Desert Storm surfboard
Jeezus - 8'0 D.S. @ 75 Litres - $450
https://www.gumtree.com.au/web/listing/surfing/1329723466
seaslug wrote:
A lot of volume for an 8'
When an OX rides a board, it needs some meat.75 litres is the volume of my 9/6 Padillac
I like volume as much as the next guy but 3 3/4 inches might be pushing the limits.
AndyM wrote:
I like volume as much as the next guy but 3 3/4 inches might be pushing the limits.
Its only an 1/8 above my desertStorm and Padillac, my BIG FLOATER "mal" is 4 and 1/4 at 106 litres.knee paddle specialist...Ya get used to whatever is underneath you.
7 years old, almost, and she's had a good week. New wax job and some minor ding repairs. Here's to another 7, old chook!
Several hundred surfs under its belt, most of them at very rocky spots. Incredible glass job.
And if this Southern Ocean low ends up looking anything like this, we'll get a whopping long-period groundy. Please!
udo wrote:
https://www.bennettsurf.com/products/7-webster-desert-twin?srsltid=AfmB…
That’s a very fair price , fins included makes it a bargain .
Supafreak wrote:
https://www.bennettsurf.com/products/7-webster-desert-twin?srsltid=AfmB…That’s a very fair price , fins included makes it a bargain .
Dinnae last long, sold.
Older 6'10 D.S. $200
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udo wrote:
Older 6'10 D.S. $200
Bargain, fins included makes it a super bargain , they look like large legacy neutral , good all round fins .
6'2" DS - 38 L- $500
https://www.facebook.com/share/1GVEHrxMcb/
8'6" Same Seller ^ $700
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BNiDvhYC9/
8'6" Price Drop to $600
https://www.facebook.com/share/1LnW8cxLfn/
Any feedback on how the desert twin rides, how the design compares to the desert storm?
Cheers
Caml did you ever get any Feedback from Ryan Watts on his 8'0 Desert Twin ?
Just had a similar experience - again :-)
Not 10ft Cloudy, but strong 4-6ft Outsides with three rogue bomb sets - all of which I managed to snag, thanks to my trusty old 6'10 DS. 7 years old now, so I may need to go and see Webby about a replacement.
freeride76 wrote:
It was mostly 6ft and solid the whole time we were there, couple 6-8ft days and just generally heaps of power and girth. Tradewinds blowing which made for wooly take-offs.
Paddling the DS into the line-up felt so deluxe, like wearing a suit of armour, like being ten feet tall after scratching in on a 6'3".
So smooth ,with the weight and the entry rocker, paddling in felt so damm good. The whole time I was thinking shit, if I had the balls I could paddle into a 10-12ft wave on this. Really, really nice loaded up deep bottom turns and with the area in the tail and quad set-up , easy riding arc off the top.
Nice stable platform to hit the brakes, bury the arm and stand in the barrell. You could ride forward, like an old single fin because of the area and thickness up front.
Only foible was getting trapped into inescapable tube rides down in the shish kebab section, that didn't feel so good getting creamed on the reef with a heavy 7'6" and four fins.
To be honest, it almost felt like cheating, and also to be honest, I was a bit over-gunned. I already spoke to Webby about getting some smaller ones made. Would have loved to have had a quiver of Desert Storms over there.
Big boards= rewards.
Very reluctantly I've sheathed it in a cover and put it under the house, knowing, unless we get a miracle I won't be able to ride it at it's full capacity until next autumn/winter.
Fuck, I'd love to get it out at maxing Outside Corner.
Island Bay wrote:
Just had a similar experience - again :-)
Not 10ft Cloudy, but strong 4-6ft Outsides with three rogue bomb sets - all of which I managed to snag, thanks to my trusty old 6'10 DS. 7 years old now, so I may need to go and see Webby about a replacement.
It was mostly 6ft and solid the whole time we were there, couple 6-8ft days and just generally heaps of power and girth. Tradewinds blowing which made for wooly take-offs.
Paddling the DS into the line-up felt so deluxe, like wearing a suit of armour, like being ten feet tall after scratching in on a 6'3".
So smooth ,with the weight and the entry rocker, paddling in felt so damm good. The whole time I was thinking shit, if I had the balls I could paddle into a 10-12ft wave on this. Really, really nice loaded up deep bottom turns and with the area in the tail and quad set-up , easy riding arc off the top.
Nice stable platform to hit the brakes, bury the arm and stand in the barrell. You could ride forward, like an old single fin because of the area and thickness up front.
Only foible was getting trapped into inescapable tube rides down in the shish kebab section, that didn't feel so good getting creamed on the reef with a heavy 7'6" and four fins.
To be honest, it almost felt like cheating, and also to be honest, I was a bit over-gunned. I already spoke to Webby about getting some smaller ones made. Would have loved to have had a quiver of Desert Storms over there.
Big boards= rewards.
Very reluctantly I've sheathed it in a cover and put it under the house, knowing, unless we get a miracle I won't be able to ride it at it's full capacity until next autumn/winter.
Fuck, I'd love to get it out at maxing Outside Corner.
That’s a positive review if I’ve ever heard one, from both you guys.
6'6" DS - 43 Litres
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The Udo fin setup :-)
Perfect in glassy 2ft beach break today
Somehow makes a super heavy 8'6 fun in small waves. Really fun!
Yep. Christenson uprights (old Captain Fin, but I think the new Futures are the same).
Does it feel almost like finless but with enough hold to to big, drawn out cutbacks etc? I felt similar with upright twins on my 7'4".
Never tried finless, Craig.
It just feels normal, but fast and loose. So much rail that less fin doesn't bother it. And I could do reasonable roundhouse cutties.
How about Trying only using the Rear Boxes with 2 Small Quads In them ...
God Speed Style.
I tried britt merrick twins on 7’6 DS ( the fat version ) in 3-4 ft junky snapper/rainbow , couldn’t really find much difference riding as a quad in same waves .
Hah, I reckon that would be very loose. But worth a go one day.
Here's Rusty's fin placement on a twinnie gun for Jamie Sterling. Doesn't look that different from what I'm running - would love to know the numbers
Let me rephrase the above: I reckon it would have very little hold, and be oddly stiff. But it got me thinking, so I'll try it soon.
Even the Rears from a Split Keel Quad Set...Who Knows what may Work .
.........yeh nah,starting to segway into a perverse Duo-type design...why not a Ben Llexcen starfin in each front box. Rad!
6'10 DS $400 - Byron
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~This D.S. Thread is now 10 Years Old ~
Makes the DS a stone cold evergreen. Up there with Pyzel Ghost, CI OG Flyer, JS Monsta etc etc
"Surfboard Webster Desert Storm 6 10 step up (or use as mid length) - Surfing in Tugun QLD | Gumtree Australia" https://www.gumtree.com.au/web/listing/surfing/1335451687
udo wrote:
Another Experiment - Toss the Trailer and try it with Twins in Rear Boxes .
Make it a DuoS :-)
I've ordered a 7'0 Desert Storm, thinking about Pyzel Padillac quad fins.
Any feedback on how they go?
Thanks
Lot of info in the comments here, Baldy.
https://www.swellnet.com/news/design-outline/2018/04/30/champagne-glass…
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"Desert Storm" shaped by Wayne Webster
Ridden and designed by the "Camel"