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Got my new Bro Diplock board this morning

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:48 am
by knee_boarder
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A rather nice 5'8"

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:16 am
by surfhorn
Give us your baby's statistics.

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:10 am
by knee_boarder
5'8" x 23" x 2 11/16"

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:36 pm
by C J Gagner
I love mine it really flies and is loose enough on bigger waves to really kick out the turns! hope you love yours as much as i love mine!

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:15 pm
by RMcKnee
Looks nice. Pretty cool to have your own artwork on the bottom!
You ever get to surf Bantham?

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:07 pm
by Scott
Very clean lines; hope it both flies and turns great for you!

bro

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:50 pm
by barry
nice lookin stick
Chris makes some sweet boards
glad to see some pics of his shapes 8)

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:34 pm
by Kev
what under curves are there ?
and
what fins are fitted ?
8)

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:02 pm
by knee_boarder
RMcKnee wrote:Looks nice. Pretty cool to have your own artwork on the bottom!
You ever get to surf Bantham?
Never surfed anywhere outside of North Devon, apart from Newquay over twenty years ago! I'm not even sure where Bantham is apart from being on the south coast some where!

Normally surf Woolacombe but we have discovered that it's quicker to get to Westward Ho! of a lunchtime rather than get through Braunton, so I can see a few lunchtime sessions with my Line Manager coming up!
Kev wrote: what under curves are there ?
and
what fins are fitted ?
Curves, no idea, but fins are FCS but Bro has adapted them specifically.

Just a shame the surf was blown out yesterday, I refuse to pay 6 quid to surf Putsborough for a couple of hours :(

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:27 pm
by RMcKnee
Hey KB, you said
I refuse to pay 6 quid to surf Putsborough for a couple of hours
I sympathise mate. I got stuck in Pomgolia for a few years myself and more than anything hated having to pay for EVERYTHING. They never let you forget you're living in the country that invented the window tax.
:(
Nice looking board though, hope you get some decent waves soon.
:wink:
I asked about Bantham cos I used to live near there; saw the best waves I ever saw in UK there in...maybe '95... top to bottom O/H barrels. Motivated me to get back here to God's country. :D

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:53 am
by szrbloke
Fingers crossed I'm hoping to move to near Plymouth in the next 3 months. :)

Ah yes the Putsborough rip-off......

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:52 pm
by Bryn
knee_boarder, good looking board and i'm sure it will go as good as it looks 8) He knows how to make them work!

Fins are usually Bro's own templates, either hand foiled or he has a very good set available made to his template by Rainbow for lokbox. They work very well indeed!

RMcKnee, the bantham area is my local stalking ground, Challaborough in particular. Bantham is a zoo now, anything up to 150+ in on a weekend and mostly plank riding wannabes so I generally give it a miss as there's better nearby. Car park is expensive in season but not £6 thats just ridiculous!! Better off paddling from the bigbury side and parking in the economy field! Still, when the rivermouth is doing its thing at a good size the crowds magically thin out and there's barrels to be had :D

szrbloke, drop me a line when you move, plenty of gold around here :wink:

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm
by knee_boarder
well, I got in the water last night. Choppy 2-4ft Woolacombe and while I didn't get many waves (4), the ones I did catch (seriously unfit at the moment!), the board absolutely flew on!

The extra floatation does make it harder to duck dive , I've got to learn to put more welly into it to make up for it.

The speed in comparison to my old boards is unbelievable, I love it.

Thanks very much Bro! :D

sscchhtoke...

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:22 am
by RMcKnee
Good onya KB. There's nothing like a new board to give your surfing a swift one in the pants. Unreal feeling, ain't it, to get that first wave and find the new stick is everything you hoped for and more. Looking at the photos you posted got me thinking that if I was over there I'd be itching to go see Bro myself to place an order. I do like the look of his twinnie slab...
:idea: :idea:
The trick now is to hold on to that dose of stoke while you save up for the next new board. If one new board feels good, imagine how much better two will feel. Plus, Bro will be stoked to see you back again too. Spread the love brother!
:D

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:28 pm
by Mike Fernandez
Congrats on your new board, it's great when they work! 8) And the cool thing about having a Diplock board is when someone asks you who shaped it, you can say "my Bro." :lol: