mikeman said...

I've got Dales original DC8'10" and man that board rips! It's hard to get back on my 11' after this one. It just likes to surf shortboard style - no long board moves on this baby.

hi, that board is still one of the best made. i was an owner for a little while
cheers

62mac said...

btw Lacey how many boards have you owned and brands please,sure sounds like a sh-t load

mac

mac, i would rather not say, i have always been a board junkie. the longest i've ever surfed a board- 1 year. actually 2 boards. both by murry burton
cheers

mikeman said...

Lacey, how's that new one coming along?

I must say that once I started surfing your old one it has been hard to get off it. Its a gem.

i know you were away, but hilly put me on to using sunny's all round with an adaptor and push it all the way back in the box. goes even better with the bonus of more stability. you should try it- all slide and drive
cheers
ps if you are going on sunday i can bring those fins for you to try

mikeman said...

I will be there Sunday - I hope that wind dies off a little and we get some waves.

I'm all for experimenting so will give those fins a go. The current setup feels pretty insane but if it could feel even better....

I might be taking that board over to South Africa in a few weeks. There are some hot surfers getting into SUP over there and they are all riding standard boards. Once they see Dales DC8'10" they will be frothing....

MikeMan, where in South Africa are you heading? Any chance of Cape Town?
You are right about the frothing ... just looking at the pic's of Dales boards here on the breeze is getting me going

What are you comparing it to phill? the 9'6waa

BP

mikeman said...
Howzit!

I land in Jo'burg next Thursday (10th) and will head straight to JBay if its cranking (shortboard). If there is any action at Dungeons I will try and hook up with Twiggy or Jason Ribbink and head straight down there. Otherwise I will head to Durban (as I'm and ex Durbanite). If I go to Durban I will hook up with all of the SUP boys there check out what they are up to.

Still not sure about taking the DC8'10" over as it will be a hassle flying over there with it. A lot will depend on the surf...

You in Cape Town?

yeah, based in Cape Town. Ex Durbanite myself so I also try make a trip there every couple of months while living here.
There have been some epic days here at Dungeons over the past few weeks and we have seen some of the best surf in recent years. The outer reef at J-bay has also been working of late.

Let us know if you do make it to the cold waters of the Cape

KingDom said...

mikeman said...
Howzit!

I land in Jo'burg next Thursday (10th) and will head straight to JBay if its cranking (shortboard). If there is any action at Dungeons I will try and hook up with Twiggy or Jason Ribbink and head straight down there. Otherwise I will head to Durban (as I'm and ex Durbanite). If I go to Durban I will hook up with all of the SUP boys there check out what they are up to.

Still not sure about taking the DC8'10" over as it will be a hassle flying over there with it. A lot will depend on the surf...

You in Cape Town?

yeah, based in Cape Town. Ex Durbanite myself so I also try make a trip there every couple of months while living here.
There have been some epic days here at Dungeons over the past few weeks and we have seen some of the best surf in recent years. The outer reef at J-bay has also been working of late.

Let us know if you do make it to the cold waters of the Cape

How many SUPers are there in RSA these days?

You guys should get yourselves organised into clubs, if you haven't already done so yet. We started a SUP club on the Gold Coast a few years back and now we have clubs springing up all the way around Australia. One of these days we will be able to have national inter club events and then move up to international events.

Why don't you start a few clubs (1 in Cape Town, 1 in Durban etc) so that you guys move along with where things are heading? If you want any helpers we can share with you from our experiences so far...