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Gear Talk / Re: what hi performance board would you take.

« on: December 12, 2007, 07:08:06 PM »

Owning 4 boards already, I still need at least one more.

Love it.

I'm looking for something in the 9'6"X28" range. For me personally, that seems about right. I'm a bit heavier though at 220lbs.

Sounds like a mean little ripper for a man of your size!  What thickness are you considering?

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The Shape Shack / Re: What make a board unstable and/or tippy?

« on: December 12, 2007, 01:09:03 PM »

My 2 cents says that full, boxy rails (especially when carried up towards the nose like on many of the current pop outs) really suffer in wind and chop.  Being able to submerge the upwind rail a bit and let chop pass over the deck smoothes things out a lot.

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Gear Talk / Re: what hi performance board would you take.

« on: December 12, 2007, 01:02:28 PM »

29 is mighty wide.  I would go 9'8, 27 3/4, 4 1/8.  Those are safety measurements at 200.  You already have a cruiser, so might as well let it rip.  Call up one of the great shapers here who have already shaped a bunch of shorter boards, and get started.  Keep us posted!

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Share the Stoke / Re: Hasta la Vista, Baby

« on: December 10, 2007, 08:41:42 AM »

Well, all this talk of Spartans, Surfer Mag articles, and big surf, here is an archival shot by Jon Severson (founder of Surfer magazine, great artist / photographer).

http://www.surferart.com/Pages/Pages-Photo%20Enlgmts/spartanreef.html

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SUP General / Mav's takes its turn

« on: December 07, 2007, 06:01:44 AM »

http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player/video_player.cfm?id=12653

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SUP General / Re: Big Ugly

« on: December 06, 2007, 04:46:15 PM »

is that kaanapali in front of leilani's??

Thats Pier One, with Backbone and outer Kanaha in the background.

The bottom one is Kahului harbor, inside the harbor, stood up and reeling.

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SUP General / Re: Big Ugly

« on: December 06, 2007, 02:05:03 PM »

Randy Royse sent over these two.  Pier One, and K Harbor.

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SUP General / Re: Big Ugly

« on: December 06, 2007, 12:37:18 PM »

We stopped and shot this on the way home from Kahului.  It had been head high, pouring, and 40-50 mph gusts stripping the tops off of the peaks two hours earlier.  The wind was too fierce for standup (granted, Laird did it in that vid last year), even when this was shot.  That size alone would not keep the more hard core stand up guys off of it.  On Monday, it was 4 times that big, and breaking way out to sea.  That might do it!

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Random / Lawnmower DUI - Redneck Beer Run

« on: December 06, 2007, 12:15:32 PM »

http://www.biggeekdaddy.com/humorpages/Misc/lawnmowerDUI.html

Thanks to StandingTrout for the link.  Still teared up.

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The Shape Shack / Re: wide point

« on: December 06, 2007, 11:58:33 AM »

Hey Boots,

The tail is 18, the nose is 16 and the wide point is 1 inch back of center.  The nose taper and kick are definitely borrowed (modified, of course) from shortboard design.  The idea was to keep the volume right where you need it and not overdo it on the nose or tail where it might work against you.  Bill cut a new rocker template for this shape, emphasizing a usable paddling spot, while not giving in to an overly flat rocker line.  The rails and fin placement got a lot of consideration as well.  The final shape is pretty unique.  If you find yourself on Maui, you are more than welcome to hop on when it is finished. 

A lot of us have found that stand up has re-ignited our interest in surf sports where they may have plateaued or been waning a bit.  It seems to me that for the group of shapers that are out there doing this, the same has occurred for them on the shaping end.  It is a new intillectual challenge for them that borrows on the old but is, in a way, entirely fresh.  I had heard this about Al Merrick and Ron House, and for those who have spoken to Bill on the subject, it is unmistakeable.  Sandi Foote told me that he hardly sleeps any more, and she wakes up to noises in the shaping room in the middle of the night. 

Nice!

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SUP General / Re: Big Ugly

« on: December 06, 2007, 06:29:31 AM »

Well after the rains stopped, the power came back on, and the roads were mostly cleared, and with the new swell just starting to show, it really did get beautiful (for an hour). 

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Sessions / Seacliff cruising

« on: December 02, 2007, 05:16:05 PM »

3 mile paddle today.  Tread lightly spots for sure.  Some of the finest seacliff cruising I have experienced.  Just us.  I would say avoid the waves for stand up.

From today:

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SUP General / Re: Just now showing

« on: December 01, 2007, 05:34:40 AM »

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=51001

the Kona Bouoy started popping off pretty good last night.  North shores should be solid today.  Light Konas, light Konas, light Konas, pleeeaaase.

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SUP General / Re: someone help me with youtube???

« on: December 01, 2007, 05:24:20 AM »

Hi Steamroller,

Your vids look great to me cuz action rules the day!

Are you using software to edit?  If so what program?

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Gear Talk / SIC 10' Quad

« on: November 30, 2007, 06:19:57 AM »

Cammar was out on this one yesterday and having a ball (at least his smile said he was).

http://web.mac.com/s.i.c/iWeb/S.I.C.%20stand%20up%20paddleboards/10%27%20Quad%20Surf.html