Rango forum posts in last 60 days

myscreenname said..
Seabreeze.com.au also needs far more self apointed experts on all subjects - especially highly emotional, 'shouty' ones who demonstrate a tendency to get moderators involved.

Meh said..

hilly said..






Aussies are like entitled Rango above struggling to get to the beach. No interest in low paid jobs. $100 an hour for trades is standard here. I have a bachelor degree and 35 year's experience and I do not get that. We live in strange times. Never been better on every metric but they still whinge. Life is good folks look on the bright side.

cammd said..
The messiah image Trump posted has a lot of people agreeing with Tucker Carlson that he may be the antichrist

I think he is just a very naughty boy

Muppet said..

Mark _australia said..
Re last two posts - and thats what created quads. They're a slightly detuned twin so make them just a little more secure for normal folks.
that's why many folks use their quad as a twin for onshore stuff, albeit that the fin spacing is not quite optimal

better yet is a trailer setup to fine tune the twin looseness, dunno why only Patrik did it - they work sooo well. I'd buy the starboard twin in a heartbeat even if it was twice that price.

philn said..
I have yet to ride a modern quad that doesn't also work as a twin. Quad for fast waves, twin for mushy waves seems to work for me.

Gestalt said..
Yeah I'm not sure.. I think he's got a super light density foam with lots of voids in the foam because it's recycled.. I've done a reverse image search and can't find a supplier but there are references to speckled foam online.

the holes seemed to be a reference to making existing boards lighter when being repaired. Lots of small diameter holes would not cause too many undesirable loading issues. bigger holes yes..

on the Facebook page there is loads of fascinating information. He has weight calcs for the layups which gives an insight into the layers and some photos of how he arranges the carbon. plus sketches of where reinforcing occurs.

'what i'm certain is he is constantly evolving and moving forward, experimenting so putting all of this online is just really a capture in time. What is not shared is the resin details and techniques.. lots of weight to be saved there. His thoroughness in planning and recording and attention to detail is fantastic

I can see a lot of similarities to stuff I've been toying with but my technique had not allowed weights I'm trying to hit for hand layups so I'm working through how to Improve that side of things. Like tw I sketch everything out and detail new methodologies before trying them.. design background makes me lean into it.. plus it's fun. I also use surf boxes for front fins in multi finned boards and have no issues with them. The issue is finding 50/50 foiled surf fins.

being a plus size person I've got boards that have lasted 10 years because they were built to last. Double layer high density foam in the right spots etc. but they are too heavy ultimately for what I'm chasing now.. I'd rather a light board. Weight is everything. Boards are more nimble and planing thresholds lower. I truly believe boards have been over engineered not because they can't take the use but because factories have been outputting poorly built boards which keep failing. Name your brand.