I am sorry for my ignorance, I am from Florida and just the thought of surfing on a big day with a longboard is ludicrous. In Florida there are only beach breaks no point breaks so there is no paddling around the break to get to the waves. Thanks for putting it into perspective
Just another way to lock the rail in because the trash can lid nose will dig into the steep waves if you don't set the rail right away and cause you to pearl or catapult.
The ITP is my all around board. Great for rolling town waves but on these North Shore waves you have to take off sideways. I use a Takayama Halo fin withe the halo sidebites.
haha true, when North Shore is firing, you gotta come in sideways and paddle in hard while praying at the same time. I'll drop in Haleiwa on my ITP on 8-foot sets.
Yeah, sorta. You need an all around type of board. I just suggested the Dino due to the comment that SurftechHI left regarding it. Some performance boards are high performance and present there own problems for beginners. Your best bet is to find a good board salesperson who isn't just trying to sell you a board. Look for someone who is willing to discuss different board types and is trying to put you on the right board.
This board has rounded rails, a thin nose and is very versatile. But surf techs suck; they have zero flex, they are too light, and combine that with the smooth plastic-like finish, they bounce and skip across any surface texture on the wave. Plus they aren't "shaped", they are simply "pop-out". It's rumored many are made in Asia. The poly In The pinks are arguably the best performance nose riders out there, but I'd rather ride a boogie board than a surf tech.
I looks like he really struggled with riding in those big swells. I know Those kinds of longboards are not meant to be ridding in that type of swell to begin with and this is just trying to prove that the board "Can" be ridden in big surf, but isn't really meant to. Can some one put some input about this?
Big wave riding was done on longboards first, then changed to guns, and shortboards etc. All the seasoned riders out in Oahu still bomb huge waves on longboards.
NNNOOOO!!!!! This board has a pretty flat rocker which is not very forgiving on takeoffs and choppy surf. Look for something with more rocker. The low rocker helps on takeoffs and noseriding but make this a board for intermediate surfers or better. This is actually a larger high performance longboard that was designed specifically to be nose ridden, or the other way around...a nose rider with crisp rails and narrower tail for performance surfing.
I am sorry for my ignorance, I am from Florida and just the thought of surfing on a big day with a longboard is ludicrous. In Florida there are only beach breaks no point breaks so there is no paddling around the break to get to the waves. Thanks for putting it into perspective
Glasses raised in honor of Donald's life and his massive contribution to surfing/shaping,clink!
Nobody noticed the grab rail foot drag??? Bizzaro to say the last, and after reading the posts below I cant believe nobody mentioned it
Just another way to lock the rail in because the trash can lid nose will dig into the steep waves if you don't set the rail right away and cause you to pearl or catapult.
Also notice he does it switch stance ! He switches back to regular at the end of the ride
Dino miranda will make any longboard look good and easy to ride
The ITP is my all around board. Great for rolling town waves but on these North Shore waves you have to take off sideways. I use a Takayama Halo fin withe the halo sidebites.
haha true, when North Shore is firing, you gotta come in sideways and paddle in hard while praying at the same time. I'll drop in Haleiwa on my ITP on 8-foot sets.
The takayama is a good investment but the performance aspect is the low point, try puting in a smaller center fin with two small side fins
The man could rip. RIP
Yeah, sorta. You need an all around type of board. I just suggested the Dino due to the comment that SurftechHI left regarding it. Some performance boards are high performance and present there own problems for beginners. Your best bet is to find a good board salesperson who isn't just trying to sell you a board. Look for someone who is willing to discuss different board types and is trying to put you on the right board.
Yeah. Sell those tasty 9'6" DT-3's. Just a thought!
Check out the Dino Miranda model.
R.I.P. :( It's a Very Sad day for all
I need to know what song this is!
track title and group?
Is that a Surftech or a hand shaped foamy?
That is a Surftech. I had one just like it.
Takayama*
RIP
At least spell his name correctly. Takeyama?
Honolua bay
This board has rounded rails, a thin nose and is very versatile. But surf techs suck; they have zero flex, they are too light, and combine that with the smooth plastic-like finish, they bounce and skip across any surface texture on the wave. Plus they aren't "shaped", they are simply "pop-out". It's rumored many are made in Asia. The poly In The pinks are arguably the best performance nose riders out there, but I'd rather ride a boogie board than a surf tech.
Now there's a popout for ya!
dont think so much its surfing
I looks like he really struggled with riding in those big swells. I know Those kinds of longboards are not meant to be ridding in that type of swell to begin with and this is just trying to prove that the board "Can" be ridden in big surf, but isn't really meant to. Can some one put some input about this?
Big wave riding was done on longboards first, then changed to guns, and shortboards etc. All the seasoned riders out in Oahu still bomb huge waves on longboards.
NNNOOOO!!!!! This board has a pretty flat rocker which is not very forgiving on takeoffs and choppy surf. Look for something with more rocker. The low rocker helps on takeoffs and noseriding but make this a board for intermediate surfers or better. This is actually a larger high performance longboard that was designed specifically to be nose ridden, or the other way around...a nose rider with crisp rails and narrower tail for performance surfing.