WTF is this called

Discussion in 'Surfboards and Surfboard Design' started by LazyE, May 12, 2015.

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  1. May 12, 2015 #1
    LazyE

    LazyE Well-Known Member

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    Alright, so I don't actually have a pic yet but I'll try and describe the board I've seen the last couple times I've been out. It's 5' to 5'6" long shaped like a popcicyle stick with the back cut straight off. Looks like it gets down the line fast but have yet to see a bottom turn or a cutback on it. Ant guesses?
     
    LazyE, May 12, 2015
    LazyE, May 12, 2015
  3. May 12, 2015 #2
    brewengineer

    brewengineer Well-Known Member

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    Alaia?
    [​IMG]

    That may be Clemson. I think he said something about building one a while ago.
     
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  5. May 12, 2015 #3
    frost

    frost Well-Known Member

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    wood or fiberglass? ive seen/heard someone out at folly making some wood boards like that...
     
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  6. May 12, 2015 #4
    LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

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    Mini Simmons?
     
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  7. May 12, 2015 #5
    brewengineer

    brewengineer Well-Known Member

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    Alaia boards are fast and light. They can turn, but I am guessing they take more skill.
     
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  8. May 12, 2015 #6
    frost

    frost Well-Known Member

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    [​IMG]
     
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  9. May 12, 2015 #7
    rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

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    They take a whole lot of skill to turn.
     
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  10. May 12, 2015 #8
    CBSCREWBY

    CBSCREWBY Well-Known Member

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    Fins= Mini Simmons

    No Fins = Alaia
     
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  11. May 12, 2015 #9
    metard

    metard Well-Known Member

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    most alaia come with a free fedora and short sleeve button up shirt, you wear the hat with the shirt unbuttoned when you surf to look cooler

    or something like that
     
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  12. May 12, 2015 #10
    ClemsonSurf

    ClemsonSurf Well-Known Member

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    I'd recommend a mini-simmons to anyone.

    Alaias are a totally different ball game. Unless you're a small Hawaiian boy in the 1700s or a California dude trying to be an instagram hero, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. They're beautiful to look at and inspiring to see someone surf them well but they're a novelty board. This is probably true all along the EC but especially in SC.... You don't want to waste the novelty of a perfect SC wave on a novelty board. Someone quote me on that.

    With that being said, the Xylem dude in Wilmington or Wrightsville will tell you they're great and sell you one. He surfs them well too I think.
     
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  13. May 12, 2015 #11
    Hawky

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  14. May 12, 2015 #12
    LazyE

    LazyE Well-Known Member

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    Fiber glass with 5 fin boxes. Mini Simmons looks like it. Don't know why I just noticed them. Dude was catching waves on it.

    Looked like the photo hawkheart posted. Pros?cons to this design? And do I have to wear the fedora?
     
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  15. May 12, 2015 #13
    ClemsonSurf

    ClemsonSurf Well-Known Member

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    IOP? Skinny dude with long blonde hair?
     
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  16. May 12, 2015 #14
    brewengineer

    brewengineer Well-Known Member

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    5 fin boxes on a mini simmons seems excessive.
     
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  17. May 12, 2015 #15
    frost

    frost Well-Known Member

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    was the bottom yellow like this? View attachment 15533
     
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  18. May 12, 2015 #16
    rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

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    A Mini Simmons is basically a 10ft long board cut in half with half moon fins or keels glassed on. They are thick and wide, float awesome and ride cool as the other side of the pillow. They are fun as hell and really good for or EC surf.

    Brew is right 5 fins is insane on a MS. Here is a great example of a traditonal looking MS:

    15_simmons-r[1].jpg
     
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  19. May 12, 2015 #17
    CBSCREWBY

    CBSCREWBY Well-Known Member

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    I have two half moon glassed on fins. Any one run a mini as a thruster?
     
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  20. May 12, 2015 #18
    LazyE

    LazyE Well-Known Member

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    FB monday. Medium blue.(Board not hair) lol

    I went back and found a long tread on SI about them. I gotta say I want to try one out. It looks like it could be fun. I first noticed them last year when we had some big "closeout" swells and this one dude was screaming down the line on one. Thanx for the info.

    Yeh, I thought the 5 fin set up was kinda over the top too.
     
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  21. May 12, 2015 #19
    ClemsonSurf

    ClemsonSurf Well-Known Member

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  22. May 12, 2015 #20
    ClemsonSurf

    ClemsonSurf Well-Known Member

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    Frizzle... You know that's a boogie board right? I'm sorry, I'm hoping this is a dumb question. I mean guys do stand up on them. What are we talking about here?
     
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