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| 16''x8'' Crescent tail with strap |
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| 16''x8''Cresent Tail with strap |
Same but different or different but same? I was really surprised after a fun session in the small surf at Kawana beach a little while ago. I took both the handplanes pictured above out on the same day and was pleasantly surprised to find no real difference in the performance of the two boards . They are identical apart from one having a strap and the other a slot in the nose . I was also able to swim just as easily with the slotted nosed board as i could with the strapped board . The simpisity of the slotted board is really attractive to me as effectively its just a piece of shaped timber but what that piece of timber allows you to do on a wave gives such a buzz. I am playing with some smaller handplanes for use in larger surf at the moment and so far i have beeen making these with a strap but there is one on the workbench that might just get a hole in his nose . I'll keep you posted!!
