Hi IM IN COSTA RICA
Its one million degrees out side and 16 degrees in here the AC is working on overload, i can feel the weight of the heat on the tin roof as the day gets hotter and hotter. Waves were fun this morning wind was good for airs and someone stole my flip flops……. I HOPe ThEy KicK A RocK
This is a picture of my surf boards for Costa Rica and Nicaragua this picture was actually taken in the kitchen of our little rent here in CR these boards don’t have wobbly rails its just the lens i used to take this picture.
From the left my fridge then my 6′1 pin tail this is kind of a copy of a really nice 6′1 i had for years, one of those magic boards still have it actually its carried me through some fun tubes. This new board has been going really well seems to have quite a bit of foam up in the nose area which gets me in to waves really well. Heading up to nicaragua in a week or so to surf some hollow beach breaks so this should be fun to ride up there.
The next board is the first Dirty Truck model Luke shaped its 5′5 epoxy parabolic with a real chopped tail, i was really excited about riding this board but like usual when you get new boards the waves disappeared.
When i started riding it i remember i wasn’t sold on it at all something felt strange, fact was it was summer at home and the waves were really weak and pants, in the end i swapped over a whole bunch of fins and ended up with AM2 in the side and AM1 in the back and then the board came alive.
If you have one of these little stubby fishy but not quite boards i would really recommend trying this fin setup, i like to think of it as half way between a twin and thruster, thats how it kinda feels anyhow, just really fast but with that little release when you want it.
I surfed on this board this morning the waves were 3ft maybe a little bigger on sets and i swopped the back AM1 for a centre WCT fin basically the same as the centre Slater fin it worked really well, the centre fin is quite stiff with the side fins being flexible the board went really fast and felt nice on rail through turns. I think i like it better with this fin set up it has a little better pop out of the lip.
This next board i haven’t ridden but its called the Poppa model, this board was kind of the big brother to the StokeApop, me and Luke were trying to make a short board for flat English waves and this was the end result. Ill let you know how it goes.
This next little colourful lump of foam is 5′6 third generation Dirty Truck, i’ve been riding this kind of board most days recently Luke wanted this one to perform in good waves and so far so good it loves to carve and seems to have speed to burn.
And on the end is another version of the Poppa this ones a little experiment and has the wide point thrown forward a little when you look at the plan shape it looks a little strange almost 70s single fin, i quite like the look of it, had a few surfs on it feels real nice and smooth but has a certain rawness about it through turns that i like. That wide point further forward is good for airs free’s up the back end of the rail coming out of the lip.
And thats enough surfboard chatter for now. going for a surf see ya.
StOkEsY
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