MKII Fish

Jim,

I have been riding the MKII for the past few weeks now and it goes fantastically!! I am amazed by its speed and how it makes sections I have usually had to push other boards really hard to get around. My friends can’t believe I purchased a twin and it is all the talk. My fears of it being uncontrollably loose are long forgotten. It holds lines, has great speed that it maintains through turns.

It took me a long time to make the decision for this board. All I can say is that both times I have purchased one of your boards I have been super impressed. My surfing is definitely on the improve with new interest. Not sure how to explain them both but them seem to ‘stick’ and handle every move I try. I can’t wait to get this in to larger winter swells. I know it will work on long fast waves like nothing else has for me.

Cheers, Dan

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Jim,

Just want to say thanks for my 6’1” MkII Fish.

Paddles in early, holds it’s line, tested up to a solid 5 foot so far and I feel it would be comfortable in 6 foot plus. Is extremely fast and not twitchy at all, it’s the best board I’ve ridden in 20 years. Surfed most of the Points on the Gold Coast and heavy beach break waves with no issues at all. Long bottom turns, no slide.

A very different fish. My other fish (not a Banks) is twitchy and unreliable at any size.

The glass job is second to none, 6oz with a gloss coat, not too heavy, I have taken out a few learner mal riders who dropped in without a shatter…

Cheers, Mick

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Hi Jim,

……I really, really like the board. I love the speed I can generate on it. It’s so easy and reliable to ride I find myself riding it pretty much all the time with my shorties sitting in the rack all neglected!.... thanks for a top board, the glass job is spot on too as after 4-5 months of pretty solid use it still looks like new.

Had 3 surfs yesterday, which I haven't done for some time, feeling happy & sore today. As I said on the phone the board is amazing! The speed it generates and the high line it can hold when racing point waves really surprised me. I think the board will actually go better in 4-5ft waves than in small junky waves, it's definitely not a grovel board & wood fins are just plain cool...

Cheers, Chad

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Glide Fish

Hey Jim,
Forgot to write you regarding the fish – it looks sick, rips and has been ridden by more than 15 people who claim the same. It’s been a real nice smooth ride and has been able to handle all of Sydney’s swells to date.

Thanks once again!

All the best, Phillip

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Hi Jim

Just got back from Indo. Took the new 6’2” fish with me and I’m so glad I did.

First surf 6 foot Ullu’s and I decided to give it a go. It took a couple to get used to but it was unbelievable. So fast and in control in the pocket and turned with ease and style on the shoulder. Great Fun.

The next week we surfed Impossibles from 4 to 8 foot and the fish loved the big walls and racy sections. Easy take offs got me going early and the speed the board generate got me around so many sections I would not usually make. It loved going from top to bottom with big stylish turns. I got so many waves all the crew were asking me about the board.

Anyway back in Oz cant wait to get it out again (It’s my favourite board now).

Thanks so much.

Regards, Nick

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Hyper

Hi Jim, hope that G-land delivered the goods for your trip. I just wanted to give you some feedback on the 6'3" rounded pin hyper that you shaped me before I left Byron.… I hit Winkipop with a mate yesterday, clean, down the line 3 to 4ft. First wave I just scooted down the line, finding my feet and it felt great. Second wave was a howler, it came off the bottom beautifully and turned of the top easily. But the thing the amazed me about this board straight away was the speed I could generate, it's a really fast board, really responsive without being overly sensitive. Paddling was a breeze and caught waves easily and drawn out cutties felt smooth. It seemed perfectly suited to winki's fast walls. In hollow beachies it will come into its own. Its one of those rare boards that felt really good from the first wave, but it still feels like I can really push my surfing on it.

Thanks Jim your a master craftsman, I’m fully stoked with this board.

Classic colour too - its been dubbed the peppermint crisp!

Happy surfing! Mark

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Hey mate!
Just cleaned out Reg of all his boards. If i cant have a quiver now, when am i going to have one? I was a bit unsure of the 6'3, it felt a little thin, but it had a fraction more width so it balanced out. I got the shock of my boarding life thus far. The thing cranked, drove hard and turned on a dime, the best 6'3 I’ve ever ridden. 3 foot average blown surf today but the board made me stay out in it until I developed rashes. A big surprise, I looked at it floating and the tail sat out of the water, with the back fin half exposed reminding me of a hotted up car. I felt like I could compete on it. I haven’t felt like that for a long time. The rails held a strong line but the rocker seem to let it respond so smoothly and accurately.

Very, very happy with this baby.

I’ll let you know how the others go when there is swell. Anytime you are down come and have a surf we can play some guitar too.

Cheers!

