Best Board You Ever Had?

5’10” Roberts Dreamcatcher in hydroflex/varial foam. I have ridden that borte in thigh hi to several feet OH. It has the best range of anything I’ve ever had. Strong, light and fun.

I tend to surf forward and heavy off my front foot (which I’m working on), but this board just works really well with me. Wide point and outline is really extended forwards, but the rails are nice and refined. 3 channels out the back for some extra horsepower. I love it.

 

Nah dude I agree. The speed dialer quads don't really feel anything like twin keels, they lack the drive and straight line speed.

But OTOH the dialers allow a looser feel and more vertical surfing than keels, and they're a much better match with the plane shape (curvier outline, slightly more rocker) than a set of Geppy's. Obviously some basic sacrifices were made to turn a fish into something a little more modern and high performance. I personally find it a good compromise and a cool little niche.

You're a shaper and I've never shaped in my life so you've got quite a bit more insight on stuff like this. Just my personal observations from riding keels since '77.

 

Campbell Brothers Russ Short 7'4". For some reason Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" is stuck in my head whenever I ride that board...just awesome.

 

Same here. Got a set from one of those shops that has the futures fin trial racks. They felt stiff and slow to me.

 

I don’t want to say it’s the same exact board, but a friend I’ve surfed with a few times has a stick that is very similar. I have to ask what the shape/ model is.

During the residual Maria swell I believe it was, he had it out and made more barrels than anyone else in the water.

 

Looks a lot like the planshapes that were popular in the 90's... pulled in noses and tails, glassed on fins, a bit of a hip in the tail rail line, pretty curvey through the middle. Michael Baron (Byrne) used to do a lot of those kinds of shapes.

 

A 9.0 Rockin Fig with a double bump swallow tail - turned like a short board, then run to the nose for the glide. Was actually built for big surf. Then I snapped it. Took a long time to put it back together, but since i did the rebuild in the winter the resin was challenging and the thing weighs 50 pounds! I surfed it again, but the magic was gone.

 

When I lived in FL, I used to want a Natural Art surfboard so bad!

 

When I lived in FL, I wanted a Holmsely Sidewinder.
Oh wait....I never lived in FL!!!

 

^^^Where is Bagus when we need him?

 

Dude that thing is sweet

http://www.thesurfboardproject.com/holmesy-sidewinder/

 

I did own one when I lived in PR. They only built 200 of them I believe.
Great nose rider!!

 

Aww, go screw a chink bimbo!!

 

o barry

 

I am here barry driving you nuts !!!!
o chavezy

 

That's what I call "heavy vee!" The vee, plus what looks like a bit of roll (making it a rolled vee) looks to be about 5/8". Some guys call vee that starts head of the wide point/midpoint "reverse vee." Very cool design, and very good for making a big board turn like a much shorter one.

 

All around board >>>Linden...cant remember size, maybe 6'0" in late 80's. Miss that dam board. Had beveled rails. Had shapers try to replicate it...never felt like the original. Not even close. Surfed it into the ground.

Best groverler, is in my avatar. Still have it. 5'4" fishcuit. She is turning a strong yellow/brown and has had the crap beat out...but still going strong....goes fast in ankle to waist.