Nugdam said..
Are these the 5'79s you guys are talking about? The new design maybe?

Lovely.
Not the biggest fan of pastel. Reminds me too much of the 80's.
We liked the outside of these, but the big yellow insides were begging to be a canvas.
My girl is back home for a bit, no surf, so I asked her to put a bit of soul on the side fins for me.
Love it.

Brenno said..

Nugdam said..
Are these the 5'79s you guys are talking about? The new design maybe?

Lovely.
Not the biggest fan of pastel. Reminds me too much of the 80's.
We liked the outside of these, but the big yellow insides were begging to be a canvas.
My girl is back home for a bit, no surf, so I asked her to put a bit of soul on the side fins for me.
Love it.

CHOICE art.
I agree, couldn't go there with 5.79 gray pastels and the 5.49 red's would clash with board's red . Hopefully have sourced Cork's like Bigcsup.

kitemantim said..
Brenno

which fins are using, 5.57 or 5.79

as been offered some 5.57 at reasonable price


cheers

5.79
Really enjoying time on the nose, so bigger is better for me.

Thanks ended getting both for $50 more than the 5.79 on their own.

Been had , clicked on Cork pattern, got sent poxy grey n yellow .
One good thing, didn't realize how much shearing shed Occa french the Mrs had picked up from me. It's a RTS from her.
I'm trusting you guys enthusiasm for these fins n sneakn them over, will do Bali make over on them

So it's been 4 months, and it's normally at this stage that I'm getting restless and looking at my next board, so thought I'd give a bit of feedback.
Construction wise this smik stik is still as new, apart from slight discoloration of the deck pad in the shape of my feet in the standing area. No deck compressions, no nicks, scratches or marks. Pretty bloody good seeing i have been surfing this board exclusively, often, and have been very unkind to it.
The thing I love most about this board is it's versatility. This morning in long 2 foot rollers at the point, to fat beachies as the tide came in. It does it all.
I can comfortably use the entire board from tip to tail, and it has improved my wave count and surfing so much, i love it.
I'll be back on it again later on. If i do ever end up breaking it, I'd get the exact same again. Maybe shave 1/2" off?
Maybe




And nope, I have no bloody idea why my photos rotate when I upload them

Brenno said..
So it's been 4 months, and it's normally at this stage that I'm getting restless and looking at my next board, so thought I'd give a bit of feedback.
Construction wise this smik stik is still as new, apart from slight discoloration of the deck pad in the shape of my feet in the standing area. No deck compressions, no nicks, scratches or marks. Pretty bloody good seeing i have been surfing this board exclusively, often, and have been very unkind to it.
The thing I love most about this board is it's versatility. This morning in long 2 foot rollers at the point, to fat beachies as the tide came in. It does it all.
I can comfortably use the entire board from tip to tail, and it has improved my wave count and surfing so much, i love it.
I'll be back on it again later on. If i do ever end up breaking it, I'd get the exact same again. Maybe shave 1/2" off?
Maybe




And nope, I have no bloody idea why my photos rotate when I upload them

Hey Brenno
I'm currently up on the Sunny Coast and might need another one of your old boards if you want to off load the Smik 9' just saying - clearly you now NEED the 9x27

Been loving my 9 x 28 as well. Crazy how different it is to the 10 footer.

I couldn't slide the 10 footer at all yet the 9 footer I can get it to slide so much easier. I need some decent surf to give it a real test but been loving it so far.