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    Image of Weakskills Weakskills
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    I think these look like circus throwing knives, the cheap ones that are all metal with no Handel
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    08/31/09

    @Weakskills: What do Baroque composers have to do with knives?
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    Image of Weakskills Weakskills
    08/31/09

    @FooSchnickens: "with no Handel" so nothing.
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    Image of FooSchnickens - BPH Free FooSchnickens - BPH Free
    09/02/09

    @Weakskills: HANDLE. Knives have HANDLES.

    Maybe I should just stop being witty and just come out with it from now on.
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    Image of TechSurfer TechSurfer
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    I hate to be a downer, but I just don't see design as being nearly as functional as more conventional shapes. I completely understand wanting something that rides both as a shortboard and a longboard, but when trying to use this as a shortboard, there's too much weight way up at the nose to do quick shortboarding maneuvers. And as a longboard, the funky shape of the rail is less functional than a straight rail. And I don't know what to say about that very narrow tail. I've watched a few promo videos for these boards (which you would assume would show the very best rides on these boards), and there is nothing that looks like shortboarding, and the longboarding is just mediocre. I believe a true hybrid between a shortboard and a longboard is usually a board sized between the two lengths (often called a funboard). I think the Meyerhoffer design is more "interesting" than any type of breakthrough, and more likely to impress non-surfers (and tech blogs) than surfers.
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    Image of nineohtoo nineohtoo
    08/31/09

    @TechSurfer: I gotta agree here. Not downplaying what he's done here, but it does looks this board makes some sacrifices and might be a board more suited for a beginner. It doesn't appear to surf much differently than a regular funboard(I think your comment on funboards is spot on, but even I won't ride one anymore), and even then I feel those still take away from getting a board/fin combo for your size/weight and style. Sometimes an all in one solution isn't the best, and this is one those cases.

    I think most surfers are better off with some sort of a quiver. Just buy used, and it won't cost so much. I personally wouldn't give up my dedicated shortboard(5'10" Neptune with Vector fins), or my fish for smaller and weaker days(5'6" Neptune with huge twin keels). If anything I'd rather add a nice long board, or disc like a walden mini magic to the setup.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    As someone who has been on the lam from the Sun his entire life, I can't say I have any real use for a surfboard. These are nice though.

    But me and the Sun - not friends
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    08/31/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I did hear that BLam has a use for surfboards.
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    Image of CaseyG CaseyG
    08/31/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I keep on of these handy in case my friends suggest activities... outside. *shudder*

    [zazzle.com]
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment CaseyG was starred CaseyG was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/31/09

    @CaseyG: Whenever any of my friends suggest an activity that doesn't involve lurking in a bar, I make it a point of asking whether I'll have to go out into the sun and whether there will be overhangs or trees for me to cower under.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/31/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IndustrialStren...: I suppose I could use it as a coffee table.
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    Image of deliciousburglar deliciousburglar
    08/31/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Myabe gizmodo should consider the readership a bit and suggest indoor summertime activities. summertime websites? high tech air conditioners? i dunno.
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    Image of olternaut olternaut
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    Didn't you guys already post this story a few weeks ago? Or was it engadget? Go grab so more coffee and wake up. Don't you dare make this a slow news day!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    08/31/09

    @olternaut: BLam tested the board back in June as well.
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    08/31/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAFrenchLoaf: I did not test it, that was just a news piece.
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    Image of debbyherbenick debbyherbenick
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    Pretty: they remind me of those yummy sugar dip sticks from my childhood.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    Looks like a pregnancy test...damn Stevox beat me to it
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Edited by BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 at 08/31/09 11:14 AM BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 was starred BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/31/09

    @BergenCountyJC: Gotta be quicker.

    And remember - The fight is not always to the strong nor is the race always to the quick. But that's the way to bet.
     Reply
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    Image of Stevox Stevox
    08/31/09

    In reply to Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer
    First photo: The two boards on the left look like pregnancy test sticks.
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    Geisrud promoted this comment Stevox was starred Stevox was unstarred
    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    08/31/09

    @Stevox: Can't say I'm very familiar with what pregnancy tests look like (other than a dead rabbit).

    I was gonna say it didn't make the cut for the latest AT&T commercial.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    08/26/09

    In reply to Surf Skiing Takes Surfing and Injects it with a Healthy Dose of Dorkiness
    It almost makes sense that you would have something like this for surfing. I mean in snow you have skies and snowboards, on ground you have skates and skateboards, towing behind a boat water skis and wakeboard. Riding waves so far just a surfboard.

    When the first snowboard came out no one thought it would catch on. This has possibilities only because it resembles paddle surfing but from this picture it looks like the design needs a lot of work. What also looks like a potential fail is your feet are strapped in? if you fall what happens? How do you get back up?
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    Image of Spiny Norman Spiny Norman
    08/26/09

    In reply to Surf Skiing Takes Surfing and Injects it with a Healthy Dose of Dorkiness
    Face punched, yeah well he'll just replace the oar with a Pugil stick. Now who's funny?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    08/26/09

    In reply to Surf Skiing Takes Surfing and Injects it with a Healthy Dose of Dorkiness
    Aaaah, the rare Nerdipus Buoyfooticus

    Fascinating! lets watch...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/26/09

    In reply to Surf Skiing Takes Surfing and Injects it with a Healthy Dose of Dorkiness
    It seems like you would need extraordinarily strong legs for this.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/26/09

    In reply to Surf Skiing Takes Surfing and Injects it with a Healthy Dose of Dorkiness
    I thought that Summermodo takes surfing and injects it with a healthy dose of dorkiness (and sun poisoning)
     Reply
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    08/16/09

    In reply to Laird Hamilton: My Scariest Wave
    This is a story that's not going to end well. If he keeps up this sport there's only one way it'll end.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    08/15/09

    In reply to Laird Hamilton: My Scariest Wave
    North Shore waves commonly get as high as 40 feet (measured from the back), so I really fail to see how a face of 100 feet is that ridiculous.

    Besides, I've been nearly dragged to my death from a 20 foot face and stayed out of the ocean for a good year afterwards (I'm a wimp).

    It takes an incredible sportsman... or a lunatic to face that kind of a wave.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    08/15/09

    In reply to Laird Hamilton: My Scariest Wave
    Hi Laird.

    *waves*
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    FredicvsMaximvs promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
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