The New Board Thread!
New Electra from Webber.
Has a nose that'd please George Greenough - safely rounded, though it's more for performance than safety as it retains fwd volume - but the rest of the design is futuristic. Concaved deck, very aggressive single to double, fins pushed forward and lots of tail lift. Includes Webber's favoured forward flyer, used in so many of his designs but in reality it's a toned down version of his Creature, the differences being a more relaxed forward rocker and thickness retained forward too.
Feels like a board of two halves as all that fwd volume shifts into serious concave horsepower under the back foot and tail lift agility.
Few years back I read Will Webber write something about his older brother: "Greg is a shaper in the real sense, in that he can come up with entirely new shapes." I was reminded of that while rubbing my hands over this design.
Paddles unreal, though I've only surfed it for thirty minutes, just before dark last night, and in horrible 4'-5' southerly slop. More to come. Still in admiration phase.
...and to pay for it I'm hocking a few older Insights. See Vintage Surfboard Collectors for a thirty year old Banana in good nick that's up for sale.
Serious tail lift!! What's the dims Stu? As you said above would need some serious concave to counter the tail lift. Deep single through the middle I would think. Looks like such a fun board to surf. Bit of weight shift for down the line speed and plant the back foot for big turns. Interested how it goes after a few surfs.
Looks very interesting, Stu. Does it still have decent drive with all that tail rocker?
Nice! Brave balancing it on the 50mm wide top rail of the fence in the rocker shot.
Noticed Spenny has one For Sale - Actually Spenny always has as new Boards For Sale...
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/coolangatta/surfing/greg-webber-surfboa…
oxrox wrote:
Serious tail lift!! What's the dims Stu? As you said above would need some serious concave to counter the tail lift. Deep single through the middle I would think. Looks like such a fun board to surf. Bit of weight shift for down the line speed and plant the back foot for big turns. Interested how it goes after a few surfs.
6'0" x 19 3/4 x 2 9/16
It's both longer and wider than my normal shorty, and at first glance those numbers would appear to add up to a lot of volume, however the front half is more bulbous - for want of a better word - than the back half, which is lean and refined.
Just had another surf on it, this time in 3'-4' southerly slop, truly new board surf, but I managed a few turns that helped betray the board's nature.
Island Bay wrote:
Looks very interesting, Stu. Does it still have decent drive with all that tail rocker?
So far, yeah. Though the real test will come when the point breaks.
A clumsy explanation is that it's 'a board of two halves'. Low rocker and lots of forward foam for speed, and a slim aggressive tail, plus forward fins, for turning ability.
That metaphor leads you to think...or it leads me to think...of two different designs balanced on a fulcrum point, but so far it doesn't ride so schizophrenically. Seems well balanced. Low rocker but continuous.
tiger wrote:
Nice! Brave balancing it on the 50mm wide top rail of the fence in the rocker shot.
Glad someone noticed that!
lostdoggy wrote:
Nice!
What fins?
Webber quad set. Think he calls them Extractor Beachbreak.
lostdoggy wrote:
Looks like a banana baked bean x
Perceptive!
Had been thinking about how old shapers never let go of once-cherished ideas; they become a part of, not just their understanding of board design, but a part of their identity too. While there's little similarity in the way this board rides compared to, say, his Bananas of the nineties, Greg has kept evolving those initial concave designs.
I think you may be onto something by referencing the Baked Bean. When it comes time, I might hit him up and get his thoughts.
lostdoggy wrote:
Just looked those fins up.
They look huge!
Woah. Yeah, maybe mine aren't the same.
Well, they're the same shape but not as big as the ones on the website.
Island Bay wrote:
Any news on your Electra, Stu?
Plenty. Though none I can commit to paper just yet.
stunet wrote:
Any news on your Electra, Stu?Plenty. Though none I can commit to paper just yet.
So this is the one that broke?
Some colour for Stu. 6'9 x 20 1/8 x 2 3/4 Ray Finlay. Picked up today, two weeks after ordering.
Looks sick IB, and another good reason to support local shapers.
Seaslug, these two are my quad favourites. The McCallums are all same size and flat; feel fast and alive, but still controlled and composed in bigger waves. The NVSs are G10 material, thin, stiff as hell, and great large wave fins.
(Might just play around with some honeycomb AM2 fronts and small rears for smaller days.)
https://www.yessurfokinawa.com/en/shopping/fin/Quad_bonzer_twinzer_fin/c…
https://www.surfnvs.com/collections/apex-quad/products/bronn-quad-apex-…
zenagain wrote:
Lovely backdrop to contrast with that svelte shape IB.
Ooh yes. However, there is no view that cannot be improved by the addition of a shiny new toy, casually leaning against the railing…
New board got in the water today - day three of really good point surf (yesterday was right up there).
Sun was shining, the yellow looked great, and the board went!
New board arrived yesterday
6'8" x 20 3/4 x 2 3/4
Get to Bali Wednesday !!!!
https://imgur.com/a/Fr7esI1
Sold 5 boards and ordered two new ones. The Ray Finlay and this Josh Keogh beauty. Gave a test this morning, although it was only just OH. Goes like a dream. A masterpiece.
What beautiful craftsmanship. You can instantly tell that it's gonna ride like a dream. Half yr luck IB!
goofyfoot wrote:
That looks so so good
Pity about the old scarecrow in the back.
Island Bay wrote:
That looks so so goodPity about the old scarecrow in the back.
You thought I was talking about the board??
zenagain wrote:
Depends upon how well you know each other Mr. Focus.
Ha ha we are not that close.
Awesome work there IB thanks
When I angle the channels like that board I find the board is looser and accelerates faster depending rocker how do you find the feel IB?
I focus wrote:
Depends upon how well you know each other Mr. Focus.Ha ha we are not that close.
Awesome work there IB thanks
When I angle the channels like that board I find the board is looser and accelerates faster depending rocker how do you find the feel IB?
Disclaimer: Only had two surfs on it, and only in slightly OH waves (but good point surf, so could give a proper workout).
A few first for me with this board: toed in channels; tiny fins, and fronts smaller than rears; fin cluster quite far up the board. Also, the edges are hard a long way up, a'la Maurice Cole.
- The board has a ton of drive, coming really fast and smooth off the bottom, and you can carve nice roundhouses on it.
- It is loose for its length (8'0 x 20 1/4 x 3 1/4), and you don't have to get all the way back to not bog. Meaning you don't get the usual nose flapping when trying to turn big boards.
-Smooth as heck. No catching or bogging despite the hard rails.
Will report back after the first proper 6ft surf.
Did you rock off at Lennox with that thing on its first surf?
Nervous?
lostdoggy wrote:
Did you rock off at Lennox with that thing on its first surf?
Nervous?
Nerves of steel, mate, haha! (Was an easy day.) Did slip into a crack coming in and scraped my shin on a barnacle.
Was very nervous flying back to NZ with it, and did the full pool noodle treatment. Not a scratch, thankfully.
For all those shiny new sticks...that aren't Desert Storms
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