Hey my good sweeping friends, hows everyones stoke?
My stoke level has tipped the scales today
I went and sold my trusty, first love 11'2, went to the shop and bought myself the 9'8 x 30 TAC.
Took it straight to the beach and went for a paddle.
HOW STOKED AM I!? What a beautiful looking board.
Not much swell aound in Perth at all today but I managed to escape the dog eat dogs at Trigg Point and found myself a breaking wave at *cough cough*
I cant wait to get some Gopro footage but will have to warn everyone in advance that my smile is from ear to ear So if this offends you please look away or maybe go back to surfing the short board with the rest of them
Here are some photos I took after it got wet this morning... DJ style

For a moment there i thought you were going to say you bought yourself a vagina.

Neat ride BTW.

Daggers look good.........
Is the clear stuff deck grip or a protective coating?

Man sweet looking board, not a lot of rocker, will be fast, how does that swepted centre fin feel?

Great looking board. Stoked for you!


How you gonna grip it up?

Sweet we can compare woodies did I say that out loud???

Geeez I thought you had gone and had a haicut

Awesome looking board - I'm sure that you will have heaps of fun with it! I thought you were going to get an FCS plug put in for your GoPro?

In regards to the grip I dont actually mind it the way it is. But I do wanna grip half way. I personally like the soft feel plus it will protect the deck from dings and scratches
Does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking of getting black and brown grip, cutting it up to match the existing graphics on the deck.

That's a beautiful looking board. First ding may result in some heartbreak.

Mighty large swept back rear fin-might be worth while playing around with fins.

Very sweet looking board. Is it hollow inside? Have you weighed it? It would be a shame to cover that nice pattern up, I'd give the booties a try and see how you go with them - works well for me. Look forward to seeing one in the flesh.

sick stick greenie

TAC is by far the nicest looking production board ive seen

the missus is so keen on getting one

just gotta workout what size from the 2010 range will suit me....lol......

beautiful!

have you seen that spray on deck grip on youtube? might be the go with such workmanship.

happy paddles,

sal

Yeah still stoked everyone
The grip on it now is actually quite good. It feels smoother than last years. It almost looks like a fabric. The bonus is that with the wood construction it doesnt add weight like with the EVA.
I probably wouldnt just wack on any old grip. I was thinking of cutting out the same pattern and using the same colours. But I gotta hunt for something I like. The other reason why I wanted to grip it was to protect it from foot dents and dings.
TAC stands for The Artic Challenge. Theres a story behind it on the Starboard website.

Hey locos,
Thanks for the starboard link. What an eye opener!
They are basically saying that Greenroom's lovely new board doesn't actually need a deckgrip as the finish they put over the timber, called Startouch, is actually grippy (without being abrasive)?
And who would've thought someone would design a two piece board!!!!!! My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw that picture - undo 4 screws and you have two pieces for easy transport and storage! Love to hear a review on it ????? or have I had my head in the sand and missed that one? If the latter is the case, apologies, I am a bit of a sporadic visitor to the breeze!

cRAZY Canuk said...

What about clear deck grip? Some one posted a board that had it up the nose a while back I'll see if I have the link.

Edit - www.versatraction.com/product.aspx

I dont think they have clear deck grip?