Yeah Rossco! How's first impressions of the board?

I was trying a demo board....still waiting for my DC!!!!....and given that the last few surf's I have had have been on my son's 9'5" mana, it was pretty different. On the whole, it seemed ok on my first try and would be better with some more familiarity. I had it set up as a quad, so I think you would want to see whether it is better as a 2 + 1. I think I needed to be further back to get it going better.

One really annoying thing about the board, tho, is the hand hold. It is too far forward of the centre of balance on the board so that the tail of the board wants to drag along the ground when you carry it. It means that you have to use two hands to carry it. Almost a deal breaker, I think.

I would cut a big rectangle out of the center of the board (about the side of the side of a typical house brick) around the area of the hand hole (with the hand hole being at one end of the rectangle) without going through to the bottom of the board.. Remove the piece with the hand hole in it and spin it around 180 deg and glue it back in place hoping that the hand hole is now at the balance point.. and glass around the join.. It shouldn't be too hard to do but it will mess up the grip a bit in that area.

DJ

I think board makers figure out where to put the
handle before fins and leg ropes are added.
Once fins and a leggie are on there it's all
outa whack!
Jack

dude just carry it tail first and pull on your leggie to hold the tail up

the 10'6 naish i have is the same tail heavy

do you remember that board DJ

your first naish board

back then you wouldnt have started carving away at it with a power saw cause it was a little tail heavy would you

by the way, mine is still carving up waves and is solid as a rock even with its little hair line crack on the rail

And here was me thinking they made prototypes to iron out the problems??

yer its a shame to have to do it

i just hope it still surfs ok

rock on

Brendon,

You can buy them from Dave Boyd at Imperial in OG, he also puts handles in boards that dont have them.

He has done about 10 or so now and everyone is stoked with the finished product.

I had 3 done and he does a superb job

Phill

Phil, I thought you might like this pic of Dave Boyd as I know you are a big fan of his shapes.........