6 foot quad

scottnorby · Mon Jun 30, 08 1:12 pm **6 foot quad**

Posted a post a while back about a board design I
have been working on with Tom Morey (inventor of boogie board).
First edition had bodyboard rails and a single fin.
A few of them floating around the kite world.

Talked him into putting quad fins on it with bodyboard rails.
Bodyboarders pull into pipeline with no fins--so that rail grips.
Indestructible foam and plastic used to make automobile bumpers.
Throw it up on the rocks and never fear.
Rides insane.

Way less expensive than traditional hard boards.
Surfers are slow brainers who hate change and it may not catch on for them.
But kiteboarders know technology.
If you need a surfboard for surf or light wind you should check it out.

I am not profiting from this.
I have a day job that pays the bills plenty.
Just stoked to help the sport advance.

Here is a video of Hans Hagan ripping on it.
http://www.transworldsurf.com/video.jsp?ID=1000005876

rich · Since 30 Nov 2005 306 Posts portland Obsessed

there was a guy, maybe it was scottnorby, at the windwing swap meet selling a morey board similar to your description last weekend. Looked cool. He was asking $500 for it, too much for me at the time

scottnorby · Mon Jun 30, 08 1:42 pm

Nope not me.
They used to be $600 but they are now down to $380-$425 because they are making more and the cost came down.
Maybe Brett from the Gorge?

Surprised he is selling it?
If it were the quad he would not be.
Way too fun to get rid of.

If anyone has a single fin version, Tom can update it and put a quad set up on it for you.

Keep the single and put 4 more on.
Ride as 1, 2, 3 or 4 fin setup.

rich · Since 30 Nov 2005 306 Posts portland Obsessed

it was the single fin. Dude had a big truck w/ a camper thing on the back. Cool guy

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

[youtube]http://www.transworldsurf.com/video.jsp?ID=1000005876[/youtube]

Ha that wave is cool!

blancoh2o · Since 15 Mar 2005 1154 Posts Oregon Phishy

Hey Scott,

Can these boards be strapped? I am not at the level that I feel comfortable getting over the white water without straps. Riding in on the waves, no problem.....

Can you give us a comparison how the Morey boards ride compared to a 6'2" squash tail epoxy board. (that is what I am riding now)

After 1 day in the waves I have a bunch of pressure dings and one easy to repair little punture on the top deck of my board from slamming the bar end into it while riding out over the waves. The sofety might be a good alternative.

scottnorby · Mon Jun 30, 08 9:25 pm

I have a 6'6 pintail which works great for waves that have more shape, meaning hollow and surfable without a kite.
I have a 6'0 squash which is really good for all around but I have to carry a lot of kite since it is only 6'0. Seems to always need power to stay planing.

Riding waves you don't really want to have to carry so much kite.
Surfing, real surfing, means depowering the kite or downlooping it so it's your shadow instead of your tow boat on the wave.

I have a 6'4 wide fish (fiberglass) with a swallow tail and it is really the most versatile board of all my hard surfboards for kiting. It does well with very little kite because the swallow tail is wide and floats high in the water, but bites good on turns.
Big kite for light wind or small kite for high wind.

The Y board (Morey's board) does not require as much kite as any of these boards.
The foam it is made of is much more floaty and it stays planing when the kite power fades while chasing it.
The Y board is most comparable to my 6'4 fish.
It is really not meant for super hollow surf.
But 98% of the surf we kite in is blown over and mushy anyways...so it is perfect for these Oregon coast conditions.
The Y board is best for anything up to head high.
Over that and I am jumping on a pin tail.
The swallow tail of the Y board, and wider nose, allow for really easy planing with very little wind.
It makes it ideal for flying a bigger kite on light wind days......or a small kite on small surf days (again 98% of the summer)

The durability is absolutely huge in my opinion.
Harnesses, other boards, bars, and anything that ends up in the back of my truck seem to devour hard boards.
My brand new epoxy Wayne Lynch shape surftech is already losing paint from chips that are removed by everything in my truck. Last chip came from it just hitting the edge of the canopy....?!
The Morey can literally be thrown on to jetty rock and not even a scratch appears.

And yes you can put straps on it.....
www.northshoreinc.com has pads you stick on and screw in your straps.

Hope that helps.
Go for it ......it's only $380.
And the pads are $100.

So $480 and you have a lightwind machine and a swell and surf toy.
I am stoked.

joeag · Since 13 Apr 2007 7 Posts New Member

I bought one of these original single fins last year - paid over $600 for it, if I recall correctly.

Immediately knew it wasn't going to work and told them it needed at least a twin fin setup. They said "no problem". I said "how much" they said "not much".

When I go to pick it up, they wanted $200 more! I paid it because I looked at how much I already had invested, but I wasn't happy about it. With NSI pads and straps, I had a lot of money invested in it.

The good news is, it works pretty good as a twinny. The bad news is I wasn't pleased to be paying THEM to do their R&D for them.

Wonder if I should call Chuck up and ask him to do the quad "for free" as you are suggesting.

tstansbury · Since 06 Jun 2006 649 Posts Rowena and P.C Addicted

do they stock them anywhere local?

scottnorby · Tue Jul 01, 08 3:12 pm

Joe,
Call them and talk to Chuck about your situation a bit more.
I think he will work something out with you. He's cool.
Single fin doesn't work well in heavy chop...but I rode it a lot in light winds even without the fin. So light I normally could not ride at all.
I have fun on it.

They are not stocked anywhere around here yet.
My guess is someone will get them and demo them since they are virtually indestructible.

I have an old one I may leave at cleanline in case people want to try it.

blancoh2o · Since 15 Mar 2005 1154 Posts Oregon Phishy

Scott,

From the Catchsurf.com website the prices are as follows:

5'0" = $380
5'6" = $395
6'0" = $410
6'6" = $425

I am still intrigued. The durability factor is huge. I think I would progess a bit faster if I wasn't worried about trashing my board all the time.

chanson · Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey

Steve, not to discourage/encourage any choice of boards, but more to help with going over breaks at the coast....

I used to blast over them and would always get kinda "jarred" by the waves...

Now, I tend to edge really hard upwind before the wave or whitewater so I am going over the wave with little power and suck my knees up to absorb the wave... you kinda just go over the wave without slamming into it or through it. Rather than having the kite haul you into the wave at full speed....
This should also help avoiding slamming the board into the bar, etc.

Otherwise, pick a clean section to go over, if it's not clean where you are just go downwind and go over before it breaks.

And this really helps when strapless also. Very Happy

BigR · Since 05 Jul 2005 372 Posts White Salmon Obsessed

pdxmonkeyboy · Tue Jul 01, 08 4:10 pm

Funny story, I had my first day out in fairly serious sized waves this year. I was zipping to the outside and thought I would just "bash" my way through a wave that was beginning to crest and was about head high.

ALL forward movement abruptly ended. I hit the face of the wave so hard my ears were ringing Shocked

From that point on I took a more delicate approach to making my way to the outside.

Someone should have told me that water is heavy!!

gorgebob · Since 25 Jun 2007 259 Posts Portland, OR Shop Owner

I e mailed an ap. Will notify when I find out more details. Stay tuned.

scottnorby · Wed Jul 02, 08 8:41 am

Durability---seriously I have hit it with a sledgehammer.
Its a trip.
They should youtube a durability test.
And then go out and ride it after beating the hell out of it.

Stiffness - If you read on the website it has a T-bar stringer running down the inside of it.

It feels like any other hard board for stiffness.
Skin is slick like the base of a bodyboard but it is more advanced plastic---