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Classifieds / Infinity B-Line 8'2"x29" Carbon
« on: April 17, 2022, 06:10:14 PM »
 Brand new Infinity B-Line 8'2"x29" 101 liter sup. The board is in perfect condition, as new, and only paddled twice. Comes with fins, $2000. PM or call: Five-One-Eight- 524-4997

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Classifieds / F-One Carbon Race 14'x26" $1200
« on: August 14, 2021, 05:58:04 AM »
I have two of these boards and both are in perfect condition. They are a nice "all water" design, stable for they're widths. I think they are 2016's. They are 20lb, so are very light weight for 14' carbon boards. $1200 each.

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Classifieds / Imagine Snap 8'2"x28" 96.6 liters
« on: July 28, 2020, 03:29:15 PM »
This board is really nice and in excellent, very clean condition. Five FCS fin boxes, 15lbs, no damage, no repairs. My shed is over full, and this board is a bit small for my 185lbs and a bit big for my wife. Call 518-524-4997 The board is located on Cape Hatteras currently, but I will be driving north sooner or later.

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Classifieds / WTB: JP Fusion 9'2"
« on: July 27, 2020, 12:36:17 PM »
I have two different friends looking for this board if any of you have them to sell. IPR, Pro or Wood construction, no AST thanks.

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Classifieds / Infinity Blurr V-2 8'2"x29.5 109 liter Carbon $1100
« on: October 25, 2019, 05:06:41 AM »
This is a nice board, but a bit big for me. It turns very nicely and works in a wide range of conditions. It is the carbon construction that seems bullet proof. It weighs 13lbs 15.5oz on my postal scale.  It hasn't had much use and is in excellent condition with no dings, or repairs. Text 518-524-4997 for a more immediate response.

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SUP General / Pin hole Palooza
« on: October 05, 2019, 12:15:18 PM »
  Pin holes are not uncommon in standard layup surfboard and sup construction. When a board is simply cloth over foam with resin air bubbles can form in the resin as it dries. This is something a good glasser can reduce the chance of, but they still occur. When the sander finishes the board, if he sands it a bit lean here, or there, that's when the pin holes often occur.
     Below is a picture of a pin hole and a video of the board hooked up to an aquarium pump. The board was surfed for two months, a few times a week before noticing the pin hole. It lived outside in a dark shed, so I never caught a glimpse of a drop until it moved into a dry garage for the fall.
     The board has been sitting in a warm dry garage for more than a month dripping daily. I thought a month in a dry garage might dry it out, but the below video is what happened when I hooked it up to a cheap, Amazon aquarium pump. To hook it up, I sourced a rubber plug stopper from the hardware store, then drilled a hole in it for the pump line. I then removed the threaded, gore-tex vent plug and installed my plug and air line. I'm thinking a couple of days on the pump should pretty much dry it out. Does anyone have thoughts, or suggestions?
     This is a great board to surf, and light, a great shape, a custom that was supposed to be carbon sandwich. Sadly it came the wrong size, the wrong color, and now with a thirsty pin hole.....1st world problems.

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SUP General / Soloshot- Groveling at Frisco, Outer Banks 8/10/19
« on: August 10, 2019, 04:32:46 PM »
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday we had head high clean waves on the east facing beaches. Today a north wind lumped up our swell and sent us down to Frisco. We call it the "Frisco Disco" as you drive up and down the beach looking for a descent wave... it always looks better up the beach. 

