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Originally Posted by FTE217
Damn you brought up a great passion of mine that IF only I kept the many boards I've had since those pioneering days pre professionalism.
I used to frequent Fitzys shop in Narrabeen amongst the many others on the northern beachs.
Yes his mural designs were so well done but wasn't my style lol.....
Top bloke, Legend of the sport....
https://hotbuttered.com/pages/rainbo...rry-fitzgerald
I just bought a McCoy mini mal, another great name. |
Yeah FTE217, you've got it, you're in the right place! We also have a couple of Lazor Zaps - I find them a pretty extreme board and I have to surf it back to back for about a week to surf it well (probably the furthest in performance a single fin design can go, if you want to carve in and around the pocket) but my kids find the Zap pretty easy to ride. McCoy is both outspoken and also right! If you want performance, place the area back. Smooth curves...
We've got Brothers Neilsens, G&S, the super fast HB's, Zaps, and one of Simon's original 1981 '3 fin' Thrusters. That board is special, it makes accessing performance very easy, it is stable, is very forgiving in critical spots, can go fast, opens up backhand surfing performance, has enough paddle too. There's a reason that most board have 3 fins these days...
I guess I would have gotten into cars way more if I didn't have this interest.
Edit:
Here's some Cheyne footage, surfing McCoy Lazor Zaps late '70's/early 80's. These things were possibly the most extreme shape ever used in competition, and what he could do was next-level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBq9lq0orv8
And bonus: the great MP, Michael Peterson, surfing Winki:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DluuPTJNs3E
PS - how good are Falcon sedans after the EB?! You can fold the rear seats down and they become an honourary wagon for your boards
