves to nose ride. I'm not much of a nose rider, so can't say what it does for nose guys.

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Technique / Re: Keeping the board from running away

« on: August 08, 2015, 08:54:44 PM »

Feet placement is the key to turning the board. My back foot moves all over the board, side to side and front to back. When I first started sup surfing, I came from riding a short board and had trouble turning the board quickly. I had the opportunity to talk with Blane Chambers about the problem and he told me to move my feet. On steep faced waves dropping straight down requires fast footwork, you need weight in the front to get into the wave and as you're dropping down the weight shifts to the back for the bottom turn. An easier way to take a steep drop is to angle the board and engage more rail. For me it all depends on the situation, I prefer to go straight down and make a hard bottom turn as the wave face is at it's steepest, setting up for a hard off the lip or hopeful barrel.

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SUP General / Re: "You're gonna hurt someone"

« on: August 08, 2015, 08:38:25 PM »

After seeing the whole sequence, you had every right to do what you did. You went for the wave and made the drop, even if the proner was in the way. Even if you didn't make it the board would have gone away from him, as you had your body between him and your board. To me that's charging on your wave, not letting someone else bum you out. Under the same circumstances, I would've done the same and gone for the wave too. The proner should've yielded to you and gotten out of the way, since you were committed and on the wave way before he was even in the picture. Actions speak louder than words, the guy had no business mouthing off to you. Just keep charging and show them what you got!