Rider: 6' 185lbs
Board: 8' x 28 3/4 105 liter Flight Malolo
Fins: Riptide Speed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMhpzY-PQp8&t=1s
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Classifieds / Foote Custom Rocket 8'3"x 28 3/4 x 3 7/8" 105 Liter
« on: August 07, 2019, 11:17:20 AM »
Excellent, almost new condition. 8'3"x 28 3/4 x 3 7/8 105 liters. The Foote Rocket"s are the best shape I've ridden. I have four of them in varying sizes and this one overlaps one of the others too much, so I am selling it to have another made. These boards are hand shaped by Bill Foote in Maui and laminated at the Quatro factory. This brushed carbon Foote sup weighs 14.5lbs and is durable, light, sandwich construction. It's lighter than the Flight/Foote carbon production boards that are a size smaller. One of a kind and $2200 new.
$900 or best offer call Five-One-Eight-524-4997

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SUP General / Hatteras July '19 Soloshot
« on: August 02, 2019, 08:49:11 AM »
Fun waves for a few days earlier this week. This summer hasn't been on par with the last several we've had here on the Outer Banks, but we've managed plenty of fun. Rider 6' 185lbs, board 8'3"x28.5 @105 liter Foote Custom, Fins- Riptide

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The board is gently used, in excellent condition, weighs 16.5lbs, and is in Avon,NC.
Call 518-524-4997  $1150

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Classifieds / Kronos K2 8'5"x28.5 105 liter $800
« on: July 07, 2019, 06:39:32 AM »
Excellent condition, no dings no damage. 12lbs, 13oz. Really good and lively on a wave. Fun from waist to a little over head. These boards are really light, but are claimed to be stronger than most in the industry! I waffle on whether or not to sell this board, but have several that I am more accustomed to riding. This is a great board!  Avon, NC  518-524-4997

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SUP General / Multi Year Fin Experiment on "no Toe"(straight) Fins
« on: July 02, 2019, 11:59:57 AM »
     In 2015 I bought a JP 8’6”x29” 113 liter Surf Pro, and I loved it. The board was fast and performed amazingly compared to all the other boards I had ridden. I then bought the 8’2”x28” 103 liter Surf Pro, and it was awesome, but a little too small for choppy, windy, or wetsuit days. At this point I had become affiliated with JP, but they didn’t have a board that was between the 8’6” and the 8’2”, but it was allowed that I ride Imagine as they were distributed by the same company.
    The Imagine 8’4”x 28 ¼ 102 liter Impact was more stable than it’s dimensions would suggest and became my “anything but perfect” wave board. The problem was that in anything else than powerful, juicy waves it was too slow…..just like most of the other boards I had ridden.  A lot of boards seemed to slow for average wave conditions. The JP boards all come with “straight fins”. Straight fins means that the fin boxes in the board have “no cant” and more importantly, “no toe”.  This is why the JP’s are so fast. They have similar shapes and bottom contours to other popular boards, but the fin boxes are set up without “Toe in”. 
      The Experiment
So, I liked the Imagine, but it was too slow in anything but juice. I thought, why not put straight fins in it, and fix the problem. I was worried that I’d ruin the board’s performance, so I decided to put a ProBox fin system in that would allow me the latitude of some R&D.  The Probox system without it’s plastic inserts allowed me to mold fin bases with different degrees of  “Toe” and “cant” and to see what effect it had on the board’s performance.
      The experiment was a quick success, and the Imagine transformed into a fast, high performance board that worked in all kinds of conditions.  I rode that board for two years playing with different fin set up’s until I decided on what seemed to work best for 90+% of wave conditions I encountered from Hatteras to Maine.  “No Toe”, but a couple degrees of Cant.
       When I say 90+% I am referring to waves that are head and a half and smaller. I have had several larger days both on Hatteras and in New England, and on those waves “No Toe” fins were too fast.  I turned an 8’7” Stun Gun, a classically slow and controlled board, into an out of control, bouncing bronco on a double overhead day at the Hatteras point. When it gets big, a bit of “Toe in” helps slow and control the board. I should have known this as I never liked the JP’s in bigger surf, they were too fast, and hard to control.  This all makes a bit of sense when you realize that “straight fins” aren’t a new concept. Fish surfboards, originally designed in the 70’s came with straight fins. They were designed to turn small waves into fun. There are also a couple of companies, one in Australia, the other in Hawaii that make adjustable fin boxes for just this reason. Changing fin set up’s can really change a board’s performance, changing the “toe in” can radically turn a sluggish board into a fast , weak wave ripper. 
          Smart Friends
After doing all of this and starting to think about other ways to accomplish the same result without installing new fin boxes, I mentioned this to a couple of engineers that had been working on fins in their spare time. One of them created the fastest sup race fin ever flow tested, the other, literally, works for NASA.  I told them what I had found with years of experiments, and they looked at me and said; “of course”. “Toe in” is the idea that water does not run straight back, but instead is pushed outward and back as the board displaces water. While this is true, it is not constant, meaning that the amount water that is displaced varies with the weight of the rider, the width of the board, the bottom design of the board, and the speed of the board. 
       Sups are much wider and higher volume than surfboards, so using the same “toe in” formula creates a board with an unnecessary amount of drag.

