Hi all, my first post in this forum so please be gentle. I am thinking of adding a 10 ft Modern Longboard Old Skool Model( www.mwrc.net/?status=unconfigured ) to the quiver, wondering if anyone has had one. Want to hear the positives and negatives of this board please. I am an experienced longboarder and want to update my 30 year old 10ft Shaun Dunn Mal which is going to be retired to the wall. I tend to mix it up when I surf between old and new school and want to improve my nose riding. Thanks in advance.

My Quiver:
9'4 Ocean Blue, thruster set up.
9'6 Mctavish fireball set up as a single (keel fin, love it)
10ft Shaun Dunn retired
10ft Mctavish Sup
12ft Starboard Sup

Thanks Mac, I would like one but I have the chance to get this board at a good price. I really wanted a second hand 10 footer for around S650 but hard to find a good one. I can get this one for under a $1000 new and think it might be worth going into a bit of debt. I am a keen McTavish fan though for sure.

sepirott said...

Thanks Mac, I would like one but I have the chance to get this board at a good price. I really wanted a second hand 10 footer for around S650 but hard to find a good one. I can get this one for under a $1000 new and think it might be worth going into a bit of debt. I am a keen McTavish fan though for sure.

astro are about a 1000 custom,heavy glass,tinted ant triple cedar stringer

Yes Chrispy I was a bit anxious about an slx contstruction, I will check out the astro boards.

Well done proud dad,did you wet his little foreheadI bet you did

WOOOOOO HOOOOOO well done. congrats mate

Welcome Sepirott - I have ridden the 9'6 and 10'0 Old Skools heaps at Noosa and on the Goldy points. These are dedicated performance nose-riders. Had a ball on them - lightweight (being SLX Epoxy), easy to paddle and turn yet stable cos they are very wide (24 1/4" for the 10ft) and have a flat rocker.
I am 70kgs so the lighter boards help me turn it easier and maintain momentum etc.
I would personally like to have just a fraction more nose lift to avoid catching it on late take-offs, but that's probably due to me riding it thinking I'm still on something shorter!
As for longevity - these are glassed to perform now, not to last 30 years like your Shaun Dunn board. If you want that then go for a volan or minimum 6x6x6 glass job with triple stringer. Boards like the Redline, trad Astro's & Tolhursts & Bennetts, Laguna Bay Fliptail, etc will fit the bill but will of course be heavier. Hope that helps. PS The price is good cos they have a new model out.
Disclosure: we sell and love most of the above mentioned boards - Mark

sepirott said...

Thanks Mac, I would like one but I have the chance to get this board at a good price. I really wanted a second hand 10 footer for around S650 but hard to find a good one. I can get this one for under a $1000 new and think it might be worth going into a bit of debt. I am a keen McTavish fan though for sure.

If you are in Port Stephens go and have a talk to Mick Byrnes at the Surf Factory.

sepirott said...

Thanks guys for the good wishes. Board Culture I have been in your shop over the years when I visited home. I grew up on the Goldie at Surf Street in Mermaid until I went in the Military and finally settled in Port Stephens. I think I bought a McCoy Nugget there in the early nineties. I am heading to the Coast to see the family at Xmas so I will drop in. I hear what you are saying about the SLX and I would love a McT redline or noosa 66 but to dear for me new. You don't have any decent second hand 10ft's do you. Will I get in trouble for asking on this forum? I am 108kgs and I am not a real fan of the 50/50 rails as I find them hard on the groin at times ,old footy injury, but I probably do try to surf them to much like a shorty at times....

Hey mate I have a redline 4 sale have sent you a PM

Modern Old School rocks heaps.

But;

for me, New School Shapes with Old School Tints are THE GO!!

Yes, the terminology is easily confused within text!

Because you could also do Old School Shapes with modern tints.

The Redline is smack in the middle.... A little Old School up front, and a little New School up the back. And the sky is the limit on Tint & Art Options!

Don't forget, anyone can order a Fireball, or EvoII Fireball, and tint it up any which way. All I'm saying is steer away from the "Spray Paint" options, and take up the Tint Option. Tint is usually slighty dearer, but worth every cent.

Simondo said...
Tint is usually slighty dearer, but worth every cent.

I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Sepirott - the guy I brought my log off had 8 of them (now 7)and he is getting rid of a few more as he needs some space. I paid a lot less than $1k so if you are interested PM me and I will forward you his details. Not sure if he has what you are after but you never know. He is based in Bondi but has family on the Central Coast so he dropped mine up for me - which is not too far from you.

Thanks all, board sourced and bought. Will arrive next Wednesday. Thanks Boof for the McT Redline. Bummer it's a xmas pressie so I have to wait till then before I use it........unless........no........I can't .........can I?

Thanks for the trouble Ted, I will bore you all with some pics in the future.

Sweet

Doggie


Chrispy


Just cool stuff

yes mate its tucked away so asea doesn't steal it,I'm giving it a rest atm tho.
Too much logging can upset the balance for my other boards