Yep...that time of year again

As you can see this one is pretty short...seven two to be precise
Dont want to get into the merits of short v long. Ride what you want, cause no harm and be stoked!!
I Know I am!
This board continues the design thread I've been exploring for the last couple of years and is known locally as "The Cuttlefish" cos the bottom contour closely resembles that of a cuttle bone


You can see what I am on about in this pic...deep, deep single concave coupled with what amounts to a reverse stepped rail...that is from the bottom up. Kinda ironic really as for years I was an advocate of the traditional stepped rail ie from the deck side down.

As usual a brilliant shaping job by Simon Forward of 4D surf design and glassing on this one was done by Torquay epoxy maestro Cusso Thanks to local long board legend Sladey for the countless hours that he put into the design and for keeping me in stitches over numerous cups of tea on the deck...and thats as close to a pimp as I'm ever going to get!!
Happy to chat about the board and performance and design specs if anyone is interested.
Cheers and Happy New Year Breezers
Sparx

New board, new paddle
Finally getting it all dialed in.
This vid was shot a couple of weeks ago which gives you some idea about the freaky weather and water temp down here at the mo.
Same left, nothing out of the ordinary, but I reckon it gives a bit of an overview on how wippy the new seven ten is. Sick and tired of the same old same old as must you all be so I thought I would muck around with the edit. I reckon this is about it as far as I go for length... it's a struggle in anything but prime conditions. Had two of the most frustrating surfs ever over the last two days, just a bit too much chop and current running through the peak, spent more time in the water than on the board!!
It's close on midnight and I'm hammered. Put the love of my life on a plane bound for Los Angeles this morning....ten weeks for a Bikram Yoga instructors course. The music is by Steve Miller and was on high rotation back in the club house about thirty eight years ago. It's about the way I'm feeling at the mo
Cheers
Sparx