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Sunday, 17 June 2007 17:59
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Written by
Rob Mousley
It's not often that a totally new ski from a new manufacturer is released onto the market - but we were lucky enough to lay hands on just such a one in the form of the Oceans Pro ski from Honcho Surfskis. Here's what we found.
Saturday, 10 March 2007 05:58
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Written by
Rob Mousley
In July 2006, Rapid Ascent (one of Australia's leading Adventure Racing organisations) undertook a massive evaluation of different categories of kayak – including surf skis.
Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:45
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Written by
Dale Lippstreu
Finish and appearance Epic lifted the bar by introducing computer aided design and a CNC machined plug for the first V10. The new Ultra skis have lifted it further. The vacuum moulding process and nomex/honeycomb laminate totally eliminates the waviness or "oil canning" which is usually present in GRP…
Wednesday, 06 September 2006 22:11
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Written by
Rob Mousley
Some time ago Red7 announced that they'd redesigned their entire range of surf skis and had added a couple of models to it. They said that they'd made extensive use of CAD systems in the redesign to make the skis both faster and more stable. The first demo models arrived…
Wednesday, 06 September 2006 20:25
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Written by
Al Bowers
[Editor: Al Bowers, a frequent contributor to the Yahoo surfski newsgroup, sent this infomation to me some months ago. I've only just got around to resizing the images & reformatting the text. Apologies Al!] Recent discussions on wing paddles, their technique, and the method by which they work, have generated some…
Monday, 19 June 2006 22:47
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Written by
Rob Mousley
I recently bought a Carbon (vacuum bag lay-up) Fenn Mako 6. I’ve had my new ski for nearly five weeks now and have paddled it in a variety of conditions. I’m astonished at the improvement to my paddling – both in terms of race results and sheer enjoyment.
Friday, 19 May 2006 19:32
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Written by
Dave Jensen
I'll start out my review of the Huki S1-X with my perspective of the recent past regarding surfskis here in Northern California. I think this will provide some good background info for the popularity of the S1-X here on the mainland US.
Wednesday, 26 April 2006 22:44
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Written by
Rob Mousley
What's the fastest ski on the market? Ask any six paddlers and you’ll likely get six different answers… And you can bet that the answer will likely be: “the ski that I own”! A group of Cape paddlers got together on Sunday to try to answer the question objectively. This…
Sunday, 16 April 2006 15:09
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Written by
Rob Mousley
Hear Oscar talk about the Epic surf skis and the message is clear: "The V10 is the fastest, most stable, best designed, best built ski in the world and the V10 Sport comes a close second!" It’s more stable and slightly slower but, “On the V10 Sport, I could still…
Wednesday, 12 April 2006 14:21
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Written by
Rob Mousley
Early in 2005 an outspoken manufacturer told me, “90% of paddlers can’t cope with top-end skis and shouldn’t be on them.” He was referring to the then current crop of tippy high-end surf skis. Then the Epic V10 burst onto the scene – and here was a fast, fun, top-end…