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Thread: Sweet Potato Help? No speed

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    http://www.mdsurfstore.com/product/wide-tail

    Call Sean Mattison. The website says they are sold out, but I bet he has some. These pads have great coverage for wide tails. They are all I use.

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    Can't surf without a pad on my boards!! useless without it. I have a Creatures Mick fanning on my 5'2" potato a bit spread out
    165cms 89Kgs dry...working on that at the moment...but not working!!! :)
    Potato 5'2" /Vanguard 5'6"/Potatonator 5'8"/ Spitfire 5'8" / Quadraflex 6'0" / Flexflight 9'0"
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    stomp pad definitely helps a lot...and also cuts down on wax! :D
    5'8" - 170lbs / 172cm - 77kg
    503 x 21.25 x 2.4, 32.4L Baked Potato TG (pending), Futures
    504 x 21.50 x 2.5 , 35.7L Sweet Potato FST, Jordy + Q400
    508 x 20 x 2.4, 31L SpitFire FST, FEA Techflex

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    Hate Pads - eco wax - what size (in relation to your height are you talking about)

    The SP is a board that can be propelled down the line by fast top to bottom rollercoasting if you will - it wont just generate its own speed, I found it slow to begin with then one your drive of the bottom turn good and hard - BOOM......
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    6'04 FLEXFIRE

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    Thanks everyone for the replies, got out yesterday in small really small mushy waves and made sure to pay attention on my back foot and work off it more and wow. What a difference.....

    Thanks again!

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    yeah forum surf coaching!! Glad it helped.

    thanks for all the insight folks
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    Hi, would it be a hard transition from surfing the frontfoot to being able to surf a backfooted board such as a sp?
    Has anyone experience with it?

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    Yeah I'm pretty front footed. It took a while to adjust with plenty of hit and miss moments but I really enjoy the SP now.

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    I think this is the tail pad Prj is talking about. Looks the ticket for BP and SP style boards.

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    I think this is the tail pad Prj is talking about. Looks the ticket for BP and SP style boards.

    image.jpg
    5,7 70kg,s.

    504 Patotonator
    508 Lost Fst Sub-S
    510 MD
    602 Alt Rounded pin

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