So I took the Natural Curve trunk board out last night and what a ride, its a 5,8 x 21 1/2 x 2 5/8, this pink piel rocketed thought the flat sections and my turns were solid and flowed, there was a distinct difference to my Flying Vee in the sense that due to my FV having no stringer it has less rocker, thus tends to bog slightly.
Natural Curves Trunk, has a more pulled in tail to my FV and the proportions are more sculpted, is the ride better on the NC Trunk, mmmm mmm maybe, I would like to say different, but I definitely felt good on that Trunk.
The conditions were super flat with the odd cracker wave pulling through with all and sundry at
North Beach scrambling for it, although the pink piel (NC Trunk) paddled easily and smoothly with this fat kid on it. I spoke to Hugh Thompson (who is Natural Curve) and he mentioned that the guy who this pinky was shaped for actually is now riding a 5'6 Trunky, fantastic!
A huge thumbs up for the Natural Curves (
http://www.naturalcurve.co.za/) version of the Trunk, it’s a testament to Hugh Thompsons experience, I am just frothing to take this thing down the line at J bay, I might keep it!
Some pics of the NC pink piel
Slyde Mcglide.
If you gonna post, when the drop box occurs, just click on anonymous or name (and type) your name, forget the URL. Slyde
ReplyDeleteHey Slyde,
ReplyDeleteThat board looks fun, we had such good waves north this morning, the Pod was tested today in 4ft barrels and it was feeling so good, the CI website reckons its for waves up to slightly overhead, but it certainly performed in well overhead waves this morning, question time - I'm happy with my POD for mush to what I rode today (4ft barrels) I want something for when its really pumping IE 4ft - 6ft plus. My ability limits what I do when it starts cranking so all I'm interested in is getting into the wave nice and early and getting barrelled or doing big carves, realistically I'm on the beach whens its in the 8ft range.....so with all that in mind the new Twig range by Baron looked interesting......a board for when its cranking....
Later and loving the blog
North Coast Nigel
Hey Nig,
ReplyDeleteGenerally you can ride any type board, Tom Curran proved this in one of the Search movies when he rode 12-15 ft on a 5 foot something twin fin. We all dont have the mad skill like Tommy!
Think of a Big wave board as something that is going to give you confidence to make the drop and pull a clean line. We are not going to be pulling floaters, airs etc, we just want to make the drop, lay a clean line,carve and get barreled if we lucky.
It all starts with the freight train drop (channel heaving 8ft New Pier), if I was riding a 5'11 as my everyday board, I would get a 6'4 x 19 1/2 x 2 1/2, I would want the stability that the width and volume would allow me, as well as nice tight rounded pin tail (for the bite which will allow me to hold my line, wider tails tend to drift), with some big FCS fins try the FCS PC7's that will give you the hold you need through the bottom turn as well as the pivot if you want to crank it, the also resin based fins so they will withhold some serious flex!
Tell the glasser to make the rails from the tail through the fins and up into a sharp speedail, so that part of the rail can bite into the wave so you can hold the line etc.
But this 8ft+ kinda surfing is all about guts, close your mind take a breath and go for it!
S.