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| Country: | us |
| State: | ca |
| county/region: | san diego |
| City: | san diego |
| post/zip code: | 92104 |
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| Online Status | OFFLINE |
| Member Since | 10/22/2008 17:41:35 |
| Last Online | 07/20/2010 10:41:50 |
| Last Updated | 09/30/2009 10:24:07 |
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| Tuesday, 20 July 2010 | Windnsea 10th annual Day at the Beach |
| Tuesday, 15 June 2010 | PB Summer Classic 2010 |
| Tuesday, 01 June 2010 | Simon Anderson Honored at Sacred Craft... |
| Monday, 24 May 2010 | Punta Sayulita Longboard & SUP Classic |
| Friday, 21 May 2010 | Mitchell & Jackson raise $10,000 |
| Thursday, 20 May 2010 | Chilean local Wins Big Wave Invitational |
| Thursday, 20 May 2010 | 52-Year-Old Woman’s 32mile journey |
| Thursday, 20 May 2010 | Na Kama Kai & Rainbow Partner Up |
| Tuesday, 30 March 2010 | Rusty Surfboards has a new Noserider! |
| Monday, 25 January 2010 | The Cove Breaks 2010 |
| Monday, 11 January 2010 | Finding the right Fin's Part II |
| Thursday, 05 November 2009 | Finding Fin placement... |
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 9'4 South Coast Surfboard ck1 used only twice..(Surf :: Boards / Longboard). REDUCED PRICE!!!Board is in excellent shape a must have for your quiver. New board sponsor forces... | 21-04-2010 141 Hit(s) |
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| FoamHouse: The Step-Deck Theory, Looks or Function? | N/A | I did a little bit of R&D with Larry Gordon back in 98 when G&S was thinking about bringing the step decks back. We found that the rocker and the step placement had to be almost perfect on the board. If the boards rocker had too much in the front and the step to far back on the board it would flex and it felt like the brakes were on, until the boards rocker straightened out to its natural position. Picture the nose flexing up as the board is dropping down into the wave, and the nose and tail working against each other. We fiddeled with a few different models till Larry got it right. The board worked amaizing when it was all dialed in but it was very difficult to find that sweet spot. It can definately be done it is just a tough formula to get right sometimes... We found that it was easier to go thin all the way through add a little width and tail rocker and let the board flex naturally with the wave. This caused the board not to just flex in one spot but through out the whole board which results in smoother transitions and more control throughout the wave. The only thing I see good about that stringer is maybe strength? But then why have a step deck? Personally I like steps when they are right but, I would prefer a board that I know will ride the same every time... |
| FoamHouse: Scooped Tail, Lifting the Nose? | The what is the board length? | How long is it? The board, not Richard lol. |
| FoamHouse: Jesse Timm's Obsession, Is Heavy Better? | A Really Really long winded answer with kind of a point. | I know right where Andre and Jesse are coming from... I too have had conflicting opinions on weight and thickness of a board. Over the years my noseriders have gone from thick bulky noseriders to thinned out 2.75 thick at the stringer, 50/50 rails, 19 3/8 nose 24 1/8 wide and a 16 1/2" tail on a 9'8 - 10'2 board. Always having a heavy glass job for strength. The board i ride now is 28 lbs it has 3 layers of 6oz on the deck with knee patch and 2 6oz on the bottom not as heavy as Volan but still allows the board to flex... As a result, It glides better then most old boards I have ridden and is still reasonably light in weight. Our ( my shapers and I) main goal over the years was to get that traditional glide, that rail to rail flow where you never loose speed. (like Skip) but with the ability to nose ride and still hit a lip now and then. We originally thought thicker, wider and heavier was better because thats what the old classics were. But instead, we found the glide was awesome but they didn't turn and the noseriding was good but not great. The control was limited due to the board being too heavy to move around quickly. We were beginning to learn that the boards floatation had a lot to do with placement in the wave as well as proper control on the nose. The buoyancy of a board in the wave caused the board to usually pop the fin out because it had a tendency of hanging up in the curl or staying too deep in the pocket while noseriding and eventually backing out of the wave. So, naturally we went the other direction; Thin, narrow and still heavy. This changed things because now I was going faster because I wasn't backing out of the wave. I was sinking the board more so it was now starting to feel like an old classic board like I was part of the wave. The glide was happening more and more because I was sitting deeper in the water. Not from weight of the board so much but more from the weight of me. This was intriguing to me... A thinner and narrower board sinks on flat sections but when it got steeper it felt amazing. Ok, next was figure how the board wont sink on flat spots. Thicker means more floatation but also means over buoyant when going faster. So scratch that... The next Idea was to go a little longer. What that did was create a cruiser that rode well but still felt like I was sinking when it got mushy. Our last step was go wider, and so we did... I am 215 lbs and 6'2 so I use a 10' board its 24 1/8 wide but it is only 2.75" thick much like my shortboards thickness and what a difference. We found that if someone that normally rides a 9'6 that is 3" thick , can go to a 9'8 and 1/4 -1/2" wider then normal and thin it out by a 1/4 " the board will give the feel of a heavier board when on smaller waves but when the wave gets steep it becomes lively because there is less bulkiness to throw around and the glide and trim is spot on. The flex that comes with a thinner board is another plus to having thinner boards. The boards natural rocker flexing with the contour of the wave moves with the wave and creates a speedy controlled trim and care free noserides. Think of it as suspension on the nose, the board flexes a bit then straightens itself out creating drive from the nose. Any thoughts to any of this??? |
| Gordon & Smith 50th Anniv. Celebration at Wave House | N/A | It should be a lot of fun I cant wait... |
| Skip Frye Surfing Pacific Beach Point 1969 | soo sick.... | The true Master of soul! It's sick to see him putting it on rail like he was, I wish there was more old footage like that out there of the founders of surfing killing it at our local spots back in their prime... |
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I love it!!!, Wednesday, 30 September 2009
I have been using MP for a little over 3 months now... I am a professional surfer so my logos/stickers need to be shown clearly for all photos and video. My problems are a little different then most...
My stickers are located right where I noseride so when I walked back from the nose sometimes I would slip on my stickers. I tried to bairly wax over them to keep some sort of grip but during photoshoots I would clean them off completely so they could be ledgible.
Monster Paint makes it possible to see the logos and still hold traction. When a shot is taken im sure all my sponsors logos will be clear and clean. It helps me to be a better surfer because I don\'t have to worry about slipping on the way back from the nose. For me, it helps assure that my paychecks keep coming in.
The first day after I sprayed it on my board I had a contest and I made it to the finals, I didn\'t even think about it once. This stuff rocks its the future of traction...
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My stickers are located right where I noseride so when I walked back from the nose sometimes I would slip on my stickers. I tried to bairly wax over them to keep some sort of grip but during photoshoots I would clean them off completely so they could be ledgible.
Monster Paint makes it possible to see the logos and still hold traction. When a shot is taken im sure all my sponsors logos will be clear and clean. It helps me to be a better surfer because I don\'t have to worry about slipping on the way back from the nose. For me, it helps assure that my paychecks keep coming in.
The first day after I sprayed it on my board I had a contest and I made it to the finals, I didn\'t even think about it once. This stuff rocks its the future of traction...
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