smh said...

Great bunch of boards you have there. Must be a bit of a dilema choosing what to ride. I really like that egg and the CI gun looks really nice.

It's actually not that hard to decide. You always have your current favorites, or current projects (toying with fins in 1 board).

But the decisions are easy;
- small waves, grab a malibu, any of them really, and there are spares to mix it up, keep it fun
- medium waves, depending on the style of waves, select from the shortboards, fun boards, and mid-length performance boards, depending on how you are felling.
- big waves, choose from the guns.
- really big waves, Merrick Gun.

I could easily sell 3 or 5, but I still like them enough to not sell.
(my wife used to earn quite respectable money, and there isn't too much wrong with my earning capacity.... sure there is roughly $15k of boards there, but compare that to what we all spend on home repayments, interest, rent, food, petrol, car depreciation, beer, kids, family, mistresses, tax, etc,... well $15k represents only a small portion of that!).

asea said...

Simondo we wanted to see your quiver not the whole board stock in the shop.F... you've got some.

I knew he had a few, but 20!! I thought I was a board pig, I had nine at one time

Doggie,
The rest of the boards will get on here slowly !!
Take a close look at the light green one. That's the 6'6 single that you might want.... What's your weight?
Simo

Hey guys, some nice boards !

Simondo, that 9'0 Gun looks the goods.....wow. I'm chasing a gun right now.

Thought I'd share my current quiver. A mix of SUP and Surfboards of which I've been selling off some some SUP's and the DC 16 and 12' Laird are still on 'breeze for sale leaving me with 4 SUP's......which I might still sell the Naish 17'.

I'm very much tuned into epoxy now (shock horror to some) but they work, are light, easy on the back leg on hold downs and easy to repair and have better re-sale than poly IMO.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfanimals/sets/72157594509051959/

Rather than clog everything up, here's a link above to the boards consisting of;

Naish 'Nalu' SUP
11'6 x 29 3/4 x 5 1/2

Pearson Arrow 'Laird' SUP
14' x 30 5/8 x 5 1/4

Naish 'Glide' SUP
17' x 26 3/4 x 5 3/4

Surftech Ron House 'Laird' SUP
12'1 x 31

Dale Chapman 'DC' Carbon SUP
16' x 28

Angulo 'Shaka' SUP
14' x 30' x 5 1/2

NSP 'Cruiser' Longboard
11'0 x 25 3/4 x 4 1/16

Walden 'Magic Model' Longboard
10'0 x 23 1/2 x 3 1/4

7S 'Super Fish XL'
8'0 x 23 1/8 x 3 1/4

Al Merrick 'M13' Semi Gun
8'0 x 22 x 2 7/8

.....and the hundreds that have come and gone over the years dating back to about 1992.

www.flickr.com/photos/surfanimals/sets/72157594578541701/

It's always changing and there's not many I haven't owned at some point.

dotcomdotau said...

Not into the sups myself mate but nice boards all the same ... you've got it bad eh!!
Nice post BTW.

I hear ya'. Nor was I until not long ago.

Flat water Sup is fun. No place in the surf IMO.

I doubt you'd see a wider variety of longboards then what's in my old board archive though.

Sups slowly going.

Next in my agenda is an 8'6 Carver, 9'0 MC Big Guy Gun and a 9'6 Redine or 66 to compliment the 4 'surf' boards I've got now.

Go get a Bundy up ya MAC

Chris,
How many boards do think you have owned?
What did you do with the snapped ones?
I snapped a McT Original after years of good abuse. Paid $250 for a semi dodge repair (rejoin) and now I just want to sell it for $250.
Simon

SurfAnimals,
You can't go wrong with the McTavish G2 Gun either. Don't be scared, go for a 9'6.
Simondo

I hear you Mac! Some of my best surfs have been 1 foot days. Everyone stays at home.... But if you know your spots, and tides, you can get lucky with some thigh high sets, and really long rides.... Leaves you buzzing for small waves !

I tell you, long perfect, and uncrowded waves leave me very happy these days. Flip side of that coin... when it's too big for some of the crew, and I paddle out on the 9'0 Merrick Gun, and drop into a couple of bombs.... that's a different sort of reward.

Happy Days !!

The after thoughts.... (typical)

Small Long Waves - soooo much fun
Extra Large Waves - glad I survived, and managed to pick off two or three bombs....

Wave count per typical session would often be 15:3, in favour of the small days....

McTavish G2 Gun
8'6 x 21+ x 3. A weapon for hunting down big lumps of water!

CMC from here sent me those blue FCS GXQ fins. It came with Black GXQ's which are being utilised in the yellow McTavish. I used the bigger Carbon Merrick's today. They went great too. I think the smaller fin is the go though. It releases slightly better, going rail to rail. You draw out your turns off the rails... But you can draw quite tight snappy turns, especially with the smaller fins that release quickly. The reasonable amount of tail rocker allows for the tighter turns. Rock back onto the rounded pin "v", and it turns really well for its size!

An open face machine. By the way, this is not for sale! You can order them through McT in Byron. 02 6685 6736

(SurfAnimals - beats the hell out of me why you would move so many boards on.... you must have only ridden some of them a few times, and some of them not at all!?)

That's exactly why I am smiling !!

cRAZY Canuk said...

Simondo said...

That's exactly why I am smiling !!

^ is that wax I see on your lips

Sex wax

Simondo said...

Purple Sex Wax, with a base coat of Mrs Pamlers and her 5 daughters.

Would have never picked you for a biwaxer

Hahaha,just received an email the newie will be on the goldie 11 this Saturday