Lumus

5'11" Lumus with tinted patches

handmade glassed on runners and removable glass rear fins

for Toby

Lumus for SALE

Lumus 5'8" x 20 5/8 x 2 3/4

resin tinted

translucent red bottom

translucent grey deck

handmade bamboo fins

matt resin finish

brand new and fresh from the factory

usual price £545

selling for a one off price of £475

the Lumus is, with good reason, my best selling model. it makes a fantastic all-round everyday board, preforming well in a really wide range of conditions. For more information on the Lumus and feedback from customers have a look here.

or e-mail me at info@empiresurfboards.com

please share this anyone that you think might be interested.

thank you.

Lumus

Resin tinted Lumus for Simon

with handmade bamboo fins

Spectro Ride Report

Hi Steve, 

Today I had what was probably as good a session as it gets up here on the Spectro. Solid head high, not a breath of wind so mirror-glass conditions, spring low tide, shallow, punchy, hollow beach break surf.

I felt instantly at home on the board. Paddles well (possibly a touch better than the Lumus) and can pick up waves with ease. Not much adjustment needed in the takeoff other than an extra split-second to be sure I'm moving down the face before popping up. 

I actually suprised myself with a few late drops, one of them a bit of an air-drop going front side as the lip pitched early. Felt amazing as the fins connected on the steep face. Couple of pretty late backside drops too, definitely assisted by the narrower nose. 

Up and riding it's got all of the good bits about the Lumus, projection, flow and speed, but a little more refined overall and a slightly more lively/agile feel. The fins seem to offer the perfect mix of drive, control and looseness and I think the smaller size works really well. 

Duck diving is also a touch easier than the Lumus, which I wasn't expecting as it's got slightly more volume. Makes sense I guess as there is less nose to sink. Anyway was grateful for it today and made the paddle out that little bit easier. 

Overall I think we got the sizing spot on and it's the perfect compliment to the Lumus for exactly the sort of surf we had today. I feel like I can jump on either board with minimal adjustment needed. Super-stoked.....again! 

Many thanks Steve,

Paul

A Shoal of Fish

The genesis for all three of these boards is Steve's own Magic fish,  a MR style modern twinzer fish. The middle board came first, which was made as a good allrounder and last March I took it to Indonesia. The board goes great in all kinds of condtions, but I felt I wanted something extra for fat small weak waves and something else for bigger more challenging waves. Yet, still retain the feel of the original board to ease transition between the boards. So, Steve recently shaped for me shorter, flatter and fatter version for little waves and a longer, slimmer and drivier version for bigger waves. All three boards have the glide of a fish but with modern performance intergrated into the design.

Left: 5ft 8" x 20.75 x 2.75" small wave quad. The bottom shape is a subtle flat - single concave - double concave - vee between the fins. I asked Steve to incorporate some of what he has learned from making his Lumus model. The rocker is very flat and rails boxy helping the board to get up and plane quickly. This lift seems to keep the board loose and lively even in the smallest of waves. The fin setup is a Neal Purchase Junior style Quartet.  Which seems to give the board lots of speed and drive, but still be loose.

Middle: 6ft x 20" x 2.65" all round performance fish with five fcs fusion plugs. Single concave - double concave - vee quad concave through the fins. Works well as a quad, twin with trailer fin or in powerfull and hollow surf as a quad with a knubster fin. Thinner railed and curvy where it needs it to perform turns in the steeper part of a wave but straight enough to be fast down the line or generate speed in small waves. 

Right: 6ft 4" x 19.75 x 2.65" Step up Bonzer fish. This is a stretched out version of the 6ft fish. So, when the surf is bigger and, or very hollow I have a board that will the familar feel  of a fish but with more control and extra paddle power. With the nose/tail pulled in and the curvier rocker this board is starting to look more like a conventional shortboard but it is still part of the modern fish evolution. The Bonzer bottom shape, thinner rails and Bonzer5 fin system make the board fast, drivey and responsive.

All three boards function different but have a similar feel which allows me to swop between the boards smoothly. There is also an amount of overlap between the functionality of each board, which means if it turns out bigger, smaller or slower etc. It does not matter as much as if I was transitioning between widely different boards. Each to there own and this is just what works for me. Thanks for the great boards Steve.

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All the best to you both

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5'10" Lumus for Simon

glassed on runners and removable rear fins

Lumus feedback

Well it's been a long time but finally I'm able to report on the Lumus. After a few complications with the leg I'm getting back to fitness and  able to surf pretty much normally again.

I've now surfed the board in a fairly wide range of conditions over the last few weeks ranging from completely awful where the Lumus made the most of what was available to really decent French beach break at about 4 foot...absolutely great!The board paddles and catches stuff well, accelerates quickly and makes it's way easily past flat/weak sections but still holds a line on steeper faces. When there is some power in the wave she flies...a real speed machine! Turns - not something I'm renowned for doing too many of - are smooth and effortless and the board is encouraging me to surf in different ways. Plus with a somewhat different shape, great glass job, resin tint and bamboo fins it's a real head turner and raising a fair bit of interest.

Surfed it again last night in fairly chunky onshore conditions. Even on the bigger drops the board was solid and comfortable when I thought the wider tail might move around a bit. On the odd waves that held up a bit the board really gets up and goes...we get a lot of second rate waves up here so something that makes the most of anything is important to me fir a fun session!


I'm extremely pleased I went for the Lumus...finally a smaller board that I'm really enjoying riding and not tempted to drift back to my big boards...may even be tempted by a sub 6 foot one sometime?

Many thanks for a great board and great service!

Best Regards, Roger

Deskjockey Pres - Banff Point Jan 3rd 2011 from Darryl Roberts on Vimeo.

It's always great to meet the people that you have built boards for.
I built Darryl a Prophet a few years back and bumped into him for the first time at the Fish Fry in Crackington.
thanks for the Clip.

lurking

Nabbed from Guys blog "house of bonzer"

http://houseofbonzer.blogspot.com/2011/06/porthleven.html

Only a Polisher knows the feeling

if i had to explain you wouldn't understand....

Rogers Lumus

6'4" Lumus for Roger

I hope that the leg mends and you are back in the water soon.

Lumus Concaves

6'4" Lumus for Roger in North wales

Lumus Feedback

5'4" Lumus for Chris Bisson

Hiya Steve,

Got three surfs on my 5'4'' Lumus this weekend and had a

great time. Everything about it feels good, paddles very well,

catches waves well and surfs brilliantly. Pivots nicely on bottom

turns, but still keeps it's drive and speed, grips nicely on turns

whilst still keeping it's speed.

Cheers,

Chris.

Fresh from the glassing room

5'10" Resin tinted Lumus with handmade bamboo fins for James in Guernsey