Monthly Archives: July 2015
JS Hippee review
Hippee
5 ft 11
19
2 3/8
Round Square
27.6
FCS
2-4 foot
Beach break
This board is said to be a small wave performance short board. I find that this board performs well in small 1-2ft surf up to around 5-6ft. The board has a somewhat wide outline with full rails and slightly flatter rocker that in other performance boards. Although the rocker in this ... Continue reading
Neck Beard Review
Neck Beard
5 ft 6
19 1/4
2 1/4
Round Square
26.5
FCS
1-2 foot
All wave types
This board is a Channel Islands Dane Reynolds model. This board has medium to slightly full rails and has a wide point forward of centre. The main feature of this board is the very wide tail. This board is an excellent groveler due to the wide tail and forward wide point it makes ... Continue reading
#4 Groveler Review
#4 Groveler
5 ft 7
19 1/4
2 3/8
Round Square
27.4
Futures
1-2 foot
All wave types
This board is a Channel Islands Dane Reynolds model. This board has a wide outline as most grovelers do with the wide point of the board forward of centre. The rails are quiet full and the rocker is flat enough to excel as a groveler but also has enough tail lift and nose rocker ... Continue reading
Girabbit Review
Girabbit
5 ft 11
18 7/8
2 3/8
Round Square
27.8
FCS
4-6 foot
All wave types
The Girabbit is a Jordy Smith model by Channel Islands. The board has full rails and a wide tail. There is a good amount of tail lift and nose rocker. This board allows you to put a lot of power into your turns and generate a lot of speed. The wider tail is more forgiving in this ... Continue reading
Bunny Chow Review
bUNNY cHOW
5 ft 10
18 7/8
2 5/16
Swallow
28
Futures
2-4 foot
All wave types
The Channel Islands Bunny Chow is a Jordy Smith model and is probably the best crossover board I've ridden so far. This board performs in 1ft to 6ft quiet well. The Bunny Chow has full rails and quiet a thick tail and mid section. This wide point of the board is slightly lower than ... Continue reading
All rounder
Turbo
5 ft 11
18 3/4
2 5/16
Swallow
FCS
2-4 foot
All wave types
The turbo model from Webby has been my trusty all rounder for about 5 years. For me the board almost has a neutral feel, as in I don't have to think about it. It is what I ride in all but the smallest or biggest of waves. In my newest turbo (the board pictured), I started using the ... Continue reading
clean lines
Pulse
5 ft 11
18 3/8
2 3/16
Rounded Pin
26.25
Futures
6-8 foot
All wave types
- this board loves to draw clean lines- works best in any conditions from 2 foot up, but comes to life in 5 foot +- has a low rail and rounded pin tail, giving it plenty of hold and also allows you to knife in on hollow waves - was my go to board until I reduced my normal board length ... Continue reading
