Good to see you put the tail pad in the right spot and with plenty spread. Some kook had a mini driver on ebay the other week and the arch looked about 4 inches too far forward. No idea....
Good to see you put the tail pad in the right spot and with plenty spread. Some kook had a mini driver on ebay the other week and the arch looked about 4 inches too far forward. No idea....
Yeah it was a struggle to get it where I wanted without covering the leash plug. I forgot a leash string this morning so it wouldn't have mattered.
First impressions. It felt like the right volume for paddling, but it felt like a lot of area to push under for duck diving.
It definitely needs a wave that stands up a bit to let you in, I was getting hung up on some slack ones until they hit the bank then it was off.
It feels really magic carpet-esque gliding over the water once you're moving though.
Conditions were terrible, i barely got more than 3 secs stood up on a wave before they fattened off to nothing and had no opportunity to try turning so can't really give any feedback on that. It feels so square and straight under your feet though that it almost seems like it won't allow you to turn, but from all accounts that is not the case.
I can see why Daniel's customs are often ridden so small though. It's more board than the dims suggest!
Overall I'm very intrigued to get it in some proper waves and see how it goes. I picture it feeling like a high performance sweet potato for better waves...
Yer thats how my first surf on it felt. Then I had another surf in better cleaner/better waves and loved it. It's not a groveller/smaller wave for me, thats for sure. The spud still has its place. It's defineltly got some fish like feeling to it with the wider nose and tail. I dig it, great allrounder really. I am interested how I find my sub next time I surf it, been a few weeks since I have so hoping I can look past the vangard from time to time.
Was that a 6'2 FST Mini Driver on Ebay Australia?Originally Posted by Freaked_Out
at solid 3'+, the board can fly already. i think the VG maxes out at 6'. it definitely is my daily driver. as far as getting hung up, most epoxies have a certain amount of that compared to poly glass boards. thanks prj, u've inspired me to surf today in sloppy onshore conditions.
41 yrs, 6', 185 lbs
5'7 BP, 5'10 VG, 6'6 SF, 6'6 Q5, 6'10 ADD, and plenty of others
I may not win American Idol w my singing, but when I yell "HO!!!", its all baritone.
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"Some kook had a mini driver on ebay the other week and the arch looked about 4 inches too far forward. No idea...."
FW-fan is a kook :P
are you thinning your herd FW??? or making room for more??
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WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD,*WHERE'S MY VANGUARD.... ETC
IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED,
IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT,
IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE,
IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE
SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb
and countless others (mostly nev's)
youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant
Making room. My theory, which Freaked Out, who is obviously one heat away from the CT will argue against, is that with a rounded pin you never get your foot right back because the apex of the rounded pin means the distance from rail to rail gets narrower to the point you toes and heal are over the edge of the rail. On a rounded square or squash..no problems get that pad right back, but not with as rounded pin. Also being a board designed around barrels you tend to have your back foot a bit forward when pulling in...so the pad is a tad fore not aft....deliberately. I have only been surfing 25 years or so, so what would I know. My guess is that Freaked Out with his tiny little Ooompah Looompah feet, hands and...well you know what usually follows...doesnt have that problem.
Woops, sorry fan, didnt know it was yours. You sound guttered? Don't be. Had a CT scan once, I try and surf safely in heats! Hey I rekon the vanguard can definetly be surfed with way less volume than your every day. I usually like about 37-40 litres. I like the 5'10" at 36 litres becuse its easy but rekon could surf 5.8 at 32 litres pretty easy. No way I could do that on a flexfire etc. Great board. Go shorter I say.
Gutted or Guttered...there is a difference you know. No I am not gutted if thats what you meant...love being called a kook...it doesnt happen very often so it makes for a nice change.
K it is then. Hey FokiaHI, how did the vanguard go in 6 foot? Tail feels quite wide, must be lightning speed in that size?
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