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udo started the topic in Tuesday, 17 Aug 2021 at 11:25 am

Bargain Boards - Fins - ETC - spotted - wanted

udo Thursday, 18 Aug 2022 at 09:00 pm

He not OK with being paid for it Direct Deposit and Holding it for you...?

dandandan Thursday, 18 Aug 2022 at 09:11 pm

Nah, he's not the best communicator (classic FB marketplace interaction ha) but I get the impression he needs to clear his stuff out.

udo Monday, 22 Aug 2022 at 03:46 pm
stunet Monday, 22 Aug 2022 at 05:28 pm

Message sent. Cheers Udo.

udo Sunday, 28 Aug 2022 at 07:31 am
goofyfoot Sunday, 28 Aug 2022 at 09:50 am

udo wrote:

Visser 9'2"

Tailpad and placement WTF

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mount-coolum/surfing/9-2-webster-gun-su…

Horrendous.

thermalben Sunday, 28 Aug 2022 at 10:32 am

udo wrote:

Visser 9'2"

Tailpad and placement WTF

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mount-coolum/surfing/9-2-webster-gun-su…

Probably needs the tail pad a little further up the board to allow for alternate foot placement when jumping out of a Hercules.

Island Bay Sunday, 28 Aug 2022 at 10:59 am

Can't get your foot all the way back on a big gun. Here are big Pete Mel's Mavs guns:

https://stabmag.com/hardware/meet-the-board-behind-peter-mels-wave-of-a…

udo Sunday, 28 Aug 2022 at 11:09 am
udo Monday, 29 Aug 2022 at 06:45 pm
stunet Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 10:41 am

Thanks for the heads up, Udo.

udo Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 11:34 am

Nice score..look forward to a Ride report .

DudeSweetDudeSweet Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 12:14 pm

Holy shit…epic bargain.

udo Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 12:36 pm

Gearbox or Surfinz Fin plugs ?
Gearbox im calling.

stunet Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 12:31 pm

Different shape to both. Though more similar to Gearbox.

Maybe an earlier version? Would make sense as Sanded are on the Cenny Coast.

stunet Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 03:16 pm

The thirty minute ride report:

It's a bulbous old thing, is the Jughead Model Wiztsix. Jump aboard and that globular nose steals the view, while to duckdive you gotta grip the blocky rails and push. 33 litres. Six more than usual for me, but at 5'8" it's four inches less length, and the volume is in different parts of the board - around the stringer, under the chest. So it's short and wide and corky. Paddles like a chief.

The board gives up it's formless looks after takeoff where it becomes a quick-witted cad. All the planing speed care of volume turns into acceleration built upon a long deep concave - just keep pumping and it'll keep powering, irrespective of wave size. I think I've found my summer board. Down back, the double flyer reduces the tail area for hold, though it wasn't enough at times. Rode it as a quad, might be better as a Thruster.

A sharp swallow completes the spectrum. From orbital nose to barbed tail. Both ends serving their function well.

$100 on Gummy. Front and back deck grip included. No dings. There are five Albums downstairs, each with a sticker price of $1,350.

Craig Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 03:20 pm

Ha, score!!

DudeSweetDudeSweet Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 03:48 pm

Excellent work. Well done on the haul.

udo Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 04:17 pm

Dearer than the Wizz but a third of new Price
5'11" MC Pro Tow - $300
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/7745074522200559/?ref=search&…

udo Tuesday, 30 Aug 2022 at 05:27 pm

Very Collectable......?
Certainly Cheap Enough.....
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ballajura/surfing/cram-surfboard-7ft7/1…

udo Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 07:46 am
freeride76 Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 08:01 am

not a bad deal, and I'm looking for a summer log.

udo Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 08:06 am
freeride76 Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 08:09 am

nah, been down that Mini Sim path.

want something that surfs "cross-country" in actual longboard style waves

Island Bay Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 11:33 am

freeride76 wrote:

nah, been down that Mini Sim path.

want something that surfs "cross-country" in actual longboard style waves

Wish you could have a go on my 8'6 Webby thing, that you kindly picked up for me. Not sure what to call it: a long board, but not a longboard? A mini glider? A fun gun? surfed it tons since we got back from OZ, and it's good from knee high to proper 2 x OH. All that rail and length is addictive.

freeride76 Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 12:05 pm

deffo that would work IB, had some fun on Webby's perso glider in front of the pub.