Glen

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jim

how are ya man..
board has been surfin good..
still havent got any good waves yet.. but had some bumpy fat overhead sets and this thing just took off down the line.. powered round the foamy sections like knife cutting butter baby..
heaps stoked.. you may be onto something.. still need to let it loose in good waves and see what happens.. hopefully gettin down the coast soon..

stay cool!

marco

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Dear Jim
I just had the best surf on my 6'3 at a I've right hand point break. On one wave to out run this section I was flying! I mean absolutely flying. The fastest I have ever been on this board or maybe any board now that I think about it. Two guys were going under this wave as I jetted past them. They latter said how they couldn't believe how fast I was actually moving. I made every drop on this board half of which were beyond vert take offs and lip launching air drops. The reo's I'm doing are awesome as well right in the critical part of the wave. It's like this board makes me surf better. I love this board 6'3 18 1/4 = 2 3/8 squash tail.
Kind Regards Grub

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Indo Rocket

Dear Jim:

Just rode the 6'.6". that you shaped me in crappy 1-2ft blown out stuff at Cronulla (your'e probably thinking 'surf hasn't changed there'), and considering how bad the surf was, your board RIPPED in it. I am stoked with what you done. I haven't had a chance to take out the 6'.8". but if it goes anything like the 6'6" I will be a happy man. This is the first board in a long time that I feel really comfortable on.
Thanks,
Murray
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Hi Jim.
It's Clinton. I ordered the 6'5 custom off you a few weeks back. I ended up picking the board up in Byron instead of having it delivered to Sydney.
The board goes insane...barrels galore... Surfed Treachery Beach at Seals Rocks in 6ft A framing tubes on the way back to Sydney and at Butterbox Reef Sydney north shore at 5-7 ft...
I showed a guy in Qld your the 6'5.. he was impressed and should be ringing you for a custom also...
Thanks heaps Jim... Clinton

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Hi Jim
I just wanted to send you a photo of this 6'5 board I just adopted to see if you remember it. Camel said it was one of his best G-land boards and the only one that would let him make that section called Hoop throwers from money trees into speedies west swell style.

I just rode the 6'4 board you made me at windy 4ft Margarets and it went so, so, so good, the paddle ability is so awesome too and the right hander drops are usually kinda tricky with the southerly wind chopping up the face but your board did not even notice! the Drug aware pro starts on the 26th so I think I'll be riding the 6'4. Thanks Jim!

See ya! Becky

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Hit the Road

Hi Jim

I finally got my new 6'10" wet, the first two waves were a little stiff, but then it all came together, the drive off the bottom is awesome, I was turning tighter and faster, and down the line speed was unreal, it's the best feeling.
My surfing kicked up another level yesterday, the board is so sweet,

Thanks mate! Darren

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Hi there,

I bought a 6' 10" last year, it should come with a handbrake it goes so fast!

Ridden the board in 4ft Lennox to 6-8ft waves at Tamarama (Sydney) & 10ft Bells & Winki. The most amazing surfboard I have ever ridden. Can't wait to save my pennies & grab another board when I can.

Thanks, Chad

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Hey Jim, thanks for the quick reply, I took it out for its 1st outing after I emailed u and it went KILLER, made some big bombs at main break Margaret River and drove it thru a clean shack from deep. So it’s a winner, as all your shooters are and I will definitely be able to put it into some serious situations...

Catch ya down the line, Ian

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Hi Jim,
We have had some good swells over the last month, a few nice 6-8ft days. I have really taken to surfing the bombie lately (about 1km south of Margs Mainbreak).

I lent my friend Camel my 7'0 Banksy board and he claimed that it was hands down the best board he has ever ridden at Margarets and he has certainly ridden more different boards out there than anyone else. He also gets more tubed out there than anyone else so he knows the wave inside out. That is joy because previously we had a theory that boards that go awesome in Indo go bad out at Margarets and vice versa. So your board is beyond because it goes sick at Margs and in Indo.

I am really looking forward to riding the new 6'4. Thanks Jim.

See ya! Becky

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Hi Jim, 7'6" performs like a dream, like stepping into a Lamborghini! Haven't had it anything bigger than head high yet, but amazed how well it surfs down in the smaller stuff. Looks like some solid swell hitting next week and later so if the old arms are up to it will give it a run off the points (........ Burleigh has already claimed a little skin off one rail ..... Fucking rocks)
Wayne

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Hello Jim,
Both Boards went extremely well and I am soooo happy I have them.

When we arrived the swell was solid 12 ft and everywhere except Ulu and
Padangs was deserted.

I first took the HTR out a few days later at Impossibles which was running a
solid 8 feet. I've never surfed such long walls and such power and they
certainly looked impossible to me. I started out looking for a shoulder but
got launched onto the reef every time. Then I paddled inside and decided to
go for some "makeable" small ones - I got a few but never made them very far
and the reef and I were becoming too familiar. So eventually I realised that
I'd have to paddle out and wait for the set waves. I let quite a few of
these go by - they looked really heavy.

And then finally a big one came and I was so obviously on the spot that I
*had* to take it. I made a major effort because I didn't want to hit the
reef (again) but still I found myself hanging in the lip and taking a bigger
drop than I ever imagined I would see in real life. And the board just
slotted right in and I went down, around, up, inside and trimmed as I
"casually" pumped myself along at incredible speed for probably 50 metres
and then I was on the face and doing big driving curves, sending spray over
the back and just flying along. I paddled back what seemed like a kilometre
and received several compliments from the crew. Only got two more waves that session but in every case the HTR was rock steady, hung in perfectly where it needed to, and was really, really fast.

So in summary, everything was great, the trip was fantastic, the boards are
perfect.

Cheers,

Anthony