GWS
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As promised. Finally I took the pictures. This is a re-work of Robert's Destroyer fish. Same basic rocker/rails, modified bottom and pulled nose with a wide diamond tail. This board has been getting rave reviews from the Roberts team. The very first one was done for Sean Hayes. Adam Virs has been seen boosting monster airs on this thing. Pictured board is 5'10" X 19 5/8" X 2 3/8".
I've been riding mine as a twin with a trailer. Skates over anything.
Order this board about 5 to 6 inches shorter than your standard HP shortboard.
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goldenarmes
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that board is right up my alley! nice 
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ifallalot
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that board is right up my alley! nice
looks like a lot of fun
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WarrenC
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great outline 
board looks fun as hell
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Heavyfooted
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That board looks insane! 
I'm riding something that looks incredibly similar and it's fun as hell.
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youcantbeserious
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That's my next board right there. Chalk one up for Professor Hotcoat.
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Dawn_patrol
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Looks super fun!
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GWS
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That's my next board right there. Chalk one up for Professor Hotcoat.
The Professor will be the terror of Town this summer...
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bagusolas
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looks like they will work sick. pretty much the same concept mb has for one of his small wave designs that jeff booth has been riding for years. i had a few from him and they were all awesome. the boards fly but dont have that squirley feeling that a lot of fishes do
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otf
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That's my next board right there. Chalk one up for Professor Hotcoat.
GWS snagged me while i was gawking at all the different boards. We headed off to the Roberts booth. Told me, got something i want to show ya. Mind you, i just got a new toy from Roberts a few months ago. Got to hold and look at the 5'10 version of this board. Looked like a skate board for surfing. The verdict:
Because of GWS my wife is going to kill me. 
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sdsurfrat
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what are the bottom contours?
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nkpheous
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love the outline on this one! looks super fun
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andesandrew
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also checked one out at the booth, a 5'6 x 19.25 x 2.5 i believe, while several people came up to Roberts specifically to order a W.D.... looked great and really fun.
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choch
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GWS , how about a picture of yours , with big boy dims?
sweet
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varno
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I'm liking the looks of that! 
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GWS
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what are the bottom contours?
Single concave.
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MOB
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im simply frothing over this boards, i need to start saving some more money I want one!!!
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navitas
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what are the bottom contours?
Single concave.
I've recently re-commited my love of single concaves and hard rails in the tail on small wave boards due to the freeness and release it provides.
How do you think a White Diamond, (when I say that I deepen my voice and flex my biceps) would work with a single to double?
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GWS
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what are the bottom contours?
Single concave.
I've recently re-commited my love of single concaves and hard rails in the tail on small wave boards due to the freeness and release it provides.
How do you think a White Diamond, (when I say that I deepen my voice and flex my biceps) would work with a single to double?
The program we used as a mother board had a single to double which we modified into a single. I had my doubts about a single with a tail that wide. I'd been told in the past it wasn't a good idea. Maybe on a longer board, that is true. I think on something as minimalist as this, the surfer is still able to easily over power the single to go rail to rail. No "catamaran" effect. We also blocked the rearward slices and put a harder edge in. Then I nagged Robert's sander with random screams of "MORE EDGE RICO!" about every 3 minutes. Anyway, clearly it works.
But, if you want a single to double, I can put one back in on a kustom basis easily enough.
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GWS
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GWS , how about a picture of yours , with big boy dims?
sweet
I hesitate to do that. Mine is fairly extreme. I'm coming off of a shoulder injury, (which seems to be doing well now) and I was going for something transitional. At my age, anything that isn't a longboard still leaves me ahead of 98% of my peers.
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rdj
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If you order it with color is it still a "White" Diamond? 
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GWS
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If you order it with color is it still a "White" Diamond?
I had the same thought. Clearly that question is beyond my pay grade...
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GWS
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Pictured board just went into Ventura Surf Shop. EPS/Epoxy. $595.00 plus tax.
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Birdistheword
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what side fcs fin template do you use for a board like this?
