Best Glass Off the Rack

Discussion in 'Surfboards and Surfboard Design' started by TablaDeMessage, Oct 21, 2014.

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  1. Oct 21, 2014 #1
    TablaDeMessage

    TablaDeMessage Member

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    Oct 21, 2014
    Rode a ...sub-scorcher all last week. Boards been wet maybe 10 times. Scraped wax off tonight and this thing looks like a Titleist. Had one custom board made in my life, a CI with the highest end glass job and the thing was a tank.

    Also not dumping on Lost...had 2 older rockets that held up well for years. CI stock glass is terrible. Chemistry is terrible. But all the boards worked.

    Who's got the strongest stock glass???
     
    TablaDeMessage, Oct 21, 2014
    TablaDeMessage, Oct 21, 2014
  3. Oct 21, 2014 #2
    Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, the answer is firewire. Hate or not, years of use on several boards and not a mark. And this from a heavy footed board destroyer like me.
     
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  5. Oct 21, 2014 #3
    Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

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    If not firewire, far and away the most beautiful glass jobs, at least visually, were Mayo boards. So pretty you don't want to wax them.
     
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  6. Oct 21, 2014 #4
    AndrewIfallalot

    AndrewIfallalot Well-Known Member

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    Stretch

    And if you can get them off the rack, Coil
     
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  7. Oct 21, 2014 #5
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    Coil
     
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  8. Oct 21, 2014 #6
    nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

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    Roy Stuart
     
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  9. Oct 21, 2014 #7
    yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

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    I have a 6'7 'Sunshine House' shaped by Claude Codgen, bot new in OCMD back in the day. Gorgeous board & the craftsmanship is superb. Not saying better than anyone's glassing. Just that old one-off craftsmanship, so cool.
     
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  10. Oct 21, 2014 #8
    yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

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    New Zealand is burning
     
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  11. Oct 21, 2014 #9
    pkovo

    pkovo Well-Known Member

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    Jun 7, 2010
    My coils have held up incredibly well, and I'm in the 200 lb plus bracket.

    The one and only CI I ever bought had the worst glass job Of any board I've owned. Surfed really well before it fell apart though.
     
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    pkovo, Oct 21, 2014
  12. Oct 21, 2014 #10
    njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

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    Nov 9, 2009
    if you're talking poly, moonlight is the way to go.
    my moonlight glassed campbell octafish was OTR & is holding up amazingly well, despite me exploding the rails on 2 consecutive sessions. deck is nearly pristine after almost 18 months of fairly heavy use as my daily driver. even the rail dings could've been worse, & prob. would have been, had any other glass house done the job.
     
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  13. Oct 21, 2014 #11
    TablaDeMessage

    TablaDeMessage Member

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    Oct 21, 2014
    Thanks for the responses.

    Firewires are cool and the timbertek definitely looks sweet but they just don't feel like real surfboards. Like when water splashes up against the board and it sounds like you're cuttin' through slop in an 18' Boston Whaler lookin for striper.

    Also, Roy, if you're out there, I'm looking for a cord of dry, seasoned firewood. Let me know if you have any old sticks that can be put to proper use.
     
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  14. Oct 21, 2014 #12
    TablaDeMessage

    TablaDeMessage Member

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    Oct 21, 2014
    those Campbell bonzers are rather sickly....thanks
     
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  15. Oct 21, 2014 #13
    yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

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    Not bad for a third post, TDM, not bad at all. Someone's been lurking in the shadows on SI Forum...
     
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  16. Oct 21, 2014 #14
    live4truth

    live4truth Well-Known Member

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    Feb 9, 2007
    "S" glass...6/4 lam...should hold up pretty well. However, I'll forever be a warp glass fan...4/4 with a hybrid resin or epoxy.
     
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  17. Oct 21, 2014 #15
    njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

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    yes, absolutely. nice & light, too. all my custom boards are 6/4 decks w/ one of those being "S" glass. only way to go, IMO, if you're ordering a custom poly.
     
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  18. Oct 21, 2014 #16
    TablaDeMessage

    TablaDeMessage Member

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    Oct 21, 2014
    so you walk into your kewl local shop, you know, the shop with the extensive collection of boardshorts and bikinis. the shop that plays kewl reggae music. if they're really core, maybe some Gregory issacs or black uhuru. The shop with the kewl quiksilver and billabong points of purchase. maybe they even have some burton tablas de nieve.

    the shop that you walk in and you know you're killing surfing with every purchase but you have to go there because you can fondle all the boards and rub your fingers through the awesome ripcurl merino f-bomb wool.

    they got lost, CI, WRV, Roberts....all the "top" PU brands.

    this is my question--which one is gonna hold up the longest?
     
    TablaDeMessage, Oct 21, 2014
    TablaDeMessage, Oct 21, 2014
  19. Oct 21, 2014 #17
    yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

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    TDM.....What are you, a detective? Enough already. Start a poll. Who cares how long the board lasts. If it lasts 6 months & you surf the shiiiite out of it & it's the best board you ever had that's what matters.

    Sounds like you're on a budget with your savings from cutting all those lawns this summer & are afraid to buy the 'wrong' board.
     
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    yankee, Oct 21, 2014
  20. Oct 21, 2014 #18
    DawnPatrol321

    DawnPatrol321 Well-Known Member

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    After going through two different shapers, Mike Daniel and Greg Geiselman I will probably never buy off the rack from a shop EVER again.
     
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  21. Oct 21, 2014 #19
    Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

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    Lol, that sound is true of firewires but you learn to love it over time.
     
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  22. Oct 21, 2014 #20
    TablaDeMessage

    TablaDeMessage Member

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    Oct 21, 2014
    First off, Mr. Yankee, I hope you're located above Richmond, VA because that is my personal Mason-Dixon line. if you're south of Richmond, well, Mr. Yankee, you're actually not a yankee: you're str8 Dixie, bruh.

    I'm pretty good with the dependent clauses, huh.

    Yes. I'm on a budget. Shame me. I don't enjoy spending $600 on surfboards when I have a kid and a wife. My bad, Dixie.

    It's not even about the boards lasting long. It's just ugly as he77 when a surfboard has the stringer sticking out and the rest of the board is concave. That disgusts me. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of buying kewl Lost surfboards and then having them look like shet. Yes, frankly, it annoys me.
     
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    TablaDeMessage, Oct 21, 2014
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