You high performance Longboarders can probably understand this... We could almost coin a new phase, the "Touch Down".

A late drop in, clean conditions. You always know you're going to get the wave, but you decide to do the lazy paddle, and almost miss the wave, but you wait for the sudden tail lift (inevitable tail lift), and get to your feet with that smooth timing where you control the nose "diving" with a combo of hand and rear foot placement, and the nose just goes into "Touch Down" mode, and you've laid it over onto the inside rail, and you've literally got 9 foot of rail in the face.

I will credit Bob McT's Original for helping me learn this great Longboard technique. Now Dick Brewer's shape also compliments those lessons learned. The high rocker of The Original allowed that for that late slicing take off.

scotty ex greenline

i had my new dc 8'8 out for the first time yesterday. i wasn't having much fun.

the channels make it a very different board. very fast and precise especially in the pocket and hollower sections. however it was a hard too stay on handling wise and was skipping on turns in the flatter sections. tried all sorts of fins

i ran into scotty in the carpark and he was telling me he had the same thing with the c4 raimana.

the cure- mrx twins in the front and a reasonable trailer in the back.

paddled out- heaps more stability and first wave -wow.

this is going to be an awesome board. its fast,' drivey' and direct when you want it to be.
gone from gee i don't know to you ripper. fins make the difference.

thx's dale and scotty

a photo for mac