Recent content by Surfnfish

thumbs up for the Xcel Comp X series...much more flexible than the Drylock, same interior plush, less expensive... have both a 5.5/4.5 and 4.5/3.5....only negative is not having a hood brim to block sun glare while paddling

Mahalo for the great board designs, Ben, and giving a haole a really good wave at Sunset...

Any competent shaper can whip out highly functional mid lengths. Fug the big box's, give your biz to craftsman working to feed the family.

6" would be a good call...and a Futures Performance LB fin is another good choice for 2+1 set-up, one of my fave's....with either 6" just stick a set of Future SB1 sidebites in and good to go...

lot to like about those shapes...pulled tail and fin cluster is fairly clustered, so be easy to overfin.....depending on model length, 6" to 7" Dale Dobson with TA .3.25" sidebites...

The standard for complete detachment repair is for the arm to be completely immobalized for the first six weeks post-op , held tight against the chest in the sling. Than 6 to 10 weeks of range of movement rehab with the PT, than transition to home program. A year for complete recovery. The...

and there is the difference between having a rotator tear repaired before it fully snaps and one that has...

just looked at her site...that gal can shape...

happened to a good friend as well....why even with top rated sports med orthos, there are no guarenteed outcomes...

nicely done, Bruce, the history of the core SB surfboard scene in one fell swoop...ya, AG the shaper I referenced, had just left CI and was furious over the Burton crap...hard road transitioning from a well paid benefits gig to dealing directly with cheap ass surfers again...

whoever took those kids out in such conditions and than just sat there in the inflatable watching them wipe out deserves some serious cracks...

Had a board shaped by a former long time CI shaper (will keep his name out of this) who'd just bailed from CI after the Burton purchase...very bitter about the changes, watched his price per board get cut in half, part of the plan for scrubbers to replace shapers...CI was merely a vanity pickup...

66 (will be 71 next week). Had a partial full thickness tear where a bone spur was rubbing (common), managed it that way for well over a decade with bands. Finally snapped one day when trying to duck dive an OH wave... was in a a crowd or would have ditched. In hindsight, should have gone for...

yea, beat to crap at would be a fair description for most of us 70+ elders who got after it..why it's so important to keep fit, eat right, work out routine. Regarding hips - had one replaced 6 years ago, no biggie, just need to focus on not leaving the leg dangling during a wipeout. Have had...

what, no "that one" boards to call out or show?