I know which one you mean. That was a Rozo thruster from the 80's that was in my parents crawl space collecting dust and mold. I patched it up, rode it a few times, hated it, and sold it. Narrow nose, thick down rails, all of the width pushed back in the rear half of the board. I'm just not used to surfing that style board anymore. It did have a great 80's airbrush.
Mid 80's 5'10" T&C Quad with a wild/loud 80's paint job...was my fav...a skate board for waves...sold it...mistake. Early 90's 6'4" Glenn Minami BH thruster...above my level...but I had fun with it...gave it away...mistake. Mid 80's 6'4" Nectar thruster...another fav...traded it in for some pos I don't ever remember...mistake.
Never trade in your magic sticks, especially way back in the days. Boards were very difficult to duplicate. You need to surf those till they are beaten into submission.
Twin fin Swallow (WRV) was my first real board after a couple of beaters. I hit a growth spurt and hated given that thing up. Another favorite was a 7' Glenn Pang rounded pin. the rails on that board where perfect. My 6'4" I have now that I traveled with worked very well in steep hollow surf. Unfortunately it's love on the rocks with my current two boards for the EC. I am waiting on a new 6' board now that I hope will be a new favorite!!!
1984 Hot Stuff Kong Pro Model. Loved that board for the fast, racy ocmd waves. Got sponsored by ashton and sold it to some kid. Dumb move. Trying to find one online for years with no luck.
Since everyone's favorite board seems to be a 20 - 30 year old board; what does that say for today's shapes? Or is everyone trying to be all trendy and cool, mentioning old boards to try and sound like an OG?
And why, pray tell, do you think "mid length" boards are starting to be marketed as the best thing since sliced bread?? Reel them suckahs in!!!
I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, it has to do with the giant step my surfing took going from a single fin to a twin. If going from a twin or quad to a thruster would have done the same thing for my surfing, then THAT would have been my favorite board, because my surfing improved exponentially. My favorite board I'm riding today is a "modern" shortboard... basically a hybrid design between a groveler and hpsb. Not too wide and flat, and not too rockered out and thin. Somewhere in between. And yes... It's probably the best shortboard I've every built for myself.
If someone labels my board trendy I don't care. I's ride what I want. Rode a LB in the 80s and Noone appreciated it. I swear I took more crap than any other MFer in ocmd. Fun is fun
Word. I'm not disagreeing with barry. There definitely are trends and the industry reels in the suckers. But when it comes to guys who really surf. Not your summer guys. Not the guys that do it for a few years than quit. The guys who have made a lifestyle out of surfing, and I'm not talking the cliche beach bum guys....to those guys, every board is different. Every board has a purpose. A mid length is trendy so every one on a mid length is following a trend? That's idiotic. Most of us all have SBs, LBs, mid lengths, fun shapes, something retro, somthing like a grovler, ect. There's nothing trendy about that. It's just smart and fun. Different boards for different conditions AND moods. How can a board be trendy? It is just somthing that sounds weird to me. Like telling a guitarist acoustic is trendy. It just sounds absurd to me.
Trends are idiotic. Everything is a trend. On your guitar point..When Bob Dylan showed up at Newport Folk Festival, about 1965-66, with the new trend , electric guitars, the audience booed him all through out the performance. They did not like the new trend; he was supposed to play acoustic folk. Ultimately, he showed them......
Ahhh i love dylan. Saw him live a few years ago, man he is old and it shows. Had to see him anyway though since i wasn't alive in his prime. Your definitely right, there are trends. I'm just saying i don't get it when talking about surfboards.
I think he's more talking about what's being pushed at surf shops right now. To a degree he's right. And most are poor quality. I don't even get stoked going to ANY surf shop anymore, it's been years, they suck, and that includes The Longboard House and Catalyst, all terrible. I get stoked when I talk to a shaper though.
No one gives a **** aboot any of youse guys' boards. Go learn how to ride them instead of waxing poetic aboot them, eh. Stop touching them and rubbing your penile up against them. Hey, Barry, what's up cracker? What are you 80 now? How's The Price is Right been?
Hey Riley.....wuzup?? You forget to take your Zyprexa again?? That's okay....you will lose wait not taking it, and that diabetes just might clear up...... Right now, I am waiting for a swell to come in for tomorrow. Hope it happens, but in New England waters ya never know. Even SI gets it wrong often times. Oh, wait!! Am I allowed to say that?? Should I be talking like that?? Will I get punished by Comrade Mods???? Taken up to Mt. Washington and crucified???
Even Swellinfo.com gets it wrong? Get out.....Meechu Skloot has formulas for this stuff. Barry were you cracking all that juice in September and October? Not a bad run. Diabetes? Nah, I just have a Substance Use Disorder, and accompanying mental problems. Going to Ancora someday. You can Google "Ancora..Winslow Township, NJ." Cool, cool Barry - feathers never get ruffled. What? Don't you take discourse on a surf predictin' website seriously? Man, this is life and death here. END THE BAN ON SELDOM SEEN.
