Macaha said..
OK Lacey I've now had time to view those poor pictures you posted,popout huge hull wtf is it
Good to see your not part of the heard,you and Roy would hit it on first up

mate google gsi surfboards, then hayden, then p germ and watch the vid. interesting.


i can see bob doing it on your next board

Hope you ok LL. There is one thing that (well more than one ) that I like about you is that you do not stuff around when you see a board you like. Straight in and purchase it! It really is a thing of beauty.

a casual conversation with Paul Naude over two years ago encouraging Firewire to explore a side cut design, so when Eduardo Cenzano, Managing Director and lead engineer at Trinity Technologies in Spain approached us with the idea, we decided to pursue it”, said Firewire CEO Mark Price, “The original Trinity design showed immediate promise and with Eduardo’s consent, we brought long-time Firewire collaborator Dan Mann into the design process and the final version represents a synthesis of everyone’s input”.

Nothing ever good comes out of a commitee

Ted the Kiwi said..

Cuttlefish said..
Here's something to really trip out on.
forum.surfer.com/index.php

Jeepers that board does not deserve the hype that they tried to generate before the big launch. I was hoping for something else. I never like the Meyerhoffer and just because Dan the Mann is involved its not getting me over the line. Almost all boards go good in good waves - the Cornice in this video does not exactly set the world on fire. I be sticking with my Nano for the time being.

Just watched that video and can't belive they are talking it up...almost every turn doen looks like it gets wonky as the water moves across the dip

How exciting Lacey I too pick up a new board in a day or so.

surfbroker said...

Ctngoodvibes said..
The plan shape looks like the dick board that Paul fisher rode last year as a joke. Are they kidding?

That Dick board rode OK I thought...for a Dick..

Just how many dick boards are out there

Give it a crack for a few weeks first Mick - you might surprise yourself !

Well it sounds like you have got the right one now !

SP said..
If they attack you first surf surely it can't be a keeper

yes sp, you were right


hated this board. could not get a rail in .probably over volumed. everything had a delayed reaction which really sucks.



it was really do my head in.


anyway traded for this. with in 3 waves I knew I had made the right decision. thank goodness even tho it cost me. lucky I sold that skinny 12'6 today

just the ticket . more drive and tighter than the puffer- perfect foil against the puffer.

every wave when I stood up my foot was perfectly jammed against the tail pad kicker


a keeper for at least a year


not getting a epoxy board again. for me they just don't sit right. to get volume right I would have to be surfing really short


anyway- ted,mac, pup etc lets get this out of the road.


let my penance begin

So we are now building an MR quiver?

If I can keep up the Germ is out the door? Or has the puffer gone? I think you should keep a running commentary of your "keepers" as I struggle to keep up! I have thought that a few of your boards in recent times have been massively over volumed for your size, skill and fitness level - it was almost like the freckled faced 15 yr from who has never surfed anything but a body board at the local shop was selling you boards

Good luck with the new stick.

I hear ya loud and clear. Its been an interesting last 5 yrs or so in the shortie world with wider, thicker, shorter, less rocker boards taking over - plus a few techno changes. Its weird going short. But you get used to it. I still prefer longer boards when its bigger. Maybe thats a comfort thing - I would hate to get it wrong when its critical. But on the whole I find the shorter boards much more fun. The speed you can generate these days with the bottom shapes more than compensates for the length I reckon. But then having said that I do not think my surfing is at the ability level that I can really feel too much diff between a 6 and a 6'2" but a 6 and 6'4" seems fairly noticeable to me - even just looking down at how much nose is in front of you whilst paddling! Ever since I read a piece by Nick Carroll about keeping your weight on the front foot on late drops - like you do on a snowboard - I have had no issues with the shorter fatter boards. If I was a light specimen I would be happy to sacrifice some width for length though.

Macaha said..
Some seriously long winded posts about a shortboard in the longboard room may I surgest you take it outside

Why are you not at the football this evening in Brisvegus? I would have thought Vanders would have laid the box on

Ted the Kiwi said..

Macaha said..
Some seriously long winded posts about a shortboard in the longboard room may I surgest you take it outside

Why are you not at the football this evening in Brisvegus? I would have thought Vanders would have laid the box on

Out and about mate

Macaha said..

Out and about mate

Ok thats fair enough

vanders1 said..

Ted the Kiwi said..

Macaha said..
Some seriously long winded posts about a shortboard in the longboard room may I surgest you take it outside

Why are you not at the football this evening in Brisvegus? I would have thought Vanders would have laid the box on

I did offer the box but you know mac can't leave his postcode, not even for quality waves.

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