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SurfZombie
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GWS , how about a picture of yours , with big boy dims?
sweet
I hesitate to do that. Mine is fairly extreme. I'm coming off of a shoulder injury, (which seems to be doing well now) and I was going for something transitional. At my age, anything that isn't a longboard still leaves me ahead of 98% of my peers.
Hah. At YOUR age....nevermind, too easy
Aloha
Bryan
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Awe F'shore
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Nice!
6-2 x 20 1/2 x 2 3/4 or thereabouts sounds killer.
I think I need one.
And eventually surf will return to socal.
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GWS
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A few of these boards just got back from a ****ing mag trip to Barra. Reports were very favorable. Pictures should follow...
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ifallalot
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Would this work as a quad or possibly a 5 fin convertible twin/tri/quad setup?
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GWS
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Haven't done one yet (Although there is a 3-4 switch hitter in glassing right now) but I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Should be no problem.
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surfsquish
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Sooo fun all these surfboards....Twin and a trailer.
My standards shortboard is a 6 1 and I went with a 5 11. It catches pretty much everything in sight. I'm very much curious what the board would ride like if it was 5 inches shorter. 
This dialing dimensions thing never ends...
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WarrenC
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the white diamond just crushes everything in its path to white powder... hmmm, another blow reference
bump
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twinzerfan
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gws - i'm really loving the boards you're posting lately. Pure eye candy - lovely templates, useable foil/volume - great looking boards.
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GWS
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One of these boards just left on another photo trip with what is arguably one of the best surfers in the world. It’s all he’s been riding for a few weeks now. The logos will no doubt be photo-shopped into something that won’t offend large advertisers and break contracts. Then the board will no doubt be scanned and then machined by someone else. And it will be presented to you as someone else’s latest model.
It’s like the great circle of life in the “surf industry.”
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya...
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twinzerfan
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l.
It’s like the great circle of life in the “surf industry.”
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya...
sad, but no doubt true.... still, great looking board!
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Lefthander
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One of these boards just left on another photo trip with what is arguably one of the best surfers in the world. It’s all he’s been riding for a few weeks now. The logos will no doubt be photo-shopped into something that won’t offend large advertisers and break contracts. Then the board will no doubt be scanned and then machined by someone else. And it will be presented to you as someone else’s latest model.
It’s like the great circle of life in the “surf industry.”
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya...
so, what you're saying is I should wait for it to be in the 2010 "see eye" catalogue before I pull da trigger?
ORALE!!!
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GWS
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One of these boards just left on another photo trip with what is arguably one of the best surfers in the world. It’s all he’s been riding for a few weeks now. The logos will no doubt be photo-shopped into something that won’t offend large advertisers and break contracts. Then the board will no doubt be scanned and then machined by someone else. And it will be presented to you as someone else’s latest model.
It’s like the great circle of life in the “surf industry.”
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya...
so, what you're saying is I should wait for it to be in the 2010 "see eye" catalogue before I pull da trigger?
ORALE!!!
I've never heard of that label, but yeah, that's the way the world works.
Have you heard about the "modified tri-plane hull" on the...
Oh never mind.
I love it all!
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navitas
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I'm still wondering why GWS pushed so hard for the name White Diamond. I think the late night re-runs of "Golden Girls" are getting to you. Get some sleep man.
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GWS
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I'm still wondering why GWS pushed so hard for the name White Diamond. I think the late night re-runs of "Golden Girls" are getting to you. Get some sleep man.
Golden Girls? Don't be so lowbrow. The inspiration for the name had NOTHING to do with that.
Why do you hate FABULOUS so much?
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ifallalot
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One of these boards just left on another photo trip with what is arguably one of the best surfers in the world. It’s all he’s been riding for a few weeks now. The logos will no doubt be photo-shopped into something that won’t offend large advertisers and break contracts. Then the board will no doubt be scanned and then machined by someone else. And it will be presented to you as someone else’s latest model.
It’s like the great circle of life in the “surf industry.”
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya...
well we know to get it from the source
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No_Wankers
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It appears from this forum that GWS has invented or at least helped in all the major innovations over the last few years.  BIG props.
This things looks like a knock off of Biolas rocket that seemed to be the most popular board on here a few days back
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