Rufus 9-21-08

Rollo Tomasi · Since 17 Mar 2005 983 Posts Attractive

Gabe was chargin' it Thumb's Up

no boots?

surfboard backroll

lookout sl8r, another air-baby

Jason

peace

SL8r · Mon Sep 22, 08 10:12 am

Good stuff Rollo!!

I gota meet that girl... Wink

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Hell yeah! That shot of Gabe is tight! Way to get some legit strapless air.

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

Great shot of Gabe, very nice dude!

That surfboard looks awesome. What are the pads?

Kodiak · Since 01 Aug 2005 1114 Posts Slidey

Sweet shot of Gabe!

chanson · Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey

yeah sweet pics!!

Gabe, can you tell me a little bit about that board(diminsions/or manufacturer)
...looks very similiar to what I am looking for...Modica just got one custom made for him that looks similiar also.

-nice air!

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

It's a DC custom board made for swell riding. The pads are NSI pads with inserts. The arches on them are pretty nice. It's a sweet board. Tried it for first time on Sat. Maneuvers real well and is surprisingly light and easy to boost strapless. Picks up speed easily on the swells too. Quad fin setup. I'll let Gabe chime in with more details.

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

Rufus Sunday-- the place to be -- wind graph looked mighty nice!

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Nice shots - and cool looking board

gabe · Since 16 May 2005 491 Posts Obsessed

Thanks for the photo Tom! Too bad the biggest ramps are always across the river Shocked

Jake, The board’s pretty new for me—it’s a 4’10” custom from Dereck Camacho: http://www.dcboardz.com/ Since it’s insanely wide, has pretty much full thickness rails, and noseless design, it has the buoyancy of a much larger board, but is really well balanced in the air since it’s so short. Tail rocker is pretty flat, and with quad fins there’s really little drag, so it’s really fast and fun for all around river riding—unlike a normal wave optimized 6’0” surfboard with lots of rocker and thruster setup with more toe in. Long surfboards also want to wheelie nose up when in the air, and require a lot more technique to stay attached on a long air. It’s almost cheating to use a shorter board. But, compared to even smaller boards I used to ride, this is much easier and more stable on landings.

I think Modica helped develop this design with Dereck, but now he rides the similar Placebo surfskate for whatever reason: http://www.oceanextremesports.com/catalog/placebo-surfskate-p-993.html There’s also this other similar board: http://www.oceanextremesports.com/catalog/totora-wave-skate-p-992.html Both of those have thruster fin setups. Definitely a lot more good options than a couple years ago. Cool to see so many people now riding surfboards in local swell compared to a couple years ago. Definitely a good way to have fun and keep things interesting, even in funky conditions.

North freestyle fish and airush choptop, and some other production boards are kind of a similar concept, but a bit bigger. I think SS has a small board coming out too. Some production boards use more of a windsurf style construction though, and that can be heavy and really stiff. The stiffness is definitely a killer. The 2007 rocketfish was like this, but I think a lot of the companies may be using better construction techniques now.

chanson · Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey

cool, thanks Gabe..

yeah, I have noticed on a lot of my airs it would help to have a wider nose and more width in the middle too.... I just have a 5'10" Rusty tuflite squash tail...

I like the North freestyle fish and the Royal High-five, just looking at lighter options, so maybe a custom board..

This is the new one I was talking about Modica on...but that placebo and tortora look way fun too.
http://www.losethestraps.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=96&sid=84226f8c62ba2904796991147c5898f7

looks nice too..and jon ads some nice pointers in this post..

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Dereck just finished a custom board for me - pretty quick under a month (even when dealing with hurricane shutdowns) - similar to Gabes but 4'8" so it will fit nicely in an NSI bag for travelling

- was looking for something for trips when I couldn't score/borrow/steal a surfboard

chanson · Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey

yeah I just checked out his site...

pretty cool stuff... I'll have to beg one of you guys for a spin one of these days..

Chooch · Mon Sep 22, 08 3:41 pm

I want to see Stringers pics....should be some good shots of Mixwell eating shit. Way to go landing your first backroll KL's Blake

boardrider · Since 05 Apr 2006 1034 Posts Ventura, CA XTreme Poster

Super nice catch of the action Tom. Thumb's Up

Mark · Mon Sep 22, 08 7:21 pm

Nice Pics Tom!!!

Fun to see all the new designs coming out with surfboards, race boards, skim boards. Should be fun next year.