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DavidJohn
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25 Mar 2014 3:29pm
New Naish/Gerry Lopez proto's for Kai to test..

JeanG
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25 Mar 2014 12:51pm
Forgive my judgementalness, but those look one heck of a lot better than Naish's production shapes.

The smallest Naish production board is currently 8'x26. I bet it's awesome, but that's definitely in 'step up' territory - for rough days or big waves. These little boards look awesome and light, but I doubt Naish will ever sell them - and if they do, they'll cost some ridiculous price (like the LE line and Starboard's carbons).

In essence: Why buy the Naish production board for $2k+ when I can get a custom tailored board from Rawson or Chambers or Addison for much much much less money that is also lighter?

And to be clear, if I could order these exact boards in this exact construction for a competitive price, I'd be all over them...
Sailhack
Sailhack
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25 Mar 2014 3:52pm
Looks like they've been left in the sun for a few decades.
paul.j
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25 Mar 2014 3:11pm
They look like all his big wave boards kite, tow and sup guns.
colas
colas
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25 Mar 2014 3:54pm
paul.j said..
They look like all his big wave boards kite, tow and sup guns.


Yup... look at the size of the stringer!
teatrea
teatrea
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25 Mar 2014 6:45pm
Nice looking sticks Marriage made in heaven that one , Gerry and Kai.
weiry
weiry
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25 Mar 2014 8:26pm
colas said..

paul.j said..
They look like all his big wave boards kite, tow and sup guns.


Yup... look at the size of the stringer!


yep.. and no handles..i dont think the top one's are sup.
weiry
weiry
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25 Mar 2014 8:42pm
+ im sure Naish is color blind

how can you make sup's for years and not mix it up.

when his other boards in kite and WS are different


















A Bomber
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25 Mar 2014 11:12pm
I'd say not one of those boards is a sup, they are his surf quiver. From tow boards and short boards through to the jaws guns, but all prone.
DavidJohn
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26 Mar 2014 1:46am
A Bomber said..

I'd say not one of those boards is a sup, they are his surf quiver. From tow boards and short boards through to the jaws guns, but all prone.


That's what I was thinking.. Still they're nice GL shapes..
Paddlezz
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26 Mar 2014 3:57am
This shapes are awesome, looks like a radical top class, watch the thin noses and the skinny low edges.
So to see the old master has his own signature, I am very curious to see his style in the future production boards affected.
Could be the most esthetic boards on the market.
Kami
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26 Mar 2014 4:15am
DavidJohn said..

A Bomber said..

I'd say not one of those boards is a sup, they are his surf quiver. From tow boards and short boards through to the jaws guns, but all prone.


That's what I was thinking.. Still they're nice GL shapes..


I bet: on left is a kite board with deckstraps (normal foot locations) 3 windsurf boards underneath the 3 prone guns with typical hawaian rails and the two boards on the top right with lower rails for the every Hawaiian sessions
Reddog74
Reddog74
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26 Mar 2014 2:05pm
i couldn't agree more with Weiry?..
when are NAISH going to give us something different to the horrible looking yellow based colour scheme !!!!!!
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