Hey Megamind riders, I need fin recommendations for a 5'8" Megamind I just got used, but have to run out and get some fins for it today. It has Futures fins, which I abandoned years ago, but the deal was too good to pass up. I'm a bigger guy (6' and 190 right now). Thanks in advance!
Little late but Trestles was firing this past weekend. Loving the new stick! Definitely makes me want to pick up a groveling shape too! It was a little overhead. Also the flex is a little weird to get used to considering my old stick was pretty stuff due to carbon fiber deck reinforcement. It is super flexy, but I'm getting used to it. If anyone is in the north county or San Diego area let me know!
Rode this babe today in OH+ super clean and powerful SSW swell, perfect way to start the season.
An updated version of my Blur/M80 mashup, just as fast but does better in the pocket and doesn't get sticky in faster/larger waves. I've yet to try it in steeper (hollow) waves to see how it does compared to its older sister where it didn't want to turn.
Very stoked on this order :)
If you have questions as for why the pad has dots, its a little experiment of mine... so far so good ;)
My trip to Mexico was great.I gave away 1 of the new coils to a local mexican kid at the end of my trip he was pumped beyond words.There was a group of aussies at Barra de la cruz frothing over my board as well as some brazilians.You should be getting some emails from the brazzzos hopefully!The squash you shaped me was my go to board once I got the fins dialed in.I think I hit the lip like 7 times on 1 wave.We also surfed another point that you could get barreled 2 to 3 times on 1 wave easy.Pics will be coming soon.Thanks Mike Kirk and Eric for making me such great boards.
Ohhh, yellow sounds nice. Please post up different colors as you're able, MD.
Trying to get a few guys together an order soon. New new kick looks awesome. Fat nosed Blur squash has been feeling good. Surprising how well it goes in smaller waves and how tight it turns for being a 6-3. Cheers.
The late Dave Dedrick (he is missed....) got that carpet out of some hotel. He initially set up the room where I shape. Greg Loehr was in there for a while after Davo, when GL decided to move out he came over to see me and said "you've got to take over this room". I was hesitant at first, but he talked me into it and I'm glad he did. That was about a dozen years ago, my only regret now is that my rent has been raised to sky-high lol. But it is the corner office of shaping rooms....
I could care less if he calls us out. I was doing double-ender wakeboard design before he even started shaping, and Kirk was one of the first, if not the first, to do twin-tip kiteboards. Greg Loehr also did double ender, very short surfboards 15 years ago.
Dims on that one are 5'6" x 19 1/4" x 2 3/8", nose and tail 15". Volume is .91cuft. Basically it's the center section of a hpsb with the ends chopped off, nose rounded and tail square. Bottom is flat to single concave, rails are slightly pinched given center thickness. Rocker curve is equivalent to that center section of hpsb.
Dims on that one are 5'6" x 19 1/4" x 2 3/8", nose and tail 15". Volume is .91cuft. Basically it's the center section of a hpsb with the ends chopped off, nose rounded and tail square. Bottom is flat to single concave, rails are slightly pinched given center thickness. Rocker curve is equivalent to that center section of hpsb.
Hi Mike, so would the chopstick be a better wave board since it looks like a chopped off hpsb? How would it do in smaller (in average so. cal) waves? Or would things need to be altered for those conditions? Thanks!
I do eat cameras... lol. I'm involved with a company who will be bringing a mount to market and have been collecting clips. It's fun to re-live your sessions and learn how to improve watching your waves. Here's a shot from Surf City Pier in North Carolina a few days ago on a fading SE cold front swell. Had a blast up there. Surfed Wrightsville first and it was abosultely hucking death barrels on the beach. I actually saw the neon orange Coil board being surfed that Mike posted a few weeks ago. I think I want a board shaped speficially for shorebreak/barreling waves. Being that I'm 240lbs I still want width towards the chest but maybe a more tapered tail. Want it to stick to the face and drive well. Decent amount of rocker for the late/critical drops. What would be the ideal board for this?
Since you're used to riding such short boards for your size, doing a shorebreak/ledgy wave board is going to be a challenge. I don't want to go up in length much, it'll just feel huge. If we pull the tail in a lot, the outline will get too curvy. If you're liking the MM as a performance all-rounder (something I'd only recommend for big guys), then perhaps a specialized version of that board with slightly pulled tail and some bottom and fin adjustments could work
I really like the Blurs for punchy waves/barrels. The rocker just seems right for critical drops and I'm always amazed how well the tail, especially the round tailed Blur, stays stuck to the face on a steep, late one. Going quad for barreling days is like cheating and this year I've finally gotten my backside tube riding to the point where it's not just a suicide mission and I occasionally make it out of one. I probably have a little more power to work with living in the PNW but I'm amazed how well they work in the smaller/weaker waves as well. As long as there's a pocket. The latest one MD made me with a wider nose and squash tail is really versatile. I think one with the same width nose (12.25") or even wider but with a more pulled in tail (14.5" vs. 15") could be a really good board for more juicy/barreling days. I do like a bit more length than maybe is in style these days but for the most part I keep it at my height (6-3).
