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Mutant:


Mod 80's:

 

Rails on the Mod 80s are med-full...not as thick as rails were in the 1980s, but definitely not pinched/down rails at all. Yeah, the mod 80s is the daily and the Mutant is for the lowest size waves I'd ever want to bother with.

I understand where you're coming from...and I'm becoming that way, myself. Fact is, I was really happy with my V2 Stub in just about anything up to head high (plenty of rocker for steep bowls, but paddled and groveled surprisingly well in crap, too), but I felt I should sell it while it's still sellable. I got a feeling the Mod 80s will be similar (with more upper range), but I still have a bit of fascination with fishy shapes and the Mutant just spoke to me.

 

skateboard...one of the fastest boards I've ever ridden. Rode it as a quad, but want to try it with my T1 twins and a shark tooth trailer.

Not the groveliest or most stable board I've ever had, but it'll definitely pull some rad maneuvers in sub-par waves. It's very thin and narrow for a "groveler", so I think I might have to get used to it before the final verdict.

What size did you get for your weight?

 

that's pretty much what I got...they just added an inch of length and 1/8" to the width, which I doubt makes any perceptual difference from stock.

In hindsight, I could have gotten the 5'10 or had them add 1/8" thickness to mine for float in even mushier sections...but it's all a compromise. I can't imagine even an advanced rider at our weight riding anything smaller than a 5'8" in this shape.

One thing that bugs me is the leash-plug is so far up on the stringer, I had to do major surgery on my fish traction just to get it in a functional position. Still could be better, so I'm going to have to peel it off and do more surgery.

 

that's exactly why I got it: to go vert in jacked-up little windswells...conditions most flat-nosed grovelers would pearl in.

This board also has a McKee-style quad placement (trailers closer to the stringer), so it has some vert ability of a tri while keeping some of the glide of a quad. Not quite as smooth as a standard HPSB tri goes vert, but I've gone straight up on the Mutant, so I know it's easy. Just be sure to use smaller double-foiled trailers on this, as I've heard the flat-sided trailers actually lower performance on McKee setups.