Looking at a cab ace as they are significantly cheaper than the tronic. That said i like the build quality of the tronic over the ace. Starting out in waves so is the tronic an absolute must?

hi billob,
I am one of the few gold coast waveriders that use a twin tip and every year i ride a few boards from a few brands to see which one is the holy grail of carving a few controlled turns and riding up and over white water with ease. There are a lot of boards that claim to be wave/freestyle but are just McDonalds trays.

The North x ride is good in the surf going in and out but it is a bit skittish going down a choppy wave face.

The Naish Motion is my second fave, deep rear channels give direction when you are going down the line or cutting back upwind, square rails don't feed well into a bottom turn.

The Cabrinha Tronic is the board that Australian dealers asked Pete for a few years to build to wave ride and three years ago it was released....round outline, round surfy rails, chop smoothing concaves and it bottom and top turns as close to a surfboard with the obvious restraints of a twin tip.....awesome.

The Cabrinha Ace is like the North x ride , great for mowing the grass and going in and out but also bounces down a wave face like a skateboard on a set of stairs if it's even slightly choppy.

Cheers Ian

Sorry Cygnify,
But i have not had a chance to even see one of those boards in the flesh or ride one although some guys i have spoken to seem to rate them.

cheers Ian

Fly on da wall said...

greenleader said..
hi billob,
I am one of the few gold coast waveriders that use a twin tip and every year i ride a few boards from a few brands to see which one is the holy grail of carving a few controlled turns and riding up and over white water with ease. There are a lot of boards that claim to be wave/freestyle but are just McDonalds trays.

The North x ride is good in the surf going in and out but it is a bit skittish going down a choppy wave face.

The Naish Motion is my second fave, deep rear channels give direction when you are going down the line or cutting back upwind, square rails don't feed well into a bottom turn.

The Cabrinha Tronic is the board that Australian dealers asked Pete for a few years to build to wave ride and three years ago it was released....round outline, round surfy rails, chop smoothing concaves and it bottom and top turns as close to a surfboard with the obvious restraints of a twin tip.....awesome.

The Cabrinha Ace is like the North x ride , great for mowing the grass and going in and out but also bounces down a wave face like a skateboard on a set of stairs if it's even slightly choppy.

Cheers Ian

Going by previous post on the coast, I would have thought you would be banned...


Riding twin tip in the surf.. is that with a board leash or gojo?

Is this behaviour acceptable if you use the sign on sheet then?

Just like to be kept in the clicky loop!

ps. can you put up another 80's photo of you guy's for my wall.....

Thanks from the strapless Darkrider!

Ride the board that makes you grin the most.

If you want to limit yourself to a strapless surfboard then go for it as long as your having fun then that's all that matters.

I like to ride the shallows. Boost to the moon, glide through the air. Carve amongst and jump boulders, ride up rocky rivers, chase the storms ride 30 to 40+ knot days with 5 to 6m swells. . Ride those monster waves. Jump the thundering close out white wash.

I can't do all those things on a strapless surfboard. So I don't ride one.