Qualifier, Squash Blur, Round Blur, Flat Bar Fish (Fun!)
Looking great,
Is it possible to show us a close up of the bottom rail around the fins, especially the hard edge, would love to see how it is made these days oh f no more filer coats.
Gracias
Pics are the squash tail Blur. Edge is nice and hard from the tail up a few inches past the front fins. I couldn't tell you how they do it but I've wondered my self
Flat Bar Fish is a custom outline with a modified Flash Back Fish rocker (extra nose flip in the front 8 inches). Outline is fairly standard FBF up front but the tail is blown up (16" or so @ 12", I think) for a real paralell outline in the back half. Tail block shape is something I doodled and sent to MD and he cleaned it up and it came out just like I'd hoped. Tail looks kind of like a flat bar for pulling nails I guess so that's what I've been calling it. It rides similarly (but differently) to the Roberts WD or CI Neckbeard with lots of down the line drive and built in speed in smaller/weaker waves but it has more upper range than either of those, maybe due to the slightly more subdued concaves (mellow single, double, vee). It's very easy to throw around and get that tail to break free out the top but it still holds really well on a hard bottom turn. I've had great sessions in knee high mush and head high barrels both. It's kind of my most grovelly board at this point but I hope to get something even wider and flatter soon for the super micro days.
Hackey ,
depending how much you want to spend ,
cheapo = all thermotech , F8 fronts and F4 rear
$$$ = soulus front , f4 blackstix rear .
Have a MM and a FBF... this Bloop (no official name) is still my fav... (i dont think the pic is uploading...keep getting
error message. Google Coil Bloop for the ce.slum pic.)
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MD has a few versions of stub-esq good wave boards
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Thanks Ivan and retodd...:)
Will probably put in more mileage in M80 Slim now and will dial up the stub up....lol
What an amazing board..:)
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Rode this babe today in OH+ super clean and powerful SSW swell, perfect way to start the season.
An updated version of my Blur/M80 mashup, just as fast but does better in the pocket and doesn't get sticky in faster/larger waves. I've yet to try it in steeper (hollow) waves to see how it does compared to its older sister where it didn't want to turn.
Very stoked on this order :)
If you have questions as for why the pad has dots, its a little experiment of mine... so far so good ;)
looks good Ivan, I like the pad too.
Are there any videos of a MegaMind being ridden properly? I want to see what approach is working best for those who know the design.
Kirk tells people to just ride it like a shortboard. Ignore the board's dims and pretend it's 6'0" x 19"
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Indeed. I just seemed to remember at least one video of someone riding one being posted, but all my searching has come up empty.
Coil megamind rider Vs Longboarder. Who wins...lol?
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Glowing reports on these.
Normal Coil toughness at 4.6 lbs on a 6'1" x 18 3/4". We can go a lot lighter for those that desire.
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Beautiful board ! what is the thickness / volume on this one to achieve that weight ?
Volume is .85 cuft, thickness 2 1/4".
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siiiick! Now some would say that is pink. But i see orange....
I like this....
Mike what is the add$ for this color option?
Holy shnitz! that board looks amazing!
Ivan has the lightest functional surfboard on the planet so he shouldn't be jealous of that "heavy" one.
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haha! not jealous at all! but good looking boards deserve praise ;)
You could get some color one your fresh one I'm about to shape.
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Sweet looking board as usual!
My trip to Mexico was great.I gave away 1 of the new coils to a local mexican kid at the end of my trip he was pumped beyond words.There was a group of aussies at Barra de la cruz frothing over my board as well as some brazilians.You should be getting some emails from the brazzzos hopefully!The squash you shaped me was my go to board once I got the fins dialed in.I think I hit the lip like 7 times on 1 wave.We also surfed another point that you could get barreled 2 to 3 times on 1 wave easy.Pics will be coming soon.Thanks Mike Kirk and Eric for making me such great boards.
Cheers, that's a cool thing to do giving your board to a local kid. Definitely like to see some pics from the trip!
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want yellow, it was on the order details email ;)
Ohhh, yellow sounds nice. Please post up different colors as you're able, MD.
Trying to get a few guys together an order soon. New new kick looks awesome. Fat nosed Blur squash has been feeling good. Surprising how well it goes in smaller waves and how tight it turns for being a 6-3. Cheers.
Yeww!!! That one looks amazing Mike.
Love the color and the minimal logo styling. Well done Coil crew.
I need (in this order)...
1. to see some more colors.
2. to sell a board
3. to get an order in on a new Coil
The tail panel and rail color is $30 option. Here's a pic of green, orange, and yellow side by side.
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Wakeboard prototype (old) and Chopstick shaped blank (new).
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thats some wicked stuff! dont let the interwebz get ahold of that pic, I can foresee what the Tomo fanboys will say...
looks great MD
most impressive sir
.. and the carpet..looks the same as D Takayamas old shop in O Side..!
