2.03.2012

New Neck Beard

According to the guys at Channel Islands, 'it all started with a couple doodles. Next thing you know, the doodles were carved into a fresh slab of foam. Then it appeared in Dane’s latest vid, Singles Pt3 Epilogue.'
 
To the left lies Dane's brand new Neck Beard and to the right lies the original. Spot the difference? The brand new hairy-skate-stick has an all new more rounded tail option, resulting in, to quote Dane; 'a sick and really forgiving feel'.
The Neck Beard is Channel Islands most recent world wide success story. With a back to the future feel- combining elements of old with elements of new, the Neck Beard draws from all ages to produce a truely current, fun, performing ride, irrespective of surfing ability, (novice-pro). A widened nose and severe square tail distributes foam throughout, maintaining volume and float.
'Light single concave and vee out the back, this board is faster down the line, has increased rail-to-rail transition, and is more stable when landing airs. Super user-friendly, this is the board Dane grabs when its 1-foot to head-high.' CI Surfboards.
Being the curious cat that I am... "meow"... I would very much like to try out both of them.
I'm sure either board would transcend my surfing into the loose, dynamic, adhd driven, out of control frenzy that Dane describes. Kinesthetically feeding back every twitch and turn through those continually curvy outlines, vees and concaves, before rising up through the deck and into my little frost bitten didgets- ready to bust the lip of any unfortunate wave that happens to be in the wrong place at the right time. Square tail or rounded, I'm frothing to get Dane's stumpy stubble wet! 'To be ridden 4 to 6 inches shorter than height'... fwarrr! "You spin me riiiight round baby riiiight round!"

Singles Pt. 3

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