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Quad Fin 75 Excels in Big Waves

Pete Ross — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:42:53 +0000

After time spent testing on Maui, we had a chance to ride the Quad Fin 75 in a good sized swell. Our big wave expectations were confirmed. The board rips with superior holding power in large choppy waves, without being penalized from excess fin drag. “We wanted to make sure that this design would not be over-finned.” Our Twin Fins have performed well, so we wanted to try a Quad with a similar amount of fin area. The desire to add control in choppy conditions, without losing the surf-style of the Twin, is where the quad design came about. We felt there was room for a wave board that was not as loose as a Twin Fin. The Quad offers amazing holding power, but still offers great top to bottom turning.

The Quad has evolved out of the design experience from the Twin Fin. The Twin Fin design offered a radical surf-style with greater holding power compared to the Single Fin. The fins are closer to the rail allowing them to engage harder into the wave face. We felt we could enhance this ability, by adding two small finely foiled fins in front of our standard twin fin setup.

Through our development and testing, we discovered small front fins are the optimal choice in quad design. We feel that the majority of Quad Fin boards available to the market right now are over-finned. Our Twin Fin designs are working great, so we didn’t want to add much more in fin area and drag. We have kept a thin foil large rear set, and matched it with a small thin foil front set. This combination added more drive and control, allowing sharper more vertical turns. It also added wave-riding confidence on choppy large wave faces, without the fear of the fins letting go.

The Quad’s holding power offers a great balance between front foot and back foot wave sailing. This gives a wide range of sailing styles more confidence to attack the wave face. Our Quad design will help you reach your goals in wave-sailing quicker.

2010 X Waves Now!

Har Rai Khalsa — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:27:19 +0000

Check out that brand new X Waves!

Optimized for your background!

Well after 8 month of testing both on Maui and Australia we are proud to
introduce the new 2010 range of Xwave.
The lenght have been slightly shorten again but we have added more volume
under the footstrap area to increase the already good range of these boards.The Xwaves will be available in the following sizes XW70,XW75,XW80,XW85,XW90,XW95,XW100 and XW105.
The new 2010 Twin fins, Wave pro, Freeride, Slalom and Speed boards will be
next to intro over this and next month onto our new website.
Pete Ross

OES Velocity Custom Speed Board

Har Rai Khalsa — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:03:23 +0000

OES “Velocity 62″ flies on it,s first run…

“Hi Peter, I just got back from a pretty wild day at Sandy Point. The conditions were tough for speed sailing with the wind too far around in the NW/West but it had to be done. When I pulled the board out of the car all the crew were mighty impressed, got some great comments. I heard things like “Wow ,thats a serious looking board”

Time to hit the water. First run was far too square and way overpowered but the board instantly felt super smooth and slippery. I pulled the run up short as I was almost dead square to the wind ,so when I peeked at the GPS I was super surprised to see 41.6 knots.

After that the wind crapped out for a while but soon came back with a vengance. A big rain squall. Off I went, massivly overpowered with a 5.0, couldn,t sheet in and coudn,t see with my eye. balls being rain and sand blasted.I strugled on, the board felt great but I just couldn,t get the rig under control, way too much wind. I pulled up thinking that it was a dog of a run and was totally shocked to see a 44.36 on the dial. A PB for me, wow I,m stocked!!!!. Unfortunately the wind didn’t play ball for the rest of the session so this was by best run”

Thanks so much Peter for doing such an amazing job on this board for me. I am mighty impressed as was everybody that saw it. Well done”

The Velocity 62 is a 43 cm wide Speed board designed by Martin Love and handcrafted by Peter Ross

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OES in S. Africa

Har Rai Khalsa — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:56:32 +0000

Frank Bauer and Peter Ross in South Africa.

Custom/Production Speed Boards

Har Rai Khalsa — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:28:49 +0000

Martin’s Comments:

”I am reallly impressed with what you have done . The finish is teriffic and man are they light, the Speed board is 4.5 kg,s and the Slalom is 6.3 , thats fabulous. You know you should never have agreed to build these boards for me as I am the worlds fussiest b..stard,Ha!!! but I am very happy.”

Thanks

Martin Love

Full Custom Wave Pro 76

Har Rai Khalsa — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:24:16 +0000

Here are some pictures of a custom paint job that Pete and I collaborated on for a Wave Pro 76ltr. Check it out! Let us know what you think! – Har Rai

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