Exocism, ha thats funny, what did they do, burn a molded board?
This mini waters sounds like the place to be.
Can you post me some marshmellows?
Thought a rave would be up your alley mandog? Wont be at tha rave at the mambo hotel.

Piros said...

There is pro & cons on import v the local , a bit over a year ago when I first started supping it was easy to buy the import because you got to test the various sizes.I started on a 10-3 Gerry Lopez by Ron house (sold that) then I dropped to the RH 9-10 (which I still have) then to a PSH 9-2 (sold that) then I dropped to a RH 9-1 (sold that) then I got a RH 8-8 (still have) bit small but it rips.It took a year to work out what I needed and now my main board is a Dale Chapman 8-11 based of the RH 8-8.

I consider Dales sub 9-0 boards the best in the market and at $1,800 with grip I can't see why you would buy an import other than it's nice to try demo boards and buy exactly what you tested, but the better you get the more you want out of your board , so for me NOW a custom is the only way to go BUT in the next few months you will see alot of great value package deals from the production guys which will make them hard to beat.

A production board is made for everyone but a custom is made for you , just my 2 cents worth.The production boards have there place in the market as they make it easy to try and buy and they do suit alot of people , especially when you start out.

This is a couple shots of Nathan Meyer last weekend at Broom Head I think these shots
says it all about a custom board and just to keep it fair there there is one of Dogman ripping it up on a Naish 9-3.

These shots were taken by Tankman my head photographer for Vonpiros.com on a Cannon 5DM2 100-400 L series lens with a shutter speed of 1000 (for the camera buffs)

Piros

I love it Piros its great to have passion about it and if you belive they are the best and like riding them then happy days. The good thing with this fourm is everyone can have there opinion and some times thing work for some that don't work for others.

It a big call though saying they are the best as there are a lot of good boards around. I myself have tried a few i didn't like the DC8'10 but did like the Magic carpet 8ft and also quite liked Jake's home made board i think it rode better than nearly all the others. But for me it's hard to beat the Naish 8'10 and 8'0 for performance even Lacey can't argue with that and at $1699 including grip good fins and a very good board bag its hard to beat. And with guys like Lumners now on the 8'10 it can't be to bad..

Hey Piros is Nathan going in the Roar comp? be good to catch up with him. I might even get trev to enter if there are any spots left.

Re boardbumps if you look in the background of the first shot , the guy with the white that is Rod Hocking (Board Bumps) he's been crook plus he has worn out his right shoulder from years of shaping so he has been laying low.

Just one more thing on the customs even if every local guy was flat out they would be lucky to be able to supply 50% of the demand so there will always be a need for imports.

Jacko I'll take to Nath and let him know about the comp.

Dogman was wondering where the kids left my camp stove heard about the fire the next day , that gaint shark that faded me was probably remote controlled by shortboarders to keep the sweepers out of Broom.


Piros

dc and rod are the only two major custom players around that i know of that are making sub 9 ft shortboard performance.laguna bay have started there shortboard shapes with the goatman's newie. lsd is looking at stepping up who else is there ?

Hey Lacey, I'm not convinced that a performance sub 9ft has to be short board shape? Pretty sure some of the fuller nose boards like Laguna could be classed as performance? I guess it kinda depends on the type of waves you're riding.

I agree Cam, my board although it was my first shape, goes pretty good and I
deliberately gave it a shortboard like tail (back 3ft- outline and bottom shape) with a
fuller nose. It is really loose but is still very stable and nose rides great.

I love the naish 8'10 and 9'0, and there pop outs as well. . I think some one else said some thing, just ride what you like. The best board is the board you like not your mates. I always have been a hand shape kid all my life with my longgboarding and never really tried it, but know i have two that is going amazing and the best part i can go any were and get the same board.

allrounder said...