I do like hanging toes on nose, is all.

Island Bay Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 12:19 pm

The road to perdition, Steve...

AndyM Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 01:38 pm

What dimensions I.B?
Reckon I’ve got something similar and it’s a heap of fun.

Island Bay Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 02:58 pm

Yep, I remember seeing your one. Red rails?

Mine's 8'6 x 22 1/4 x 3, and 63L. Surprisingly capable in solid waves.

AndyM Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 05:01 pm

Yeah red/burgundy rails, 8'6", 22 1/2, 3 1/4, 67 litres.
Had many people admire its lines and how capable it is in smaller waves.
Yet to surf it in overhead stuff but like you say, it'd be fine.
Problem is, it's so versatile there's a risk that you'd never get off it.

Steve's got a point though, if on those summer days you want to surf perfect Pass at one foot, or take off out in the middle of the river and go through under the bridge, a 10ft by 4 inch thick log is the ticket.
Add a deck chair and you're laughing.

DudeSweetDudeSweet Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 05:16 pm

Back in the late nineties, before retro collecting of logs was really a thing as far as I’m aware, I bought a longboard off a brickie for a carton down Albany way. It was easy nine foot plus and many inches thick. Full D fin. It was proper old school longboard. Maybe early 60s?

We called it the Mary Celeste cause it went the same with or without a rider. Too the beach every time. Unwieldy and a mission to alter course. That thing could ride the wake of a tinny no worries.

It certainly had its place in a quiver. Being too hard to transport, it’s no on my mate’s wall in WA. Or maybe be he sold it…

The thing was indestructible

freeride76 Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 05:36 pm

There was a certain style of board made in Byron in the 80's - pre longboard revival.

I think Bob McTavish started it, probably using windsurfer blanks.

8ft or so, flat as an ironing board, soft rails and nice rounded square tail with single fin.

Really trimmed out beautifully in tiny surf but you could turn them off the generous outline curve.

You could have great fun in 1ft NE windswell.

I still keep my eye out at garage sales for one.

Island Bay Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 05:43 pm

Trimming in tiny waves is a joy.

Shaped myself a 12' double ender out of insulation foam, and even with three stringers it flexed a lot, and eventually so much it snapped. That thing could just glide and glide.

As Andy hinted at, you get addicted/lazy, and I started taking it out at my local reef in OH waves. Very exciting as once you committed to a wave you were locked in. Hard to kick out on a fast wave.

udo Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 06:11 pm

freeride76 wrote:

deffo that would work IB, had some fun on Webby's perso glider in front of the pub.

I do like hanging toes on nose, is all.

This the one ?

freeride76 Saturday, 3 Sep 2022 at 06:33 pm

yep

udo Monday, 5 Sep 2022 at 07:50 pm
I focus Monday, 5 Sep 2022 at 10:31 pm
udo Wednesday, 7 Sep 2022 at 02:59 pm

freeride76 wrote:

not a bad deal, and I'm looking for a summer log.

8'3" Barry Bennett
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1073912789906476/?ref=search&…

freeride76 Wednesday, 7 Sep 2022 at 03:11 pm

Thats a good price for that board, cheers Udo

lostdoggy Wednesday, 7 Sep 2022 at 06:26 pm
udo Monday, 12 Sep 2022 at 11:45 am
hcwhiting Monday, 12 Sep 2022 at 03:47 pm

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lostdoggy Wednesday, 14 Sep 2022 at 08:18 pm
udo Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022 at 04:57 pm
dandandan Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022 at 05:42 pm

That's a bargain and a half.

bonza Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022 at 09:01 pm

Drool.

udo Wednesday, 21 Sep 2022 at 05:14 pm

Nice eh...
A comment from Camel re Outer Island Flex Tails
ive seen a guy at g-land making impossibly fast waves, next level untouchable speed down the line .
No doubts there, it was possibly the fastest thing ive seen .

quadzilla Thursday, 22 Sep 2022 at 03:29 pm

udo wrote:

Nice eh...

A comment from Camel re Outer Island Flex Tails

ive seen a guy at g-land making impossibly fast waves, next level untouchable speed down the line .

No doubts there, it was possibly the fastest thing ive seen .

When ya ride a flex tail in suitable waves you learn what a surfboard is capable of.