6'2" Jeykll for Jonathan
green resin stripes
Showing posts with label quad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quad. Show all posts
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
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.
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.
Saturday, 9 June 2012
#9 For Sale
I'm reposting the 7'7" #9
since building the new Spectro it just isn't getting the attention that it deserves so I've dropped the price to £200
i have plans to reinvest the cash in a new prototype mid-lenght
#9 7'7" x 19 3/4 x 2 7/8
opaque white resin tint top and bottom
hand made smoked glass quad fins, glassed on.
used (e-mail for details)
this is one of my own personal boards. it's a joy to ride and i'm reluctant to part with it.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Sunday, 8 January 2012
More For Sale
Custom Lok Box Twin Keels made by Rainbow Fins
with a good balance of hold and release these fins will liven up any twin fin
usually sell at £65 selling for £30 a set
#9 7'7" x 19 3/4 x 2 7/8
opaque white resin tint top and bottom
hand made smoked glass quad fins, glassed on.
used (e-mail for details)
£300
this is one of my own personal boards. it's a joy to ride and i'm reluctant to part with it.
9'0" x 22" x 2 5/8
Pink and black resin tint
2+1 fins included
used (e-mail Alexa at alexa_72@gmx.de for details)
super stylish and a great ride
£320
Friday, 28 October 2011
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Lumus feedback
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
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Friday, 1 April 2011
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Jekyll for Steve Pilkington
6'2" Jekyll Quad with a stunning blue tint heading for Steve in the North of North East.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Monday, 25 January 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Friday, 15 January 2010
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