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"Sunset & Sea Checkered RPM" crafted by Austin Surfboards Virginia Beach, VA for March 2012 Delivered April 6, 2012 See the specs here. | ![]() |
The Sunset and Sea Checkered RPM is a basic repeat of the S&S RPM (which has been relocated to Costa Rica because luggage
fees have been getting out of control). This Checkered RPM
will become my new travel board until the day a bisect paipo can be
engineered and built. It is very similar to the other Checkered RPMs
except that the S&S versions are not as thick and the top and
bottom each have a layer of 8oz and 6oz glass (previously the bottom
was single layered). The extra layer of glass should increase the
board's resistence to travel dings and the marginal extra weight help
through the cross chop/micro swell encountered on larger waves.
The forward third are soft egg rails slightly turned under and the rear two-thirds are increasingly hard turned under rails. The board has a 3-fin box set-up. These sidebites have little angle (toe-in), if any, more like a traditional fish. To borrow another person's words, "Faster, more lined up and bigger waves requiring longer turns and high speed trims tend to desire more parallel side fin positions." My small sidebites (~2") are used in tandem with a single center fin (4.0" to 5.0" range normally; Update: 4.0" to 4.5") that can be adjusted forward or aft depending upon wave conditions. The S&S worked like a charm in Costa Rica this past March. Felt more like it was skimming across the wave so I now think of my S&S series as skimmer paipos! She is called the Sunset & Sea because of her bright orange checkers. The pigment work by
Austin Saunders continues to be incredible. One inch pigment squares
were achieved by laying out strips of masking tape back and forth and
applying one color then pulling the tape and then reapplying the tape
and then laying the other color down. A great example of old school
resin work that is similar to what was done in the 1960s.
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