need 4 speed
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and this is from someone riding a
loaf
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
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Loc: NJ
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Took receipt of my new Coils and they look insane. Like, in-friggin-sane insane.
I'm so tired at the moment that I'm going cross-eyed, but I snapped a few quick pics of the M80 and am throwing them up here since I am really amped on it. The board packs a lot of volume without looking or feeling bulky at all, and the super foiled-down tail makes me think this is going to perfectly bridge the gap between my Springfish and shortboard.
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retodd
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how wide is the tail from the tips of the squash ?
ok who is going to be the first left coaster to get one ?
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goldenarmes
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gotta admit im a sucker for a foiled out tail. 
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
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Posts: 3822
Loc: NJ
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5'8" x 19 3/4" x 2 1/4"
0.85 cu ft
9 inch corner-to-corner on a shallow diamond tail
I have this weird feeling this board is going to change my perspective and my surfing, as did the 5'6" Springfish that Mike shaped me a while back.
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hackeysaky
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Loc: NJ
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gotta admit im a sucker for a foiled out tail.
Me too. That is where most of a board's "personality" is contained.
Here is another pic of the tail end for ya.
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need 4 speed
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OMG he's back from the dead
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need 4 speed
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love this shot!
20w and I don't agree on templates
The M80 looks pretty sick to me
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goldenarmes
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resurrection weekend no less...lol
note to erBB's : having a baby will decrease your water time   
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need 4 speed
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Good to see you back my friend!
(only for about 8 years)
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hackeysaky
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Loc: NJ
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resurrection weekend no less...lol
note to erBB's : having a baby will decrease your water time
I agree... x3.
With 3 at home, 2 of 'em still in diapers, sometimes I think it would be easier to organize a coup to overthrow a small country than work through the logistics of strategically lining up windows of availability and the correct swell/location/tide/wind combos.
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retodd
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looking forward to pics of the good wave boards 
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Havoc
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Took receipt of my new Coils and they look insane. Like, in-friggin-sane insane.
I'm so tired at the moment that I'm going cross-eyed, but I snapped a few quick pics of the M80 and am throwing them up here since I am really amped on it. The board packs a lot of volume without looking or feeling bulky at all, and the super foiled-down tail makes me think this is going to perfectly bridge the gap between my Springfish and shortboard.
Wow, I really like that template! looks very angular and hp...
20W loves roundness and thickness is the tail of his boards and ladies so this boards a no go for him 
Hopefully I'll get a chance of trying one of these soon. Although I can't really afford any more boards and have a nearly completed quiver.
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"motions of rippage is initated by the hind leg"-Northern_Shores
"Lemme know. I got endson gas"-20W
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
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Posts: 3822
Loc: NJ
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looking forward to pics of the good wave boards
I'll try to post those up soon.
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retodd
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havoc,
you are the perfect weight to give my flashback a go !!
i should have some free time next weekend. once you try it you can justify selling a good portion of your dust collectors
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ghostshaper
Billy Hamilton status
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Finally got a session in on my widerboard. It's super buoyant and loose. Exactly what I wanted for small junky waves. 
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They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.
Edited by ghostshaper (04/06/10 11:04 PM)
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winwin
Billy Hamilton status
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hey ghostS...what dims do you get for that??
Nice get mang. 
win win
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
Reged: 12/19/02
Posts: 3822
Loc: NJ
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Phil, another Jersey-ite addicted to Coils:
http://josephguagliardo.zenfolio.com/p298174121/e247a6301
Edit: not embedding well, so click the linky linky.
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Edited by hackeysaky (04/07/10 03:53 AM)
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ghostshaper
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5'9 x 19 1/8 x 2 1/8; 0.79 cu ft; quad.
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Havoc
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havoc,
you are the perfect weight to give my flashback a go !!
i should have some free time next weekend. once you try it you can justify selling a good portion of your dust collectors
LOL! you gonna be at the ab3 todd? would love to try one.
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"Lemme know. I got endson gas"-20W
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retodd
Tom Curren status
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i will be there. i will bring my fish for you to try and whoever else wants to go for a spin.
i wish my new 6-3 would be ready for the event but it wont 
sold my widerboard , hawaii is way more expensive than i planed.
