Sick of waiting for a Kwad here's the Hokua

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towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
15 Oct 2011 11:32am
Waited for a Kwad since march got a hundred different stories , don't know whats going on in the JL camp but they lost me . Tried 9'5 Hokua last week and that was it , did a deal with the boys from Mount Surf Shop , I'm sure they need some sales not good when you have a major oil spill on your Coast




Thought I would post this before gizzie started howling he's making noises about getting one to.
First Naish I'm sure DJ will be impressed
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
15 Oct 2011 11:39am
Nice one Teebs
DavidJohn
DavidJohn
VIC
17570 posts
VIC, 17570 posts
15 Oct 2011 2:50pm
towball said...

First Naish I'm sure DJ will be impressed



Congrats..

DJ
GizzieNZ
GizzieNZ
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4103 posts
15 Oct 2011 12:17pm
Towball said "Thought I would post this before gizzie started howling he's making noises about getting one to.
First Naish I'm sure DJ will be impressed "

Yes I did try one too & was equally impressed.....much stabler than your average 135 litre board & yet still fun & frisky to ride
Will save my pennies & see if a second hand one pops up perhaps.....although still want a 12' Laird Pearson (funny how we always want another board lol)
chrispychru
chrispychru
QLD
7932 posts
QLD, 7932 posts
15 Oct 2011 2:55pm
got to love the smell off new toys. onya tow have a ball mate
towball
towball
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4634 posts
15 Oct 2011 12:57pm
Hows the head chrispy
chrispychru said...

got to love the smell off new toys. onya tow have a ball mate


chrispychru
chrispychru
QLD
7932 posts
QLD, 7932 posts
15 Oct 2011 3:05pm
mate im not great,wog not grog looking forward to some water pics with your new mistress
towball
towball
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4634 posts
15 Oct 2011 1:10pm
You have to talk to gizzie may be he'll shoot some in the morning
chrispychru said...

mate im not great,wog not grog looking forward to some water pics with your new mistress


GizzieNZ
GizzieNZ
4103 posts
4103 posts
16 Oct 2011 8:04am
Here he is at the point this morning....probably too far away to get much detail unless you can zoom in.....but it was the best of my photo efforts (too busy catching waves)

GizzieNZ
GizzieNZ
4103 posts
4103 posts
16 Oct 2011 12:30pm
He was actually very late for a person with a new board.....here he is arriving about an hour after he should have lol

towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
16 Oct 2011 12:46pm
May be I've had too meany but thats coming to an end said to wife I was down to 3 SUPs , but all she could say was she can still count 6 boards on the rack in the garage , just can't please some people gee I sold my boat.
standupper
standupper
387 posts
387 posts
16 Oct 2011 1:18pm
If you keep them long enough you can call it a "classic surf collection" which I'm sure will appreciate in value some day??
Bummer about the JL Qwad but the Hokua looks great.
towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
16 Oct 2011 1:47pm
Hi Andrew very happy with Hokua it's pretty loose as a Thruster havn't tried as Quad yet
standupper said...

If you keep them long enough you can call it a "classic surf collection" which I'm sure will appreciate in value some day??
Bummer about the JL Qwad but the Hokua looks great.


puppetonastring
puppetonastring
WA
3619 posts
WA, 3619 posts
16 Oct 2011 4:52pm
There was a bit of reorganisation of the JL supply chain over winter.
All sorted now.
Aust distributor is Kracka Surf if you are looking for a local retailer.
Kite Surf SUP (woodys & scarbs) has them in stock; & on demo; in WA.
windup
windup
NSW
204 posts
NSW, 204 posts
16 Oct 2011 8:20pm
Waiting for my 9'5" hope to have it by the end of the week.
Hi Towball how much do you weigh?
warwickl
warwickl
NSW
2360 posts
NSW, 2360 posts
16 Oct 2011 8:52pm
I have had Wayne (new JL Guy Redhead Newcastle) lend me a SUP and he seems to be the one to help u go to him direct and I doubt if u will be disapointed.
towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
17 Oct 2011 3:37am
99kg don't tell any one
windup said...

Waiting for my 9'5" hope to have it by the end of the week.
Hi Towball how much do you weigh?


chrispychru
chrispychru
QLD
7932 posts
QLD, 7932 posts
17 Oct 2011 8:29am
towball said...

99kg don't tell any one
windup said...

Waiting for my 9'5" hope to have it by the end of the week.
Hi Towball how much do you weigh?





his balls are 90 kg off that weight the secret is out now tb
towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
17 Oct 2011 6:45am
chrispychru said...

towball said...

99kg don't tell any one
windup said...

Waiting for my 9'5" hope to have it by the end of the week.
Hi Towball how much do you weigh?





his balls are 90 kg off that weight the secret is out now tb


Funnsurfn
Funnsurfn
NSW
310 posts
NSW, 310 posts
17 Oct 2011 3:20pm
Kwads both 9'1 and 8'7 at Supgear Australia, Terry Hills. Super fun boards.
warwickl
warwickl
NSW
2360 posts
NSW, 2360 posts
18 Oct 2011 8:41am
Funnsurfn said...

Kwads both 9'1 and 8'7 at Supgear Australia, Terry Hills. Super fun boards.


+1 A friend and myself have both had excellent service from Linda and Steve at Supgear Terry Hills. I know they have JL Kwads in store
towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
18 Oct 2011 6:29am
Hi Guys don't doubt that those people are very good & they have stock , but I live in NZ my problem I know when you order somthing & get told it's three months away then keep being told they will be here soon , then we get eight months down the track to find it's not even been ordered . In this time they have dispatched one distributor in Austraila and stocked another one and I'm told there is production problems? Give me a break . So I'm sure the new distributors in Austraila and the old one for that matter are doing a great job , the same can not be said NZ
warwickl said...

Funnsurfn said...

Kwads both 9'1 and 8'7 at Supgear Australia, Terry Hills. Super fun boards.


+1 A friend and myself have both had excellent service from Linda and Steve at Supgear Terry Hills. I know they have JL Kwads in store


stoddart
stoddart
NSW
7 posts
NSW, 7 posts
18 Oct 2011 5:54pm
Hey Towball, that suck's about your wows and a loss to the JL camp. I've passed the NZ concerns to Jimmy. Hopefully he can sort this out. i know there are no problems at the factory, the quality is only getting better. Regards Wayne @ Kracka
simonp
simonp
215 posts
215 posts
19 Oct 2011 7:13am
I'm riding the 9' Hokua, it looks exactly the same shape as the 9'5 to me. Sweet allround board and a good balance between stability and shortboard surfability.
It is gutting though to have most of our local beaches closed from the oil spill from that frigging container ship wrecked on the Astrolabe reef.
towball
towball
4634 posts
4634 posts
19 Oct 2011 9:46am
You guys are welcome down here had a couple of yous out at the point on Sunday
simonp said...

I'm riding the 9' Hokua, it looks exactly the same shape as the 9'5 to me. Sweet allround board and a good balance between stability and shortboard surfability.
It is gutting though to have most of our local beaches closed from the oil spill from that frigging container ship wrecked on the Astrolabe reef.


standupper
standupper
387 posts
387 posts
19 Oct 2011 3:56pm
simonp said...

I'm riding the 9' Hokua, it looks exactly the same shape as the 9'5 to me. Sweet allround board and a good balance between stability and shortboard surfability.
It is gutting though to have most of our local beaches closed from the oil spill from that frigging container ship wrecked on the Astrolabe reef.


I feel really sorry for you guys. Its a real tragedy. Hope you get the beaches back faster than we did in Christchurch.
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