nkpheous
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2950
Loc: Huntington Beach
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Last report. I've surfed this board 6 days in a row from chest high to knee high. I freaking love it! So addicted. Exactly what I needed for summer. For the first time ever I'm going to the beach, looking at subpar conditions and thinking YEEEEESSSSS! It's going to be a fun session thanks to this little board. My only complaint is that it had futures installed by mistake but I can live with it. 
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sozzle
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 02/23/09
Posts: 964
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does feel in any way HP? or just super fast but limited slightly?
i'm intrigued
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winwin
Billy Hamilton status
Reged: 07/11/07
Posts: 1738
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My only complaint is that it had futures installed by mistake but I can live with it
If futures set up is not your thing, I don't want you to suffer anymore.....please call me a$ap, so I can relieve of it. I need a father's day gift for myself 
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nkpheous
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2950
Loc: Huntington Beach
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It feels more hp. It's not cumbersome or over volumed like a minisim. This has good volume but it's completely submerged when I'm paddling. It paddles good, as good as you'd expect from a short wide board. The pulled in nose helps there. It doesn't feel like it pushes water. It gets into waves real easy and it surfs somewhat like a regular shorty. It likes to be on rail and it goes through flats or reform sections with very little effort. Just a litttle rail to rail movement and you have all the speed you could want and then some. It doesnt just glide effortlessly like a ghostbuster or sim. That's where I feel it's more like a shortboard.
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nkpheous
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2950
Loc: Huntington Beach
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My only complaint is that it had futures installed by mistake but I can live with it
If futures set up is not your thing, I don't want you to suffer anymore.....please call me a$ap, so I can relieve of it. I need a father's day gift for myself
Uh. No  I can live with futures. But get one. You won't regret it 
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sozzle
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 02/23/09
Posts: 964
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last question NK, have you ridden a sweet tato to compare this chumly too?
sound like you're fully stokered, sick, yewwwwwwwwww 
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nkpheous
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2950
Loc: Huntington Beach
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No I haven't tried a fw sp but I've looked at those quite a bit before ordering this. I think they are very similar. The rails of the fw are a tad fuller but I would think they surf similar 
Yep extremely satisfied with this board. This and the megamind have really opened my eyes to making crappy waves really fun while keeping a somewhat hp feel.
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FishFace
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 08/07/09
Posts: 2898
Loc: Del Mar, CA
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FWIW - I contacted DM about one of these boards and he is not taking orders (edit: not taking orders at this time). He suggested I get a sweet potato.
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seacow
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 04/17/06
Posts: 242
Loc: NY
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FWIW - I contacted DM about one of these boards and he is not taking orders. He suggested I get a sweet potato.
Thats really a bummer. I wanted to order on too.
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Greg Griffin
Phil Edwards status
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 6792
Loc: Sunset Point, Hawaii
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I am sure PopOutCop is behind this . 
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roner
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 03/20/11
Posts: 233
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No I haven't tried a fw sp but I've looked at those quite a bit before ordering this. I think they are very similar. The rails of the fw are a tad fuller but I would think they surf similar
Yep extremely satisfied with this board. This and the megamind have really opened my eyes to making crappy waves really fun while keeping a somewhat hp feel.
Nk, how would you compare the Megamind and the Chum Lee? MM a little more HP?
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nkpheous
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 04/07/08
Posts: 2950
Loc: Huntington Beach
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Tough one. Theyre both hp. The mm has a lot of built in glide to it. You can just trim it with little imput. But you can rip the snot out of a small wave.
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Retropete
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 01/20/06
Posts: 1756
Loc: Sunny Coast Qld Australia
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Fyi...if you're ever out in larger waves and the controllers are feeling too loose off the tail in turns, I've used stretch rears today in 3-4" point waves teamed with Indo fins fcs tabbed controller copies and they felt amazing. I'd hazard to say most rakier rear quads would feel really positive as well.
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saltyNuts
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 04/05/11
Posts: 1180
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Tough one. Theyre both hp. The mm has a lot of built in glide to it. You can just trim it with little imput. But you can rip the snot out of a small wave.
Just some added thoughts,
Nk made that board look like he was riding a skate in a mini bowl and owning it. It seemed HP as HP gets for a small wave board.
I wished I would have tried that thing last time we were out.
As for the MM. Its true, its almost effortless to ride. But he mentioned a good point with the boards. If you wanna get jiggy with it, you really have to push it to unlock some of the magic.
And also like any board, you gotta dial them fins. If tuned correctly, I have no doubt that thing could handle much larger surf.
Rad board!
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EntropyFletch
Nep status
Reged: 09/20/06
Posts: 706
Loc: San Diego
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Corey and his SP inspired self-shaped sled glassed through Bird with EVF tech.
Soul Patrol bra!
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kellsmith
Miki Dora status
Reged: 04/18/11
Posts: 3717
Loc: South Bay
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the toe in on that board is all fucked up 
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The glide shall not be truncated
- roy
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airboy808
Nep status
Reged: 05/22/09
Posts: 918
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Someone may need to go for ruler use re-certification
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kooky
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 05/29/12
Posts: 194
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FWIW - I contacted DM about one of these boards and he is not taking orders (edit: not taking orders at this time). He suggested I get a sweet potato.
That's weird. Wonder if FW and he had an agreement to not make them as long as FW makes the SP. Interesting
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retodd
Tom Curren status
Reged: 02/22/09
Posts: 11187
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FWIW - I contacted DM about one of these boards and he is not taking orders (edit: not taking orders at this time). He suggested I get a sweet potato.
who needs to shape when you collect all that cash for designing one of the most popular FW's 
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Retropete
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 01/20/06
Posts: 1756
Loc: Sunny Coast Qld Australia
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Strangely enough I don't begrudge shapers not needing to handshape 1000.s of the same board in 2" incremental steps for distribution to faceless surfers all over the globe.
I wonder if he's actually going surfing more rather than mowing foam all day?
Back in the day I thought a lot about work in the surfing industry but saw how little time, those I knew who were, actually spent out surfing.
Catch 22 and surf vicariously through talking to customers.
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retodd
Tom Curren status
Reged: 02/22/09
Posts: 11187
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live by it , die by it
wonder is he is taking his FW riches and putting it into his " incide " tech .
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Oleson
Grom
Reged: 06/12/12
Posts: 36
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Nice this one thank you!
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Retropete
Michael Peterson status
Reged: 01/20/06
Posts: 1756
Loc: Sunny Coast Qld Australia
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live by it , die by it
An apt idiom for all the surf clothing company owners to ponder when they go surfing with the crowds they created with their marketing to the masses.
Don't forget to put that one on the order form for your next Lost (with a concise explanation of its relevance) to show Biolas your moral high ground and the perils of his associations.
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Greg Griffin
Phil Edwards status
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 6792
Loc: Sunset Point, Hawaii
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During its short season no where has more contest - beach closers to the residents than the North Shore of Oahu.
"Its for the kids "
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