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Shearwater friday

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Created by md74 > 9 months ago, 14 Jul 2011
Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
17 Jul 2011 11:43PM
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if u grab a ruler and lay it on the tail, the 2010 & 2011 seems to have more rocker in the far end of the tail than other freestyle boards i've looked at, but less rocker up front. maybe that's its reason for it's very soft ride in chop?

for it's size i don't think i've ridden anything more soft and forgiving than the JP 2010 & 2011 FS in chop, but i don't think the SFT would be much harder ride than a typical JP FSW

KenHo
NSW, 1353 posts
18 Jul 2011 7:21AM
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Haircut said...

yeah, personally for me it is a harder ride

i wonder if there is a difference between the fs wood u got and fs carbon kevlar i got? weight wise the boards were similar




Dunno.
Mostly I didn't notice it, except for the one time I took it to Currumbin on a northerly. Just jarred the teeth out of me. Maybe it was just a rough day.
I didn't notice the SFT as rough on Maui which was pretty choppy. Maybe different conditions and different expectations produce different results.
The FS is gone now anyway, traded away on the SFT.



swoosh
QLD, 1929 posts
18 Jul 2011 9:35AM
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I don't think chop performance is really high on the list for the single thruster, it's a pretty unexciting board in flat water, afterall its really meant to be sailed in waves.

What's your lightwind board now you don't have the FS?

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
18 Jul 2011 12:02PM
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qldnacra said...

Man this sport has got me by the nuts i think i might be obsessed. I can't stop buying stuff and it's keeping me very poor at the moment but i don't think about the money when i'm on the water so it must be money well spent. You only live once right, so you may as well make it fun.


Does this mean I'm not the new kid any more?

Also: What the hell is a single fin thruster? Seems like a nomenclature to me.

md74
QLD, 1064 posts
18 Jul 2011 12:10PM
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for what its worth, I run the 2011 99l SFT, I weigh in at a svelte 95kg and a petite 188cm


Love this board

fast on flat, chase me next time Im out and see

great in chop

jumps sweet as bro

turns incredible, so much more like a surfboard.

My 1 board wonder

Single fin thruster refers you can sail it as a single fin, or a thruster.

qldnacra
QLD, 455 posts
18 Jul 2011 12:22PM
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Hey HC i think the lighter colour weave you see in the deck is the kevlar because they are a carbon/kevlar construction from what i understand. Maybe someone who knows a bit more will know for sure but that's what i assumed kevlar being a yellowish colour. My All Ride pro also has the same looking deck under the graphics and it's carbon/kelvar as well.
evlPanda everyone seems to be calling them a single FIN thruster but i thought they were just called a single thruster being the description of the 2 ways the board can be set up. If you've been sailing more than 4 1/2 months then no your not the new kid on the block anymore i'm the new wood duck you see out on the water trying to look like he knows what he is doing.
And where the f**k is my tax return ranga, i'm hangin to go pick up my board, man this is frustrating quick to take it slow to return it.



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