booger
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| posted on 17-8-2005 at 23:42 |
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orange dot are less stiff which means less thrust so i dunno why u would get them mabey more comfy, yellow dot are stiffer and more
kick power
i rekon the hubb is one of the most overated boards out there, for the price u pay for what u get, $600 aus to get a graphic one when u
can pick up a nmd player for 299 and if i got given a choice between the two boards i would choose the player,
u just forked out for tech2s i wouldnt be changing mate
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Spongebob Wilko
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| posted on 18-8-2005 at 19:11 |
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hey booger iam no big unit 12.5 stone 6ft2. that was the board that i was told i should get by Dave Heard at Bodyboard HQ. my last
board was a 41" Rheo ben holland and i def have improved using the bigger board and darn its quick which is good in my eyes as i prefer
the big waves and big tubes.
as for the vipers i know what you saying chruhills are cheaper cheers for the info there i prob stick with my churchill babies.
you might say there over rated, but knowone would go and by the stencil version would they, jeff idea he keeps it. i only ride the
board cause it was a cheaper slightly better board then the rossi ones avaliable at the time. as for NMD that seems to be a very
popular board at the mo in the uk correct me if iam wrong though.
[Edited on 18-8-2005 by Spongebob Wilko]
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Airborne
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| posted on 18-8-2005 at 20:54 |
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Yeh NMD are well known over here, from the sound of it they're becoming more popular as more people are suggesting them.
Don't get me wrong, i was impressed with the tech2's and your right booger for the money im not gonna change them, definatly better
than my other fins any day. Was just wondering what churchills would feel like.
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Spongebob Wilko
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| posted on 19-8-2005 at 15:10 |
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i find the churchills real comfortable. i had manta pro fin 2 before and they where crap. i noticed a big difference when i got my
churchills makas and i dont get crap. only thing i say is make sure there comfortable with socks on for the winter times cause i there
not you in big trouble.
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booger
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| posted on 20-8-2005 at 13:14 |
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yeah nmd are getting huge now, although im not overly a big fan of there new policy of using shit cheap materials and manufactured in
indo, but they are decent boards, i hope they dont start to specialise in kook boards and turn out to be the next manta
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Airborne
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| posted on 20-8-2005 at 18:06 |
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you saying paul roach and andrew lester use kook boards?  hehe, dunno i
quite like manta although they do the kook boards. Nearly bought some manta fins, but they do look shit, the sharp cuts (which ive
tried) aren't too bad.
Yeh my tech 2's give me a little bit of cramp with winter socks, but not so much that i cant stand it.
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booger
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| posted on 20-8-2005 at 21:40 |
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they arent kook boards but i think manta have a bad reputation and people are not willing to fork out more money for a manta than top
of the line nmd or the same money that they would pay for a top of the line 4play. i have only ever seen a handful of people riding a
roach or a lester (opposed to rocking up at stradd or dbah carparks everyday and seeing lots of 4plays, nmds and MS etc) and this
years lest costing allmost 500 youve got to be kidding no one will pay that. all the specialist bodyboarding shops here on the goldy
dont stock manta at all anymore
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Airborne
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| posted on 21-8-2005 at 09:51 |
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hmm you've got it spot on there booger. $225.95 was the price for the last lester, well at the moment it is. But 500 is just stupid.
Thats interesting to hear goldy dont stock manta anymore, seeing as it is an Australian make compared to the UK which seems like we
sell manta a lot. Like in almost every surf/bodyboard shop you enter theres bound to be a manta. All the NMD's and MS's etc. you have
to order off the net, or know a good shop that sells them.
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booger
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| posted on 23-8-2005 at 13:09 |
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that manta aus made comment is sorta similar to everyone thinking cause fosters is an aussie export beer aussie love it and drink it
heaps which is bullshit, never see it anywhere and no one sells it, QLD has the best rum in the world though, but the shittest waves.
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Airborne
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| posted on 24-8-2005 at 09:49 |
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lol very good point mmmm i could do with a fosters right now...in france
they just had it everywhere, they even had a fosters bar/tent at the lacanau surf competition selling them cheap.
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booger
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| posted on 25-8-2005 at 12:01 |
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ah tru, yeah ive never had it, whats it like? i heard that thats similar to cornor in mexico where ive heard hardly any of the mexicans
drink it. now its time to crack open a few stubbys and watch us get flooged in cricket haha
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Airborne
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| posted on 27-8-2005 at 09:29 |
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lol yeh you are getting a bit pasted in cricket was drinking fosters the
other night, its a standard kind of basic beer, but i reckon the taste is quite nice...doesnt leave too much of an aftertaste. Haven't
heard of that mexican beer so i cant compare it.
Hehe i just realised that the 4th test is being held at the trent cricket stadium, if your watching it thats the city in the UK where i
live  (Nottingham). Trent being the river that runs through
Nottingham. For the next few days they're setting up a massive screen in the local big park down the road from me, so that people can
sit on the hill and watch the test. And guess what? Theres a fosters cabin/bar being set up there.
[Edited on 27-8-2005 by Airborne]
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