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Oceanslide
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Posts: 5180
Loc: Oceanside, CA
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Session #1 today on the Widerboard after 4 straight days
of drinking and eating in Cabo equaled a very out-of-sync
but still very promising session in semi-funky S. wind
riddled beachbreak peaks. I had been told it would feel
different than any board I've ever ridden...it turned out
to be even MORE different than I expected. First off, the
board is very foiled out for me compared to what I usually
surf, but floated and paddled me fine and picked up waves
better than I thought it would. Feels really solid and
is very fast out of the gates, but what totally F-ed with
my head was how much the board loads up coming off the
bottom and pushing hard. On 2 of the better waves I caught,
I went to drive it off of the bottom and wasn't prepared
for the spring effect and my rear foot came completely
off the board, causing me to fully kook the section. It
seems like the board doesn't need the 'rider input' normally
involved in generating speed by pumping hard. Pretty crazy.
I look forward to figuring it out in coming sessions because
I felt like a kook today. Feels very promising though from
what I can tell thus far.
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Oceansliding
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retodd
Tom Curren status
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ride it 5 more times in any condition, then get your favorite normal board and surf it
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afoaf
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seconded. dead on.
I blew three backside waves today just totally exploding out
of my backside bottom turns...goes totally vertical with a
bullet.
rode it with my griffin quad set...not *quite* right for the
board, but I did have a few open frontside waves where it
catapulted.
mine is shorter, narrower and far more foiled than anything
I ride...the paddling is only slightly more labored than
my modfish but overall the thing catches waves I don't expect
to and goes bananas when you load it up.
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
Reged: 12/19/02
Posts: 3822
Loc: NJ
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M80 first impression/first ride report:
I rode the M80 in waist-chest and clean surf that was not too weak, but not particularly punchy either. The performance of the board was outstanding, I could not be happier.
General first impressions are: paddles well, catches waves well, very submissive, very maneuverable (seems to roll rail-to-rail with a flick of the ankle, which is very helpful in speed-generation and back-off-sections in small surf), and is easiy to overpower when things get dicey. Still has a nice grounded thruster feeling and likes getting vertical and coming out of the turn with very little swing-weight resistance.
I feel like I've been missing out by not having one in my quiver earlier. Pretty jazzed to get back out on it again, hopefully in improved conditions.
Honestly, a springfish and an M80 combined would probably make for a minimalist, East-Coast-Summer two-board quiver (until, of course, real storms and swell materialize); if you had to boil it down to a one-board summer quiver, the widerboard could probably cover the spread reasonably well.
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hackeysaky
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5’6” x 21” x 2 3/8” x 0.79 cu. ft. Springfish
5’8” x 19 3/4” x 2 1/4” x 0.84 cu. ft. M80
6’0” x 19 1/4” x 2 3/16” x 0.85 cu. ft. Widerboard
6’2” x 18 3/4” x 2 1/4” x 0.75 cu. ft. Qualifier (heavily personalized custom)
6’3” x 18 7/8” x 2 3/16” x 0.85 cu. ft. Qualifier (mostly a blend of surfercross’ and Ron's (SE FCS rep) go-to boards)
6’4” x 19” x 2 1/4” x 0.90 cu. ft. Qualifier “kinda step-up”
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ghostshaper
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Wow
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Oceanslide
Miki Dora status
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5’6” x 21” x 2 3/8” x 0.79 cu. ft. Springfish
5’8” x 19 3/4” x 2 1/4” x 0.84 cu. ft. M80
6’0” x 19 1/4” x 2 3/16” x 0.85 cu. ft. Widerboard
6’2” x 18 3/4” x 2 1/4” x 0.75 cu. ft. Qualifier (heavily personalized custom)
6’3” x 18 7/8” x 2 3/16” x 0.85 cu. ft. Qualifier (mostly a blend of surfercross’ and Ron's (SE FCS rep) go-to boards)
6’4” x 19” x 2 1/4” x 0.90 cu. ft. Qualifier “kinda step-up”
Fark yeah! 
Did you take a bottom shot, by chance?