The late Dave Dedrick (he is missed....) got that carpet out of some hotel. He initially set up the room where I shape. Greg Loehr was in there for a while after Davo, when GL decided to move out he came over to see me and said "you've got to take over this room". I was hesitant at first, but he talked me into it and I'm glad he did. That was about a dozen years ago, my only regret now is that my rent has been raised to sky-high lol. But it is the corner office of shaping rooms....
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Tomo wasn't the first one to make a wakeboard ;)
'sides it would be nice to have a nice light stringlerless chop nosed board that doesn't buckle and fall apart.
Oh I didnt mean it like that... he's known for calling out other shapers for "copying his designs".
I could care less if he calls us out. I was doing double-ender wakeboard design before he even started shaping, and Kirk was one of the first, if not the first, to do twin-tip kiteboards. Greg Loehr also did double ender, very short surfboards 15 years ago.
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is it a surfboard or a wakeboard?
I hope it's a surfboard. It looks much better than anything of DT's IMO.
Chopstick is a surfboard.
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Uh I want a chopstick Mike so I guess I am ordering 1!! Who got the first 1?
That one is headed to Southern California. You know how to find me to get an order in!
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looks great Mike. Looks like an amazing fun summer surf toy for Ocean Ave...:)
My ultimate goal is to perfect the shortboard. There is nothing sexier than a clean performance board.
Its very tough to photograph a shortboard but this is the best I could come up with...lol
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Nice pic. Here's one I cribbed off da interweb, who can guess which one of crew this is? Large man moving water....
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hes eating a camera
Any info on the Chopstick? Looks sort of like the Buzz models.
Dims on that one are 5'6" x 19 1/4" x 2 3/8", nose and tail 15". Volume is .91cuft. Basically it's the center section of a hpsb with the ends chopped off, nose rounded and tail square. Bottom is flat to single concave, rails are slightly pinched given center thickness. Rocker curve is equivalent to that center section of hpsb.
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Hi Mike, so would the chopstick be a better wave board since it looks like a chopped off hpsb? How would it do in smaller (in average so. cal) waves? Or would things need to be altered for those conditions? Thanks!
I do eat cameras... lol. I'm involved with a company who will be bringing a mount to market and have been collecting clips. It's fun to re-live your sessions and learn how to improve watching your waves. Here's a shot from Surf City Pier in North Carolina a few days ago on a fading SE cold front swell. Had a blast up there. Surfed Wrightsville first and it was abosultely hucking death barrels on the beach. I actually saw the neon orange Coil board being surfed that Mike posted a few weeks ago. I think I want a board shaped speficially for shorebreak/barreling waves. Being that I'm 240lbs I still want width towards the chest but maybe a more tapered tail. Want it to stick to the face and drive well. Decent amount of rocker for the late/critical drops. What would be the ideal board for this?
Since you're used to riding such short boards for your size, doing a shorebreak/ledgy wave board is going to be a challenge. I don't want to go up in length much, it'll just feel huge. If we pull the tail in a lot, the outline will get too curvy. If you're liking the MM as a performance all-rounder (something I'd only recommend for big guys), then perhaps a specialized version of that board with slightly pulled tail and some bottom and fin adjustments could work
[email protected]
I really like the Blurs for punchy waves/barrels. The rocker just seems right for critical drops and I'm always amazed how well the tail, especially the round tailed Blur, stays stuck to the face on a steep, late one. Going quad for barreling days is like cheating and this year I've finally gotten my backside tube riding to the point where it's not just a suicide mission and I occasionally make it out of one. I probably have a little more power to work with living in the PNW but I'm amazed how well they work in the smaller/weaker waves as well. As long as there's a pocket. The latest one MD made me with a wider nose and squash tail is really versatile. I think one with the same width nose (12.25") or even wider but with a more pulled in tail (14.5" vs. 15") could be a really good board for more juicy/barreling days. I do like a bit more length than maybe is in style these days but for the most part I keep it at my height (6-3).
Qualifier, Squash Blur, Round Blur, Flat Bar Fish (Fun!)
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que es eso flat bar fish?
Pics are the squash tail Blur. Edge is nice and hard from the tail up a few inches past the front fins. I couldn't tell you how they do it but I've wondered my self
Flat Bar Fish is a custom outline with a modified Flash Back Fish rocker (extra nose flip in the front 8 inches). Outline is fairly standard FBF up front but the tail is blown up (16" or so @ 12", I think) for a real paralell outline in the back half. Tail block shape is something I doodled and sent to MD and he cleaned it up and it came out just like I'd hoped. Tail looks kind of like a flat bar for pulling nails I guess so that's what I've been calling it. It rides similarly (but differently) to the Roberts WD or CI Neckbeard with lots of down the line drive and built in speed in smaller/weaker waves but it has more upper range than either of those, maybe due to the slightly more subdued concaves (mellow single, double, vee). It's very easy to throw around and get that tail to break free out the top but it still holds really well on a hard bottom turn. I've had great sessions in knee high mush and head high barrels both. It's kind of my most grovelly board at this point but I hope to get something even wider and flatter soon for the super micro days.
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