anyone know how these ride? i am looking to get a new board for summer, and was wondering what board to get, i was wanting to get a custom one.
Mike Daniels is a awesome shaper and with his vac bag tech the flex is very noticeable apparently, never ridden one, but have never heard a bad thing, and he is a really awesome guy. great craftsman.
Nothing short of awesome. Getting my 5th shaped now. Turnaround time is up to 10 weeks now though... email Mike@coilsurf.com. There's a thread on Swaylocks dedicated to Coils thats up to 350+ pages now (Coil Ride Report) with nary a negative word about them. My oldest one is 3 years and looks as white as when I got it.
Buddy has one (a wider wider board--small wave performance groveler)...rode it and really enjoyed it. My friend is incredibly heavy footed and really abuses decks (regardless of glassing schedule)...has really held up over the last few months not even a dent. Foil is definitely unique to a traditional board...but overall design and glassing is definitely a step above most "tech" boards. Wish I could be a fly on the wall when they're glassing those things...
I can't speak to Coil, but I have a vac-tech epoxy custom from Jon Ashton (OC, MD) that I just got in Feb and it is pretty sweet. Not a ding or dent yet and I have whacked it pretty good during transport and in the water a few times. It's my first epoxy and I was worried it would be too corky, but I'm loving it so far.
I have a 5'11 coil m80 and I'm 6'0 190 and I love mine. Its awesome. Def feels like the right size. I bought a 5'10 of the same board for the summer but haven't ridden it yet. They carry these boards in stock at the pit in nags head nc. Great guy that runs the shop there. Then you wouldn't have to wait 10 weeks.
I wanted it for the summer but it seems like if I order it now I won't get it till aug... But they sound like great boards I seem to destroy decks anyone have any issues with denting the deck?
That makes it the end of June/ 1st week July by my calendar... Heel marks are minimal. I lent mine to a heavy front footed surfer for a month. He cleaned the wax off upon returning it and there were minimal marks that could only be seen at the right angle.
Bunch of Coils at the shop for 500... They feel really nice and appear to be very,very well-made but for some reason no one really rides them here The 2 guys I've seen riding them said they liked the boards ,but didn't go mental like most of the net reviews I have read. I guess trying one yourself is the only way to really know. ~ best of luck
I have two coils and think their great. If I could justify another board purchase right now, it would be another coil. Both of mine are customs shaped by Mike Daniel. They both go great. Both his dimensions, his basic shapes with some changes based on my description of what I wanted, and both worked out great. I can't buy off the rack because of my dimensions (5'11" 220lbs) but I'm not ready to hang it up and ride a cruiser. Mike packs the volume in and keep sme riding something more high performance. Last one I picked up is my smaller wave board, and it's 5'11", floats me great, and feels more high performance than it seems like a board of these dimensions should. One thing I think might turn some off is, his boards don't cruise. Both of mine are very fast boards, but not if I just stand there and do nothing...they need some input. I've had retro fish that went fast regardless of what I did, but didn't feel high performance. These will go just as fast, but they do require some input to do it, but then they turn so much better. They are also much stronger than poly. At my weight off the rack polys delaminated under my rear foot quite quickly. These hardly even dent. They look practically new. The wait kind of stinks, but it's worth it.
Here's my small wave coil. It's the "disc" model with only one small wing in the tail which is hard to see in the pic, rather than the typical two. I tend to be slightly front footed, an dthis board feels fantastic.
My medium wave coil. This is a round tailed variation of his "flashback fish" which is as much shortboard as it is fish. If I could only have one board in NJ, this would be it. The boards are very well constructed. Top notch quality.