Fin Box Designs and Experiments

Instead of changing fin boxes in boards to accomplish a “no toe” set up, I started grinding the bases on fins, and remolding them to fit back in boxes, but without the “toe in”. By remolding fins with a “reverse toe” angle I could neutralize the angle of the boxes that were installed in most boards. After measuring the angles of boxes of many boards it seems most have the same angle with a few drastic outliers.   
       I managed to make a few FCS sets of fins, but if not done perfectly, they are weak, and easy to snap. The Futures style base has been the best option for my experiments, and has proven strong enough to remold, and I have been running experimental fins in boards with these boxes for a couple of years.

Production

With each set of fins taking more time, energy and material than any market would support I wondered how hard it would be to have a batch produced.  I asked a couple of small board manufacturers some questions, and found a popular fin manufacturer in Asia. It took some emailing back and forth as I found out that they use the same molds for everyone’s fins and just change colors etc. However, after about six months of casually emailing and only about the amount of money it costs to buy a new sup, I have produced a small batch of fins. 

If you ride a thruster set up and want to make your, Futures based, board go faster, and perform better in average conditions, I, humbly, suggest you give these fins a try, and it’s a lot cheaper than buying board after board, or installing new fin boxes. I had a friend create a small, free website. I, literally, stand to make tens of…tens of dollars on this whole thing. If I sell through these, I’ll make straight rear quads, and maybe some different sizes.  Here’s a link to the humble site:


     
     

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SUP General / Come Surf the Outer Banks and bring your yellow board
« on: June 21, 2019, 07:24:22 AM »
Watch the news clip, it's lightly informative, amusing and a warning. The link to the article is a short summation of what a bit of searching will reveal. Note:there are contrary opinions out there, but we might as well take an "all of the above" approach to safety. 

https://www.wnct.com/news/local-news/overpopulation-of-sharks-in-north-carolina-waters/2082435036?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WNCT-TV&fbclid=IwAR2WTCx9PhkGjs4Bbpg3bOlnOxRuh1IyidUzJJAPi_8_JybpQg0Jo8Cew7Y

https://www.adventuresportsnetwork.com/transworld-business/the-yum-yum-yellow-debate-do-sharks-like-the-color-yellow/

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SUP General / Question for paint experts
« on: June 20, 2019, 07:40:16 AM »
I ordered a custom board and I selected green as the color, and even though I supplied a picture of a board they had produced as a sample of what I wanted, it showed up yellow. Yellow and a half inch narrower, but that is another story.
   So, my question is: What color might cover/react best when sprayed lightly over the yellow to best hide the yellow? Thanks in advance, paint is not my strong suit.

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Classifieds / F-One Madeiro Pro Carbon 7'9"x28" 90 liter
« on: April 16, 2019, 07:49:56 AM »
2017 F-One Madeiro Pro carbon. This is a very high performance surf sup, it weighs 13.5 lbs and is the pro carbon model. This board is in excellent shape, no dings or repairs. Comes with rail tape and a set of fins. $2100 retail selling at $700
Call :Five One Eight -524-4997

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