...Hodgy who owns the local surf shop in Abay has one on the way. I think he is getting the 9'0. I will certainly ask him how it goes.

IMO, too much volume for the length if those numbers are right.

For each board the rails, width and/or thickness or possibly all of those must be at the extreme upper end of the scale if the litres quoted are correct. I'll test drive any on offer though! Great looking range.

loco4olas said...

IMO, too much volume for the length if those numbers are right.

Yeah I agree. 9'0" and 130lt is going to be a prettychunky board.
But if they did some R&D I'm sure they got them to surf pretty good.

I did think that the 9'6" was advertised as a board for up to 80kgs, for those dimensions and litres I'd expect a person over 100kgs to find that board floaty enough. Any thoughts?

This might convert a few of those cranky Mal riders.

Kagey said...

I did think that the 9'6" was advertised as a board for up to 80kgs, for those dimensions and litres I'd expect a person over 100kgs to find that board floaty enough. Any thoughts?

I would of thought the same....if he gats the rail shape right and has the volume in the right areas they should go OK....

not too many im quiet happy as it is

Piros said...

This might convert a few of those cranky Mal riders.

Hey Mr Dogman,

Why dont you like the flyers and hips?

I dont really know how they work or dont work can you help out please?

Phill

one thing buy sup boards from people , shapers , who ever what ever ,who sup

yer they loosen the show up

but it changes the smooth line along the rail for drivey long turns as you push from one rail line then onto the hipped/flyered/stingered rail line

does that make sense

as i dont normally make sense at the best of times

its just me dudes

if you like it loose youll love it

but for drive forget about it

to me, they look dated, but in saying that, i'll be wrong and they'll probably go faster then an unregistered dog

always cheap and nasty robbo

and love it

Hi All, Matty Martin from GSI here, just touching base with the McTavish chat here.

We haven't published the litres yet or the weight range either so all that stuff is just speculation at this stage -weight range can be subjective- as we all know ability plays a major role in how large or small you wish to go. it will be on our website shorlty.
We can be confident with Bob's design work. He's renowned as one of the world's best board designers, he's an exceptionally good surfer and a fantasic bloke. And no doubt he'll be available to discsuss the intricacies of deisgn with you at some stage.
When Slater was last out for the Goldy and Bells comps this year, he had Bob design him a pretty amazing shortboard. Something that Bob had discussed with Kelly 10 years ago on a flight back from Tahiti -about board design and fin placement - made sense to him now, and Kelly wanted to develop it further. Gives you an idea of how forward thinking Bob is; when something he said 10 years ago now makes sense to the 9 times world champ. At the other end of the spectrum he's designing boards for the some of the worlds best longboarders and everything in between. He's defintely an innovator of functional design.
We'll have all the tech info on our site shortly. No one's has surfed the boards yet other than Bob and his team -who have been taking their time to get it right. I would love to have had them earlier too, but you can't rush that kind of thing. But if it's good enough for them and has got them very amped, it'll be just fine for me.
Hodgy will havea Demo one at " Hodgy's " in Apollo Bay and he's been on my case to get it asap I can asure you.
Great to see the discussion about everyone and everything -have a great weekend, looks like some swell coming our way in Vico. Stoked.

Skeg said...

Bob's boards have a special place in surfing folklore so I suspect that we are all looking at these as some kind of benchmark. Its just that we can't understand the volume issue. Where did Kagey's data come from?

Probably the same place that Lacey and Teatrees comments came from about the boards looking dated !!