LOST & FOUND: THE MULLET

Oops!
... I did it again.
Oh, baby; baby.
Oops!
(Britney Baby, when she was still hot, and when guys still wanted to get into her brookies)

What did I do again, I slutted myself, in the only way my girl understands, I got another board, and she’s a doozy (both board and girl).

Hand shaped from a 6’5 fish blank, we (Vaughn Mackink and I) created a 5’9 x 2 ¾ x 20 ½ wide diamond tail short board (I called it The Mullet, business upfront,party out back), using the LOST… Rocket as inspiration. I wanted something like my Errol Hickman Flying Vee, but with more manoeuvrability and short board characteristics with the advantages of the Flying Vee (short fat girl, paddling and getting into waves), my version of the Lost… Rocket has more rocker and has more rolled rails and a really sharp speed rail by the five fin setup.

I took the board directly from the shaping bay and into the surf I was so amped, I rode it as a thruster with FCS Chilli fins. It paddled so well, when I first felt the rails of the finished product I was worried we had gone too thick, but it floated me like I was on my longboard and paddled well into waves and gave me the stability I wanted, the shortness gave me the responsiveness I craved that my Flying Vee can’t give me. I did one hella off the top, that made me stop and think…

It was a short surf in 2 – 3ft bowl conditions and I caught 3 waves, and am confident that we did good here, one wave I did 2 nice round house cutties, that felt solid, so I was happy in the overall performance. It provided me with a shortboard ride that my Vee cant give me, the Vee is more of a down the line, bigger turning arc board, where The Mullet is tighter in the pocket. So same, same but different as the Balinese would say!

(See previous blog to check out the vibe of the Errol Hickman Flying Vee)

I have just arrived in J-Bay (from Durban) and I am itching to put this baby to test on the point in some small fun stuff.

See a vid of Chris Ward, taking the Lost... Rocket for a spin, his rocker on this Rocket is more like my Flying Vee, check out the DVD LOST...5'5 redux if you want to check out some crazy Fish/Rocket style surfing, its an insane DVD to have in your collection.



Some more pics of Vaughn hand shaping The Mullet.

 
Have a sweet time this festive season.

Slyde.