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Oceansliding
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
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Posts: 3822
Loc: NJ
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I did not because I had to set the boards up on the ground-level deck, run to the second floor and climb out the window onto the low-level roof to check the vantage point, run back downstairs because the boards were over-hanging into the garden area, run back upstairs to check the frame, run back downstairs because the wind had blown the boards and rotated some of them out of alignment (this step x3), run back upstairs to take the shot, etc... all this while my wife was "gently urging" me to get my oldest daughter ready and out the door for soccer, etc.
I'll try to take some bottom shots in the near future.
Boards are all thrusters except the Springfish (quad) and the 5-fin option Widerboard (which is usually ridden as a thruster anyway).
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rdj
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Posts: 759
Loc: Monmouth Co., NJ
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There is something really comforting about a 1 shaper quiver. You've worked with Mike so much at this point he can probably shape you any board with minimal input. There's a lot of value in building a shaper/surfer relationship like that. This picture tells a lot about that.
I surfed with Hackey for about 3 hours on Friday in really clean lined up stomach - chest high south swell. It was short period and lacked some push, but the rides were long and the wave stayed open. Watched him work the M80 and pull some kid tricks like a much younger surfer. Then he switched over to the Spring Fish with pretty much a flawless transition. I think that can really be attributed to that working relationship he's built with Mike. 
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nkpheous
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Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2948
Loc: Huntington Beach
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my new dilema.......springfish or m80 
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Oceanslide
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I did not because I had to set the boards up on the ground-level deck, run to the second floor and climb out the window onto the low-level roof to check the vantage point, run back downstairs because the boards were over-hanging into the garden area, run back upstairs to check the frame, run back downstairs because the wind had blown the boards and rotated some of them out of alignment (this step x3), run back upstairs to take the shot, etc... all this while my wife was "gently urging" me to get my oldest daughter ready and out the door for soccer, etc.
I'll try to take some bottom shots in the near future.
Boards are all thrusters except the Springfish (quad) and the 5-fin option Widerboard (which is usually ridden as a thruster anyway).
I kid, I kid. Nice work!
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need 4 speed
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I like them both
The M-80 looks like it could be tweaked into a souped up version of my old Bumble Bee
But I lean more towards the Spring fish
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Oceanslide
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Springfish...somewhere around 6'0" x 21" x 2 5/8".
If you don't end up liking it, well... 
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Oceansliding
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need 4 speed
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Loc: SoCal
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6'0" x 21" x 2 5/8".
Sound a little small for Nick
I was thinking 6'1"x 21 1/2"x2 3/4"
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hackeysaky
Miki Dora status
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Loc: NJ
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I kid, I kid. Nice work!
Haha, yeah, no prob. I figured the whole "conflict" (Me: "I gotta get these boards lined up and these pics taken" vs. my wife "Do you really have to do that NOW? The kid is gonna be late and it will be all your fault!") was humorous and possibly more common than one might think, and thus worth posting.
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retodd
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for what kind of conditions ?
slowers = m 80
hb = spring
what about a higher volume WB ?
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nkpheous
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2948
Loc: Huntington Beach
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Quote:
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6'0" x 21" x 2 5/8".
Sound a little small for Nick
I was thinking 6'1"x 21 1/2"x2 3/4"
and if you don't like it, well...
ha. both of those dim suggestions are nowhere near where i'm going. sorry guys. i was thinking something like 5'8 21x2 1/2 would be money for me.
the m80 just reminds me of the wd i had but i have a feeling this might be a little bit better. i'll probably go 5'8 20 x 2 7/16.
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for what kind of conditions ?
slowers = m 80
hb = spring
what about a higher volume WB ?
i'm days away from putting in a widerboard order at 6'0 19 1/2 2 3/8. just waiting for the flashback fish to come in so i can feel out the difference between 1.0 ft3 and .90 ft3 (current widerboard) i'm just guessing its going to come in around .95ft3
hopefully my surfboard firesale goes well so i can just order all three
Edited by nkpheous (04/11/10 08:00 PM)
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retodd
Tom Curren status
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Posts: 11174
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what is the eta on that flashback?
you get the grom fins?
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JWRVPR
Grom
Reged: 08/10/09
Posts: 7
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does any one have a Coil with wings?
I havent seen one yet
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