got my attitude adjustment...

groundclown · Since 12 May 2007 135 Posts Hood River Stoked

...and a new board.

Couldn't take it any more. Saturday I watched a few kiters out at RR. Today I awoke to a slight west wind in the Hood, checked ikitesurf, WIND at Doug's. Head to OpenOcean. boards done, looks sweet. throw on the pad and straps, head to water.
9.5m kite, 15m conditions. crap. pump anyway, wind comes up, for about 20 minutes.

Board rocks, wore my self out in 20 min. Very Happy

Brian Hinde

sorry, solo session. no water pics.

pdxmonkeyboy · Tue Feb 10, 09 12:49 am

sweet board!! glad to see so you got your priorities back in order.

All this cold water action makes me think I should put the 5/4 back in the thule.

Intrepidquest · Since 09 May 2008 31 Posts HoodRiver

Damn! looks like a sweet board. Can't wait to try it out. That is if you trust me with it Laughing

Had a session on the coast myself couple days ago. Had fun for a few but I hadn't pumped my kite up enough. Lots of crinkling and folding. Too stubborn to come in and pump up more. Disastrous. Bow tied and in the waves... Big waves... big storm waves. I didn't want to release my kite this time so the kite got to be my parachute back in. Bad Idea! Broke a right bridle line. I'm hopin a square knot will suffice. Need to test it out. Glade you got out man!

Sessions... Good for the soul.

Btw man where is my 2m Laughing

groundclown · Since 12 May 2007 135 Posts Hood River Stoked

I sent it out yesterday. Hopefully today or tomorrow. Was that on your 12m?

You can use my board for sure, just keep to the deep. Embarassed

Intrepidquest · Since 09 May 2008 31 Posts HoodRiver

Yep. Glad there were lots of knots in the bridle line for extension Very Happy

pdxmonkeyboy · Tue Feb 10, 09 3:50 pm

Scriffler · Since 03 Jul 2005 581 Posts LYLE Addicted

Brian Hindes is the man. He made me a race board for the Gorge Games in 24 hours that was competitive with all the current guys like my brother and Damien Leroy. After finally getting it dialed it is even faster, a little late for the Gorge Games though.

Brian is a very famous shaper, he used to shape for Lightening Bolt back in the day and still has some collectors item boards he shaped worth thousands of dollars. Anyone looking for a high quality board should check out his shop in Lyle. He will taylor make a board for you that will last forever and most importantly, rip.

kt · Since 16 Mar 2005 764 Posts Portland, Or Opinionated

hey groundclown,

looking at the bottom shot, those thruster fins look to be much straighter than a regular surfboard would have. is that an illusion or did you actually ask for that? curious as to the performance. i have found that regular surfboards have a lot of drag for me and i don't like the feel.

thanks
kt

groundclown · Since 12 May 2007 135 Posts Hood River Stoked

the toe is a slight bit straighter, but it's mostly in the fins. I told Brian what I was looking for. s mooth and tight turning. These fins are at about 1 Deg. I got another set with a 3 deg cant. the straight fins keep your rail up a bit, and a lot less drag. these fins are pretty high aspect/ thinner profile. The board has a single to double concave with fairly hard rails. I had him make it about 1/2" wider than some other boards out there i was looking at. I can tell I will like it better than the SST I was riding last spring. Also had it built extra heavy duty with a wider stance to hold up to my "dangle" wake-surf style riding.

shred_da_gorge · Wed Feb 11, 09 2:13 am

Is this from one of the new closed-cell blanks or is it an epoxy board?

I've sailed Brian's boards for years and live for 3.2 days on my 7'11". Can't wait to try one of his kite boards!!

groundclown · Since 12 May 2007 135 Posts Hood River Stoked

Shred,
It is the new US Blanks, closed cell urathane. it is the new lighter, harder version. this allows Brian to build in about 1.5lbs more reinforcements without the added weight. Brian has a winter savings special going on right now too. If you want to try mine, just let me know, or Brian can hook you up with a demo. His rail and bottom shape are so smooth on the water.

http://www.openocean.com

endoshred · Since 22 May 2006 232 Posts HR Stoked

here is the board brian built for me. 5'2". you can run it as a quad or tri-fin setup. you can adjust the fin angles. great jumping board. strong as heck. easy to jibe even with the small size. my only regret is that it just won't quite fit in my nsi travel bag.