QLD
3809 posts
Looks great mate, when can we expect the report?
8266 posts
Love how it sits on the water, I mean like...sits on the water lol : D
That board could catch ripples...nice : )
NSW
3487 posts
Okay boys and girls, I'll try to answer all your questions.
I took her out to curly, not because it was any good, but because no one I know goes there and I hate the place. I just didn't want anyone talking to me while I'm trying to learn how to ride my first poly board in 5 years.
First up, she catches waves better than any poly board I can remember, but she's still not as good as the Munoz, but then, the Munoz is a freak.
SSD always have their newest logos off centre, but I asked for the top one to be in the centre as a reference point, and I asked for it to be 40 inched back from the nose, because that's about where my nose would be on the Munoz.
The surf was as full as a fat chicks undies and the banks were typical curly, there one second and gone the next, so it took almost 15 minutes for me to score a wave, but then, few others were getting any. It turned out to be one of only 3 half decent waves I got but the ride was short and I had to decide quickly what I was going to do.
The first decission was made for me, I had to generate some speed to make a section, so I shimmied forward, got some height and she accelerated, that went real well.
Because I already had the height, and a gutter was looming, I stuck it as far under the break as I could and ran up to the snoty bit. I probably had only half a second up there before the wave fell into the gutter, but it was enough to tel me that there was a bit of potential for the occasional bit of tip work.
Because I was missing so many, I got the chance to refine my paddling and found that I was able to move forward much further than I could on the Munoz. The Munoz is notorious for pearling, but I could not get this board to pearl on the day and I ended up with the SSD logo around my chest area as I paddled. That's probably a 12 inched further forward than I would normally paddle.
The next wave I was determined to try a few turns, no matter what it was like, and fortunately it had a bit wall to work off. I reached back a long way with my right foot, just like I always do, and rather than the slow gracefully arch, she snaps around like a cat that just had its tail trod on. I was able to recover in time and did a few more fun zigity zags off the tail, that made me quite happy.
The remaining few wave were just testing how far it would carry to the beach ( turned out to be all the way) and how it was at paddling across the face. In this regard it did not seem happy and continually pushed the rear towards the front, but I put a lot of that down to the really crap waves and possibly the big arsed fin I had on. It's a 10 inch dion dolphin.
All up, I'm happy so I'll now try my hardest to stay off the Munoz and only surf the yellow peril.
I think the shaper gave in to me on a few points, he made the tail harder and thinner than he would have liked and possibly made the majority of the rails lower than he wanted, but the rest of it was all his ideas. SSD can't machine shape a board this big, few people can, so it's kinda nice knowing it was all done by hand and I was able to talk direct to the man who did it.
NSW
14256 posts
nice looking stick ob - should be about perfect conditions for it this morning! Hope she goes well for ya!!
NSW
3487 posts
yep, took her out only this time at the home break with my mates and I put on a 9 inch fin with much less volume than the Dolphin.
I was happy yesterday but today I'm absolutely ecstatic.
The surf was still crap but I managed a better wave count than most of the others and my friends could see a difference in my riding. It screams out for you to X step and when I do have a go, it's much more stable than the other board.
My friends said they were impressed with a couple of backhand snaps in the shore break, followed by some short up front runs along the wall, but the thing that impressed me the most was the one and only drop I took on my backhand.
A good one came through and started to double up but I kept paddling and I was way too far into it when it rejoined. I hesitated, thinking that if I stopped paddling I would just roll down the back, but I had too much momentum and there were only 2 choices. Grow some stones, stand up and take the drop or stay prone and perform cunillingus on a girl called Sandy Bottom.
I enjoy a feed down at the Old Lazy Y beef BBQ as much as anyone, but I decided to give this one a miss and stood up to take my licks (no pun intended). She hit the trough without any sign of a nose dive and took off across the face like a Greyhound with a fire cracker shoved up its arse. It closed out after only a few metres, but it did enough to impress me.
Cross wave paddling seemed to be much better today.
NSW
7269 posts
Sounds like you're loving this board. The right fin can make a difference. I got a 10 inch pivot fin on mine and never thought of moving it or putting anything else on because it goes good with it. Definitely better for nose riding as its got more hold.
If you come across one try it out. The Munoz is a great board but I'd imagine this one would feel a lot less boaty.
NSW
2528 posts
Does that mean your not cruising the beaches with 2 boards on the roof?
NSW
3487 posts
^^^^ just one board for now craze.
If I put that 10.6 on the roof, I know I'll be tempted to use it, and that's what I want to avoid.
I initially though that I would never take this 10.2 out to the bommy when it's on, but now I'm thinking, mabe I should give it a try.
I heard today that this was a one off blank from farelly. He's always done the 10.4 it was made from, but never with this much tail lift.
I can't understand how they can change a rocker so quickly.
NSW
2528 posts
^ Going to be harder to stalk you around the beaches
NSW
3487 posts
Okay, by 9.30 my board was back in the bag and I was sucking down coffee with Seb and earplugs.
I'll be looking at around 7 this morning, but then it's off to the shops until 10.
. What fin have you got on it ?
and stealing a few.
when your talking Munoz doyou mean 12 or 10 ft 
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