@@changingphysiques I will break them down as best I can.... BP range are easy. My personal fav at the mo is the 6'6 BP round. I think it's a great all rounder. Less responsive than the two fishes though mainly due to rail length. The Chilliwrap is fishy, loose, fast, slightly small wave biased. The weekend rockstar is for those who want a shortboard but know they need a bit of extra help, or a great addition to a shank for a small wave board.....

Gonna come and chat with you Luke in the new year. Hopefully you can spare the time

@@changingphysiques I would like to think I'm honest. We want to sell outboards bit we for sure want to make sure people get on the right board. The weekend rockstar leans a lot more to forgiveness and ease. It opens up this type of board to surfers lacking in wave catching prowess and quick adaptability on the wave.

@@changingphysiques less width in the nose. More relative width in the tail. Slightly lower exit to entry rocker ratios, boxier rails, more roll on the double concave, a more progressive foil.... This is closer to a shortboard than the chillwrap. It's also taken a different path to get to similar places..... This one certainly comes from shortboards getting friendlier, and the Chilliwrap comes from hybrids getting more hp.

Prefect answer 👌🏼 appreciate that

@@Jensensurfs you shred on that thing yenmaster 🔥🔥

@@22media 100% try get him to order a fish though..... 🤣

@@guypere480 rail line referencing the width in the nose and tail creating a slightly straighter curve through the centre of the outline. As for curve there is more on rails than through centre due to concave. This is to help turn those extended rail when you are pushing through a turn on rail. So in theory you are trying to get the balance between rail engaged down the line for drive and through a turn for fluidity. It's working out the contradictions to get the best balances.

@@Mongiloyd its different. You have so much momentum on a longer board, they become more about how to control rather than how to add speed. Some longboard designs play around with tail lift so the boards sits in the pocket better when nose riding. This adds drag and knocks the trim down a bit which is noticeable in paddling quite a bit. Especially if you are riding it in flatter waves. I've heard of people not liking Cali style nose riders in UK... To really get the best out of them you actually have to be quite a high level longboarder. For normal surfers wanting a longboards I always suggest more of a balanced rocker and adding more edge in the back third 👌.

@@Flatmat thank Matt 🤙

@@RamblingsJourney we are deffo going to try and do more. Thanks for the positive words.

@@TheBoarder360 yes it does. I have a really nice new version called the BP round coming out soon, which you ride slightly shorter and with a higher single concave running into a round pin this would be ace as a quad 👌. I ride mine 6'6 38l 👌

@@1morewave can you name a surf shop not owned by a surfer? Asking purely out of interest. 👌

@@colabsurfI’m talking about the chains, not going to mention names, the multi shop places selling £20 bodyboards and £300 Coolers etc. They may have started out as a small shop, but became just another brand.

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@@patrickdwyer7323 it's an auto edit on the software. We will get better promise 🙏🤙🤙

@@614shapes gotta focus on what's important 👌

@@TheBoarder360 price wise there isn't a lot they can do. They buy in from all over the world to offer what they do. It's not cheap to import, you have freight charges, import taxes, shaper royalties... It is really an industry problem rather than a down the line problem. It reflects in a lot of their retail prices out of necessity. Just from our position as a board builder In the UK, I know they do everything they can do to make them affordable. Some brands just aren't good value.... (My opinion) As for the staff, I've heard this before but I've had nothing but good chats with the guys there. They have a passion for surfboards I can relate with, customer service is a whole other game though.. I reckon let them know in an email. Constructive Feedback is always great to receive.

I think imports being expensive is mostly due to the pound being weaker than it has been in the past + UK wages aren't great compared to the USA and oz

@@colabsurf hey man, thanks for responding, it's really appreciated and I do get what you're saying... importing some of the brands they carry must be very costly..... JS, FireWire, Christenson etc.. it wasn't so much the boards I was talking about ...the whole place feels like it has turned into more of a boutique... wouldn't look out of place in central London! I always buy from local shapers anyway (Cornish boards for Cornish waves and supporting local shapers/families).. back in the 90's when they produced a lot of their own boards, (with the celtic cross on?) it was a much less pretentious place. I dunno, it's just a vibe.. I pop in for a look now and then, but never leave with much more than a couple of hangars from the green bucket outside. I go to Stevo at Fringe for as much as I can.. I'm old skool too, love what he does.. no ego, no bullshit, no racks full of machine made Chinese boards... surfing for me is still a subculture.. called me old fashioned, but he's doing it right as far as I'm concerned anyway..... I'd consider emailing, but suspect they'll see this! (hope they don't recognise me next time I'm making off with a handful of hangars! 😛)... love the video by the way.. subscribed.

@@TheBoarder360 🤙🤙🤙 that's the beauty of options. whilst I am in awe of the racks at down the line, i also love the vibe in smaller surf shops and Steve does it really well. I think in the UK now you have amazing options to buy really quality surfboards made here. For everyone else there is still import options. It's a good mix. 👌

@@colabsurf Options are always good...not forgetting shapers who don't shape for shops - my latest board is from Jackson at Bluff Longboards, he's based near Sennen... anyone after a custom longboard should check him out!

@@stevenmowat6786 im not making excuses for them, sounds potentially like an import cost problem though. It's a tough business, surfboards are notoriously low margin products. Hopefully you can get it somewhere else at the right price 🤙

@@stevenmowat6786 im not making excuses for them, sounds potentially like an import cost problem though. It's a tough business, surfboards are notoriously low margin products. Hopefully you can get it somewhere else at the right price 🤙

@@colabsurf I understand that, however when I questioned it they just ignored me. I also wanted a fin off them for the board they could have gave me some discount on that as a gesture of good will. I ended up buying it from unsung surf which gave great customer service. Their loss I buy about 10 boards a year, wouldn’t use them again.

@@stevenmowat6786 10 boards a year?! do you break that many or just love options?

@ I just like to try different boards from different shapers

there is a certain attachment to your local surf shops from days gone by that i think is slowly dying out. they were meccas when i was younger.

thank you