About time he gave that cruiser some love

Finally I can contribute - its been a day to remember here folks. Was pretty chunky this morning and its backed off as the day has gone on. The 6'2" was not enough board for surfs one and two but perfect for 3. I really should have ridden the 6'6" this morning - some of the sets were massive

Hope you all got some as well.

Rainbow then the G which was way better I paddled away and disowned Vanders and Lacey after they switched boards to mid length.

a 6'2 platypus is not a mid length for goodness sake.




really good waves this morning. after 2 waves i realized it wasn't a hotlog day.three ft plus top to bottom waves


so i went in and got my 6'2 beau young platypus- what unreal board. smooth as, good glide yet radical. carving, rebounds kicking the tail out on closeouts and the first deep barrel i've had in years due to a 666 addiction. all this after not being on a shortie for a month.


went to the shop to tell the boys and the man himself actually is doing some work there too. nice guy and he was rapt. first one to buy that model out of the shop.

connected very well with him on boards. discussed my quiver and what i looking for to fill the gap between the hotlog and the platypus.

lookout a 6'4 wombat mark 2 might be on the cards- google and watch him surf the board

cheers

Macaha said..
ffs Lacey I was the one that told you to google him surfing the wombat .

I've got to say the barrel your talking about was all time the boys in the carpark were asking who the fk is that,oh that would be a mate of mine with me chest out great board I hope you keep it a little longer than the last newies

yeah right.

if i sold it today i would be on a par with you wouldn't i.

for me instant connection with that board.

at the end of the day im a shortboarder, still fit and able to surf them and should stay there except for one hotlog- every one needs a log.

cheers

ps. for the record- rainbow had the top to bottom waves

Good to hear its pumping on both sides of our great island boys...pumping in WA this weekend as well.

laceys lane said..

you must be a massive strong dud mick. am2's are a big fin set ,but i could or wouldn't use a full set of s9's even on a sup. usually a s9 centre fin and some thing a bit smaller on the sides

cheers

Yeah I'm not at all, only weigh 78kg. The AM2 were ok, but I could feel them slip a bit on backhand bottom turns when it got overhead. They were a lot better than the solus fins which were awesome on a 6'0 firewire hellfire. Just comes down to board shape I think, the psychedelic germ has a pretty funky outline...cheers

Rainbow this morning for pretty much the first time, usually stay away from the crowds but this morning was not too bad after everyone had their fill over the weekend. Floundered around a bit trying to find the longer running ones but fun nonetheless, clean clear and a fantastic day

Still a bit left over this morning, a little more swell than I was expecting. Was funny coz I've been riding a SB a lot lately, the LB felt weird for the first few waves. But was only Me , Pup, some dude & a couple of cuties

Had the funnest couple of surfs this morning at Maroochydore.
Rolled up at dawn and there's virtually no one out.
Pretty happy to see that after the full tilt crowd by 7am yesterday morning.
The wind was calm and the lines were smooth with tastey looking waist-head high peaks.
Tried a new fin combo in my baby 6'6" vquad which is the smaller version of my...wait for it...7'6" midlength.
Hadn't clicked with it yet as only 2 surfs on it with other fins that weren't allowing it to show its true potential.
Put in the True Ames CI twins with DVS sidebites as rears and all was good.

Today was a slight let down after yesterday. Still glassy fun. Fat takeoff, walled up,then a fat section and the power of the midlength let me glide through to the most fun bank on the inside

Nice looking sled cuttlefish

SP said..

Macaha said...
Rainbow then the G which was way better I paddled away and disowned Vanders and Lacey after they switched boards to mid length.

Sweet board Lacey.

Photos please..

sp, the nose has some width but not as much as this photo looks. a very impressive board, fluid, yet yet radical when you want to. instantly loved this 6'2 board which is a change from a lot of sb oards i've had a demo on lately

i want to ride this board some more before i give more details/review, however im very impressed and meeting beau young and having a chat about this board and his new wombat mark11 model, well he has got something really good happening- very very good surfer who shapes too using influences from the past with his sense of style and groove and in my mind the platypus reflects this with yet the progressive characteristics of the modern short board

2 sessions on the point on the Hot Log, 5.5hrs in the water and feeling every minute of it. The evening session was stunning, plenty of shoulder/head high sets, a gentle offshore and just 4 out, seriously could not believe it.... so stoked

Mini road trip straight after work.....the rewards were sensational. Will back again tomorrow

Tux said...
Are you blokes wearing wetsuits in the 20C water....geezus

it is cold here in the morning when it's blowing a westerly down to 19 today