Casso said...



Sam carrying the shortboard-esk Hokua 8'0":

Cool ya' get your arm around it.

Nice looking board.

you up for a paddle this afternoon on narra lake mate ?

What a hot board. I knew I was going to go to a shorter model just didn't think it would be so soon? my poor 9'3'" could be come redundent/////// the 8'10" looks like it was made for me,

Casso keeps all the best ones for the mag Matty

Hey Mini, that board was MADE for you mate

kanobe v ewok . I'd pay to see that!!

Mini said...

What a hot board. I knew I was going to go to a shorter model just didn't think it would be so soon? my poor 9'3'" could be come redundent/////// the 8'10" looks like it was made for me,

Mini, you should have a bash on the 8'0''.. Too much like hard work for me at a fraction over 80kg but it could be right up your alley.

In saying that though I did have a steamer on which has got to be worth a few kg as the water warms up and if I can stay strong and stick to the Naish Hokua 8 footer diet I might be in with a shot as at the moment if I stop paddling the 8'0" it does sink.

Seriously though I caught 2 waves on the 8.0 and it'd be worth some pain to have it as your regular paddler. The other option is to go the other way and follow the Dogman diet and bust on through 90 and make the 8'10 sink like an 8 footer. Probably more fun on the Dogman diet.

Sam.

WINDSURFnSNOW said...

Mini said...

What a hot board. I knew I was going to go to a shorter model just didn't think it would be so soon? my poor 9'3'" could be come redundent/////// the 8'10" looks like it was made for me,

Mini, you should have a bash on the 8'0''.. Too much like hard work for me at a fraction over 80kg but it could be right up your alley.

In saying that though I did have a steamer on which has got to be worth a few kg as the water warms up and if I can stay strong and stick to the Naish Hokua 8 footer diet I might be in with a shot as at the moment if I stop paddling the 8'0" it does sink.

Seriously though I caught 2 waves on the 8.0 and it'd be worth some pain to have it as your regular paddler. The other option is to go the other way and follow the Dogman diet and bust on through 90 and make the 8'10 sink like an 8 footer. Probably more fun on the Dogman diet.

Sam.

just sat down for lunch of half a pig

and switched on the breeze just to read this thread and check out the sweet pics

casso you should smash yourself up more often and take more pics of the boys

read this and then just decided to eat the other half a pig have 10 schooners and get back to work swinging off the trestles smashin my thumb and the odd nail in

throw buckets not tea spoons

later

sam nice surfin

that 8'0 board does look like hard work

but looks very lively under your feet

whats a bit of pain for a bit of gain

matty your a legend

dogman

In the video it looked a bit like it had the parking brake on. Never quite getting up and planing. Still looked pretty good though, especially for such small waves.

Sambo, Just noticed off that Vid that your standing too far forward also. I was doing this morning alsos then I conciously moved my back foot back onto the tail kick, and OMG came out! To board goes twice as loose, but still keeps the drive. Did every wave after. It looked like your foot was on the front of the tail pad, so heaps more love to be given.

Sweet vid, Casso.

Gotta love the 8'10"

JB

Ummm wow what a Sup kook that alex guy is.
i'm sure he has better balance with a kite straped to him though .

Fun morning but i don't think ill go near Matty again, that collision on vid was actually the second time he did that. Although i did manage to block the wopper with a nice carbon Kialoa. More specifically it was matts nice carbon kialoa.

Alex

WINDSURFnSNOW said...

Mini said...

What a hot board. I knew I was going to go to a shorter model just didn't think it would be so soon? my poor 9'3'" could be come redundent/////// the 8'10" looks like it was made for me,

Mini, you should have a bash on the 8'0''.. Too much like hard work for me at a fraction over 80kg but it could be right up your alley.

In saying that though I did have a steamer on which has got to be worth a few kg as the water warms up and if I can stay strong and stick to the Naish Hokua 8 footer diet I might be in with a shot as at the moment if I stop paddling the 8'0" it does sink.

Seriously though I caught 2 waves on the 8.0 and it'd be worth some pain to have it as your regular paddler. The other option is to go the other way and follow the Dogman diet and bust on through 90 and make the 8'10 sink like an 8 footer. Probably more fun on the Dogman diet.

Sam.

Ripping Sam, the 8"10 looks awesome. Unsure whether the 8"0 is too much like hard work.

Nice vid casso, cheers!