Had a few paddles on the new 10 6 gun that replaced my 12er.

Lighter, less stable, turns better, still really good glide and very fast on a wave.

Felt really secure on the larger sets I caught but the waves were too small for it to really shine. The board does nice carving turns like the 12er but much less board which is a good thing.

Not an all rounder like the 12er for me at 105kg, for lighter guys it might be.

Felt excellent in the steeper parts of the wave will tube ride really well.

Pixie nose may look strange but really works in late drops, saved me a couple of times.

Ran it as a quad but preferred the larger centre with side bites.

Scorpion tat design for the grip.

Good dedicated big wave board for me

Nice !

I thought the board was at the snow at first !! Then I realised it was very white sand !!

now thats an idea!!!! stand up paddle snowboarding!!!!

Did you sell the 12er?, whats you quiver look like now hilly, or are you to scared to list all the boards?

I am slowly building a quiver up as well and ordered my 2nd board last week, hopefully it arrives this week. Now I am looking at 14' downwinders....

Great looking board Hilly.. I like what you did with the deck grip.

DJ

Interesting point about the nose, I looked at two 9'11's in my local shop the other day and the dealer pointed out how different the noses were i.e. the amount of flick they had. One seemed to kick up to around the 45 deg mark and the other was only about 2/3 of that. They also had different tails, one was a swallow and the other was a diamond.

Is that a bit of damage in the scoop of the nose on your board already Hilly?

Sit down man would have a major problem with that nose

So is it a substitute for nose left/rocker.
Just seams to be a very sudden alteration at the last minute so to speak.
With all the design R&D in the surfboard industry over many years,I have never
seen anything like it,has anyone else

surf4fun said...

Is that a bit of damage in the scoop of the nose on your board already Hilly?

Not yet

62mac said...

So is it a substitute for nose left/rocker.
Just seams to be a very sudden alteration at the last minute so to speak.
With all the design R&D in the surfboard industry over many years,I have never
seen anything like it,has anyone else

na, not that radical. i thought the boards were busted first up. i had this urge to try and snap it off and then get a repairer to fix it without the "bent piece". it works and i'm not noticing the look of it much anymore. i have sometimes had issues nose diving on re entries coming back down in the steeps, so any thing that might help is good
cheers

laceys lane said...

62mac said...

So is it a substitute for nose left/rocker.
Just seams to be a very sudden alteration at the last minute so to speak.
With all the design R&D in the surfboard industry over many years,I have never
seen anything like it,has anyone else

i have sometimes had issues nose diving on re entries coming back down in the steeps, so any thing that might help is good
cheers

Poor technique sorry couldn't help myself

62mac said...

laceys lane said...

62mac said...

So is it a substitute for nose left/rocker.
Just seams to be a very sudden alteration at the last minute so to speak.
With all the design R&D in the surfboard industry over many years,I have never
seen anything like it,has anyone else

i have sometimes had issues nose diving on re entries coming back down in the steeps, so any thing that might help is good
cheers

Poor technique sorry couldn't help myself

normally happens when those pesky fins get air out the back of the wave lip boom boom

62mac said...

So is it a substitute for nose left/rocker.
Just seams to be a very sudden alteration at the last minute so to speak.
With all the design R&D in the surfboard industry over many years,I have never
seen anything like it,has anyone else

Yep I had a short board in the mid ninetys like it I think it may have been a NEV....those dam ninteys so sos long agao I cant remember..

Hey guys,
in regards to the turned up nose on the psh boards
ive got a 8/6 wide ripper
it loves sucky drops and critical sections
had it in some good size hollow waves, it turned so hard off the bottom
and never felt like nose diving once , no matter how hard you hit a section
the flater rocker helps catch waves then by turning up the nose it loves hollow waves
must admit at first sight i thought it looked a bit weird !
but now i cant get enough of riding it in all conditions
cheers bournda