Magic Sam ride reports..

[shadydave]

I believe Stef pretty much summed it up. Mine is 9'-3" pinched rails, do I dare say a little on the knifey side and perfect for me. This board is one of my favs. I do have a 9' Sam rendition in the works, I think it will be a great length. Good luck with whatever you decide to choose.

 

[dtorrent]

Ditto all of the above. Mine is an Andreini 8'10. So versatile, it's almost a one-board quiver. I have ridden my in tiny 5 second wind chop and head high long period swell. It's great in all.

 

[Stef]

Surfnfish wrote:

Stef wrote:

I live by the pier in sharp park and have surfed it out there on smaller days as well as ob and it handled it. mine and the other andrieni I surfed is not a board with drag, it wants to go, which is why I took it to Fiji, I wanted something that was single fin and going to get me down the line. its not all point and shoot , there's a playfulness to mine too.

I hang out with a lot of the older guys that have been surfing pedro since back then as well as kellys... and hear about what it was like back then. but have also seen it myself since I began coming to linda mar in the late 80's...unless you experience it yourself you would never imagine how crowded it is. the crowds never go away here in the winter like they do elsewhere........

Ya, still come down periodically to visit kids/grandkids, surf with my son, see the zoo that Pedro has become. OB, which I surfed for decades, now packed on the clean days unless it has real size. Crowds increasing up here in in Oregon as well. Too many damn people...lol
Do you live by Dave, works/used to work in Wise's surf shop, has lived in SP for decades? Good guy and a good surfer.

I know mr Alexander - have known him since the old store - he lives across the highway from me. I run into him a fair amount in the beer section of our local market
If you are down this way before you pull the trigger you are more than welcome to try my Sam - it's a 9-0 but as smukes says 9 is fine.

 

[Surfnfish]

Stef wrote:

Surfnfish wrote:

Stef wrote:

I live by the pier in sharp park and have surfed it out there on smaller days as well as ob and it handled it. mine and the other andrieni I surfed is not a board with drag, it wants to go, which is why I took it to Fiji, I wanted something that was single fin and going to get me down the line. its not all point and shoot , there's a playfulness to mine too.

I hang out with a lot of the older guys that have been surfing pedro since back then as well as kellys... and hear about what it was like back then. but have also seen it myself since I began coming to linda mar in the late 80's...unless you experience it yourself you would never imagine how crowded it is. the crowds never go away here in the winter like they do elsewhere........

Ya, still come down periodically to visit kids/grandkids, surf with my son, see the zoo that Pedro has become. OB, which I surfed for decades, now packed on the clean days unless it has real size. Crowds increasing up here in in Oregon as well. Too many damn people...lol
Do you live by Dave, works/used to work in Wise's surf shop, has lived in SP for decades? Good guy and a good surfer.

I know mr Alexander - have known him since the old store - he lives across the highway from me. I run into him a fair amount in the beer section of our local market
If you are down this way before you pull the trigger you are more than welcome to try my Sam - it's a 9-0 but as smukes says 9 is fine.

Lol...sounds like Dave. If you go back to the shop on Vicente, you got some roots...next time you see Dave, tell him Lance from HMB says hi from Oregon...

 

[sonOsea]

On my 9'4", I had the nose and total width narrowed a bit, pulled wide point back a few more inches,the rest was left to Marc. This board never disappoints, it does so many things very well that it could easily qualify as a OBQ. It turns well from the tail or mid board and on rail and like Stef pointed out, it does it with speed and defined smoothness that I have come to know as an Andreini trait. I'm north of San Francisco, surf 100% beach break from shin high glass to over head onshore crap... The board works and I want another one just like it!

 

[Emil]

Stef wrote:

I have a 9-0 andrieni sam, I wasn't sure about the size, i always thought that i wanted a 9-4 , which is what nats was. i also don't typically ride boards under 9-4 , 9-4 is kinda my magic number...i had wanted one for a long time and had a friend that had one that he had shaped that he just wasn't gelling with , so i bought his. it immediately clicked for me. i think it suits my style of surfing. turns ridiculously easy, can feel whippy , no problem with hang 5's , ...works well for me in beach break, definitely one of my faster boards....took it to Fiji with me and ended up surfing it the whole time, never got on my shorter board, surfed cloudbreak on it. worked well for me there...i think the plan shape is a good neutral shape that fits well in waves...my andrieni isn't too pinched some of the other sams , i have seen are more pinched, so you will probably depending who owns what get a variety of comments... any way - i like mine , i think its a great travel board can handle a variety of conditions

Is this the board you guys are talking about?
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[Stef]

I am on a square tail

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[Stef]

Surfnfish wrote:

Stef wrote:

Surfnfish wrote:

Stef wrote:

I live by the pier in sharp park and have surfed it out there on smaller days as well as ob and it handled it. mine and the other andrieni I surfed is not a board with drag, it wants to go, which is why I took it to Fiji, I wanted something that was single fin and going to get me down the line. its not all point and shoot , there's a playfulness to mine too.

I hang out with a lot of the older guys that have been surfing pedro since back then as well as kellys... and hear about what it was like back then. but have also seen it myself since I began coming to linda mar in the late 80's...unless you experience it yourself you would never imagine how crowded it is. the crowds never go away here in the winter like they do elsewhere........

Ya, still come down periodically to visit kids/grandkids, surf with my son, see the zoo that Pedro has become. OB, which I surfed for decades, now packed on the clean days unless it has real size. Crowds increasing up here in in Oregon as well. Too many damn people...lol
Do you live by Dave, works/used to work in Wise's surf shop, has lived in SP for decades? Good guy and a good surfer.

I know mr Alexander - have known him since the old store - he lives across the highway from me. I run into him a fair amount in the beer section of our local market
If you are down this way before you pull the trigger you are more than welcome to try my Sam - it's a 9-0 but as smukes says 9 is fine.

Lol...sounds like Dave. If you go back to the shop on Vicente, you got some roots...next time you see Dave, tell him Lance from HMB says hi from Oregon

for sure will say hello

 

[OrangeDog]

I love mine. Best all around rider.

 

[Veterano]

"I rarely ride a long board, but when I do ..... I ride the most interesting LB in the world"