I love the naish 8'10 and 9'0, and there pop outs as well. . I think some one else said some thing, just ride what you like. The best board is the board you like not your mates. I always have been a hand shape kid all my life with my longgboarding and never really tried it, but know i have two that is going amazing and the best part i can go any were and get the same board.

Hey mate nice shot. Let me know what days you'll be up here and if we have waves i'll tee up Sheilds and my old man to do a photo shot well get a few guys together and go some where with some punch..

Jacko

Hey scotty, im at 90kgs. with out a wetsuit. I havnt had a problem on the boards even with the chop. There is another way to think of weight, at 9kg the board keeps momentum and holds drive. And fighting a stiff off shore it allows you to drive through it.

Amazing how a thread on new boards by Simon Anderson and Luke Short ends up being consumed by a discussion of Naish boards, with 3 photos too-good job fellas.

Well Id love to talk more about Simon A and his new board range but no one has photos and no one who has posted has ridden one yet. We can only bull sh_t talk about whateva is the latest and to me, from a unbias non sponsered or buisness point of view, the hottest shapes going around are the new naish, laguna and laguna new rippers and those custom psh wood numbers. Sorry boys but I have not seen a dc thats pumped me yet. LSD is on to it with the weight thing but needs to add more fins and take a few inches out of the width. IMO

Scotty Mac said...

Well Id love to talk more about Simon A and his new board range but no one has photos and no one who has posted has ridden one yet. We can only bull sh_t talk about whateva is the latest and to me, from a unbias non sponsered or buisness point of view, the hottest shapes going around are the new naish, laguna and laguna new rippers and those custom psh wood numbers. Sorry boys but I have not seen a dc thats pumped me yet. LSD is on to it with the weight thing but needs to add more fins and take a few inches out of the width. IMO

Here's a photo of a proto of Luke Short's 808:

piros

stoked the wind has turned to the south and is blowing the fire away from us towards and heading to angourie/yamba they can have it

i hear they are working on a new remote control shark proto type with rack mounted belt feed 50 cal machine guns and rapid fire howitzer comissioned from the US military in return for letting them dock nuclear submarines to get cheap donuts and diet coke from the snak shack

scotty

do you want those toasted marshmellows melted over a nice over ripe naish banana to be sent in the mail asap

allrounder

yo dude nice pic

just even more off topic

i was wondering how the 8'5? wood board you were getting from AA went or is it still lost in a sydney opium den near balmoral

cant wait to see you going nuts up at the goldie on your new arsenal of toys

hangin to sus out the 9'0 round nose machine before you turn it into sponge bob NO.2

yer me old highschool buddy nathan meyer is rippin it up on his new DC stick thats for sure as were all the crew that were riding them on the day of those pics were taken by TANK at broom shed

rod hocker was riding his new 7'10 disco biscuit and giving it a real good workout

i think nathan was saying he was headed to "1770" or somewhere like that around the time of the roar comp

its was great to have a paddle with a few crew all smiling and a great vibe in the water and not one hassle other than trying to run each other over

lookielookie

does luke short live at yamba or stay there sometimes?

not many crew get into sup there but it is slowly growing one guy how bought my old 12' glide just bought a 14'glide as well and has promised me a hit on it soon

wiggerdy wack gentlemen

dogman

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lookielookie

does luke short live at yamba or stay there sometimes?

not many crew get into sup there but it is slowly growing one guy how bought my old 12' glide just bought a 14'glide as well and has promised me a hit on it soon

wiggerdy wack gentlemen

dogman

lukes lives down at yamba, works out of the shed opp rod dahlbergs factory.
when i was down last, i was told in no uncertain terms that i was not to take it out to the point!!!

gee those boys work quick. those boards look nothing like the boards i saw them working on.. are they epoxy or pu???

Thanks Dale. Cool vid of Simon at Bells, I think he is right on the money.
I was stoked to see my son walk past with his Darth Vader board for a surf at Winki at 1.48. A bit of a cool coincidence.

sorry if i am being too honest, dont mean to offend.....