Big Drop at the Faro
I had been out the back for about half an hour when this big set came along the boys called in to it encouraging me to go I didn't really want to take it but I did very late, as I stood up on my board I was on tiptoes my body at full strectch my hands straight up above my head in the air,as I dropped in I ws holding onto my board with my toe nails my heart in my mouth but my board just gripped into the curl of the wave and as we landed I did a bottom turn before it closed out
Shortboards
Length: Grom sizes then 5’10-6’10 Design Features: Originally designed in 2000 for the Pukas team a fast responsive shortboard that I have modified over the years with the feedback I have received. Currently shaped with a single concave. An allround shortboard. Tail: Round tail but can be ordered with any other tail. Surfer: Intermediate onwards Wave size: 2 foot plus
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