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  1. #31
    Ok, I like that idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by core personal training View Post
    actually save it towards a hellrazor
    Bingo!

    After surfing the 6'2 Hellfire even though slightly less volume than the 6'0 dom there is plenty and it seems to paddle and catch waves as easily. It was 3' onshore but a couple of rip bowls to be had - the thing hoots along on anything with a pocket, tons of speed, floats well over broken water and quicker off the top than the dom - just in the few waves I had. I feel like I know this board already, feels and surfs like a cross between my old Webber Afterburner and a single to double concave bat tail I have but looser. Can't wait to try it in good waves.
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    good stuff mate...wait till you get it in head high or over glass...far out, its the closest we will get to bare foot surfing..total slippery freedom
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    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
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    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

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    Quote Originally Posted by hanaleisurfer View Post
    Thats food for thought Chris!! Maybe the Hellfire can be tweaked with a step up version?? Seriously I was really surprised how well the board handled decent sized Hanalei bay, a wave that once it starts getting in the overhead plus mark, can really be a down the line freight train!! FritzKat, sorry to hear that swell didnt wrap into Kona. I know it takes a good strong west swell to get in there. Hopefully you can get that Hellfire in some juice soon. Waves have been going off here on Kauai, so I have been putting on some mileage on my 6 6 Hellfire. At your weight Fritzkat, the 6 4 should be just perfect. I am hovering around the 215 mark, so the 6 4 would have worked for me, but I am a slow paddler!!
    Wus yo height and weight? i just ordered a 6'6 hellfire and i live oahu. i am about 5'10 195, but i like da paddle of bigger boards too even tho i got frenz telling me to go smaller. wat kind of fins u use. i ordered it wit futures. i kinda wanted a step up from my 6'8 surftech predator. i surf 3ft Hawaiian + mostly surf East side spots and north shore secret spots. mahalo, g

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    Howzit gkekoa! Im 510 and about 215. You probably could have gone with the 6 4 Hellfire, but the 6 6 should be fine. Im at that border line weight where I could have gone with the 6 4, but wanted the extra paddling of the 6 6. The hellfire likes big fins, especially for guys our weight. You should look at at Panchos, AM2 or Simon Anderson fins.

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    good fin choices there
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    IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
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    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,
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    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

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    surfed the hellfire in overhead waves on Sunday it handled it great, better hold than the dom for sure, able to push it off the top and pretty much anywhere on the face, never felt like it was going to pop out.
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    I tried a the futures Simon andersons futures blue quad set (1st time wit da quads) in 3-4 HI windy surf. i kinda liked da hellfire in wit da quads i was flying past sections and da turns were alright. it didnt handle da drops too well in the dumpy surf. anybody wanna comment on this, i went to a surf shop to chek out da 6'4 hellfire cuz the 6'6 does seem kinda big for me they had both the fst and rf. brah i was tripping out but da fst is thicker all around, heavier and stiffer. da rf bottom seems softer when i squeeze it and is thinner, even the guy at da shop was tripping out. IS that a difference between the two technologies? They say they are the same dimensions but there was a noticeable difference. anyone cheked dat out?

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    The chances are if the hellfire didn't handle the drops then nothing else would either and it was really a reflection of the conditions. I find my HF handles the drop beautifully, better than the dom or spitfire, gets to the bottom faster and then bottom turns as hard as I want. I've had it out in almost double overhead and it handles like a dream. After 40 years of surfing I don't think I've had a board that paddles in and takes the drop as nicely. A couple have been close maybe as good but not better.

    I also ride mine as a quad with Rusty R2 quads and a very tiny stabiliser fin, much smaller than the knubster in height but similar length. I took the HF out in 3-4' waves yesterday in onshore conditions and it still went very well and handled the drops no problem.
    Jesus is coming, look busy!
    Moving forward or just spinning faster?

    5'8 RF Vanguard 32.2L FCS H3 quad
    6'0 FST Dominator 34.8L FCS PC SF4 quad + stabiliser
    6'0 FST Spitfire 34.9L FCS PC R2 quad + stabiliser
    6'2 FST Jacknife 33.3L FCS PC quad front/rear TC Redlines/TC Aqualines
    6'2 FST Hellfire 33.7L FCS PC R2 quad + stabiliser (x 2, yes 1 here, 1 there!)
    6'4 FST Alternator 34.?L FCS PG7
    6'7 FST Hellrazor 36.5L FCS R2 thruster
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    6'5 FST Hellrazor 33.5L FCS coming

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