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I have been surfing a 5,8 x 20 x 2/12 Colin Earle in 1-3 ft Perth ****, best board I have ever owned for that size. Had a kite on it in 14-15kn on my 7m and was holding ground allot of guys on 10 s were struggling. It pops airs and turns with performance not like a boatish board. Really big surprise. My new light wind go too. Just pegged 2 new kites too!

Puetz said...

eppo said...

Ideas on a suitable wave riding surfboard with a decent low end.

Tried the nugget, great low end but loses performance in the waves. A little too skatey for me. But still an awesome alternative.

Ideas? Something than can be used in 11 to 15 knots on a lithuim 14m kite or 14 to 18 on the 10m?

I weigh 75kg

Cheers

Notice I said lightish, not light wind. Got a board for that. Also have a mutant for medium winds and a shinn monk for cranking powered days.

... I believe in synergy between equipment. When they design a kite, the team riders are usually riding same brand of board, which you'd think each bit of equipment is ment to work togeather, riding exactly as the designer intended.

So having said that, how about you give the Airush Cypher surfboard a try. I'm riding the Airush Cypher 5'10" and loving it, so as you see I don't always follow my own advise, but in my humble opinion would go well with your VX and similar performing Fone.

The 5'10" is a big looking board but similar to the sector, doesn't ride like a big board. With the 3 or 4 fin options you can tailor the feel of the board and being a surfboard, should ride nicely in waves. 3 fins for wider turns, or 4 for snappy. I can't say difinitively how good in waves as we haven't had anything decent yet, but it should give you what you want.

Maybe try the 5'8" seeing as your lighter but I can recommend the 5'10" is good for my heavy frame!

Cheers,

Robbie

Ta robbie, yeh the cypher is most definetley on the list. In-fact I keep losing bloody weight so fast (down to 74kg, now!, was 85kg only 3 months ago) - I'm even thinking about selling my precious Sector V3!

Yeh still got the VX 6m Robbie, but old man eppo has stepped off the crazy ass mother Farqing boosting machine of the 10m VX (Christ that kite is so damn fast) and have got the smooth but reliable Lithuim 10m. I was starting to scare myself and the body was not pulling up real well! LOL... as a side note, jesus that Lithuim is an under-rated kite. When you read the reviews etc you think Oh its beginner, intermediate kite for numpties. They are always pushing the high performance VX and Razor, but the lithuim is a bloody nice kite, with great boost and glide and let's ya loop with so much confidence. Lovin slowing down a little and having time to do my gay board offs etc and it seems really functional in the waves. Not reo like, but it does the job for me.

So call me the smooth marlboro king...ha ha and yeh 5'8 for me the shorter the better. I still like to chuck in a bit of old school even on the SB, so shorter the better.

So Robbie what's the deal with the cypher anyhow, is it designed to plane early. Be interesting to read what impact that has on its performance in the waves...surely there is something lost. With one you take from the other.

Colin's a shaper Eppo

Colin Earle Surf Supplies
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(08)9244 1767

Slack said...
Hey Eppo, you buy a lot of new gear!

I was in the same position as you as I have a Sector for seriously light wind but I wanted to get on a surfboard as early as possible, like ~12kn but I didnt want something that felt big.

Marty from Delta sent me up a new board he has designed (Metro: 5'10”x18.5”x2 1/8”) and I have had the demo board out strapless in ~12/13kn on shore and I could get along really well on my 10m Reo and on another day I took it out strapped in ~20kn with a 6m Reo and it was great but I do prefer my smaller Amp in better winds.

The board is in Perth for a while if anyone wants to demo it.

Yeh slack ya right, I'm nearly done, the wifes patience is now at an end! After 13 seasons I have been hell bent on finding the right kite and gear and I know I'm almost there. Was sick of going, well its okay but...


Well any chance you coming down my way? I'll give it a crack.

Hence I may be forced to sell the V3 if I decide to change which would cause me most distress as it is such an awesome board. But with one handeth, the other taketh or some sh1t like that someone tripping on biblical acid made up.

+1 for colin earle. he shaped a board for me in 08, and it was the best i've ridden.

Any surfboard which is wide with flat rocker will work well in lighter winds.

Why don't squair tails work?

...and yeh Perth waves are **** in summer, like totally crap. Yet there they all are the swarm of kites on surf boards, still don't get it fellas.

^^^
You're not turning to the dark side are ya Eppo?! You might never look at your twin tips again...!!

eppo said...

Ideas on a suitable wave riding surfboard with a decent low end.

Tried the nugget, great low end but loses performance in the waves. A little too skatey for me. But still an awesome alternative.

Ideas? Something than can be used in 11 to 15 knots on a lithuim 14m kite or 14 to 18 on the 10m?

I weigh 75kg

Cheers

Notice I said lightish, not light wind. Got a board for that. Also have a mutant for medium winds and a shinn monk for cranking powered days.

Epps, give the shinn duke a run, I won't go into all the fine print , give it a run in the usually sloppy , high wind driven wa conditions, you know how good the monk is as a tt , enough said

Puetz said...

Stevo J said...

You're not turning to the dark side ....You might never look at your twin tips again...!!

... oh how right you are Stevo,,,, I've turned to the darrrrrk side,,,, and loving it!

Good to hear Puetz I have a twin tip and a mutant but they've only gathered dust since I got on a surfboard! I grew up surfing though, so couldn't get on a board quick enough - and who says you can't booost on them!?

Yeah I've got a whole wall dedicated to your posts Eppo! Actually, I was surprised how easy that little quote was to find - just checked my posts in my profile, and there it was It was a fairly recent exchange too, so guess that helped. Enjoy the surfboard, you'll be shelving that mutant in no time

Stevo J said...
Yeah I've got a whole wall dedicated to your posts Eppo! Actually, I was surprised how easy that little quote was to find - just checked my posts in my profile, and there it was It was a fairly recent exchange too, so guess that helped. Enjoy the surfboard, you'll be shelving that mutant in no time

You could be right Steve, you may very well be right. Getting out today?