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Thread: Riding my 5'10 Spitfire in the Mentawais earlier this year - great travel board

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    Riding my 5'10 Spitfire in the Mentawais earlier this year - great travel board

    Here is a slideshow on Youtube of me riding my 5'10 Spitfire and some other boards during a recent trip to the Mentawais in Indo.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG-Cfrtxfqg

    I had a ball on my Spit every time I took it out even if it was cloudy and raining as it is in some of the pics. I like also switching the fins up depending on size and types of waves we were riding or just

    swapping between quad or thruster. I highly recommend getting one as a smaller wave hybrid board if your going on a trip with reasonably good waves....

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    good stuff FW.....looked like a great trip...the unmentionable board looks snazzy ..!!
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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

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    Looks good!
    6'0" Spitfire RF (Futures) / 6'2" Spitfire FST (FCS) / 6'1" El Fuego FST (FCS) / 6'2" Hellfire FST (Futures) / Alternator 6'4" FST (FCS) / 6'10 ADDvance RF (FCS) /

    42 years young / 6'3" 180 lbs

    Stuff I owned and sold: 5'6" Sweet Potato (FCS) (Sold) / 6'0" DOM (FCS) (Sold) / 6'2" DOM (FCS) (Sold) /

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    Looks like someone enjoyed themself.

    I have trip a coming up in May and I'm hoping to have a spit by then if I can wrangle it!
    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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    woow!! waves look fun.
    6'0 - 175lbs - 29yrs - SoCal -
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    beautiful
    THE NEW FLEET

    BAKED POTATO WRF 5'9
    SUB SCORCHER FST 6'2
    ALTERNATOR FST 6'6

    36 YR - 5'10 & 90KG

    PREVIOUS FW BOARDS
    5'10 SWEET POTATO,
    5'10 POTATONATOR,
    6'0 FST SPITFIRE,
    5'10 & 6'02 DOM -
    5'04 SWEET POTATO -
    6'04 FLEXFIRE

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    welcome back FW-Fan.....it's been a while!

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    1.07 - COVER SHOT.

    Also particularly liked 4.42, 5.14 and 5.19.

    Around the 5-6 minute mark you started to channel Kanga Cairns with some power hooks! Love it.
    47yoa, 177cm, 90kg, Intermediate+
    Dom 6'4" with K3 fins
    Unibrow 6'4" with KR JP5 fins
    Quadrafive 6'6" with KR JP5 Carbon Tune

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    I have just converted to the spitfire, looking forward to it - could wait on a potatonator
    THE NEW FLEET

    BAKED POTATO WRF 5'9
    SUB SCORCHER FST 6'2
    ALTERNATOR FST 6'6

    36 YR - 5'10 & 90KG

    PREVIOUS FW BOARDS
    5'10 SWEET POTATO,
    5'10 POTATONATOR,
    6'0 FST SPITFIRE,
    5'10 & 6'02 DOM -
    5'04 SWEET POTATO -
    6'04 FLEXFIRE

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