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    Post  GRAYMAN Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:06 am

    With my lad really enjoying his prone riding last year and his mum pretty much claiming the mini Standard for herself, I'm making a mat for my boy.

    It's gonna be a 200/70 three pontoon, 4 I-beam mat, inspired by the Neumatic Contrail.

    Webbo says he wants it black and white and has already christened it "Pingu".

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    Post  jezz harty Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:07 am

    has he got his green DAfins yet?
    to go with it Smile
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    Post  GRAYMAN Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:35 am

    They're his birthday present so he'll be opening them in about 8 hours from now, along with his new Traditional surfing Co bellyboard.

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    Post  jezz harty Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:14 pm

    brilliant presents ,have a wonderfull day Smile
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    Post  GRAYMAN Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:14 am

    Here we go. More blade than regular DaFin. His bellyboard has his name on.

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    Post  PG Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:39 am

    Birthday or no birthday...Webbo is OFF the 4GF surf team!!!!

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    Post  piskian Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:47 am

    Watch out!He's developing a Bieber head-like an unstruck match.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=siJlPtWkmzw&feature=endscreen
    Wish I had birthdays like that!Have a good one,mate.


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    Post  GRAYMAN Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:59 am

    PG wrote:Birthday or no birthday...Webbo is OFF the 4GF surf team!!!!

    Smile Smile Smile

    Ha! Blame Becky. Webbo doesn't get a look in!

    Re Webbadebbadingdong's hair, funnily enough, he's got a tee that says "I skate better than Beiber".

    Smile

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    Post  GRAYMAN Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:22 am

    Back to building, Webbo's helping out on this one.

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    Post  piskian Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:08 am

    You appear to be wearing a cape on this build.Any advantage?
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    Post  GRAYMAN Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:36 am

    Mostly the storage of snacks and wearing my arseless leather strides without getting arrested.

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    Post  GRAYMAN Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:26 am

    just finished welding this. Could do with a bit more stagger I think but OK.

    I'll post a shot when its finished.

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    Post  GRAYMAN Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:58 pm

    All done. Thicker grip than intended as the black bled a lot but he's stoked.

    I'll pull up a better pic once its gone off.

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    Post  stu Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:19 pm

    Nice one G.
    About the bleed there is some tape about called frog tape that stops bleed allegedly, I havn't tried it yet but worth a go.
    Cheers
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    Post  GRAYMAN Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:09 pm

    stu wrote:Nice one G.
    About the bleed there is some tape about called frog tape that stops bleed allegedly, I havn't tried it yet but worth a go.
    Cheers
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    The bleed isn't the Vulkem Stu. The fluffiness is where the thick grip has glooped up as I've pulled the tape off.

    The reason for the thick grip is that the balck of the deck was bleeding through the white Vulkem and looked horrible.

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    Post  stu Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:57 pm

    Ah! understand now.
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    Post  GRAYMAN Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:26 am

    Right then, all done. I think I might have gone overboard with grip but wanted to cover the residue from the glue.

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    Here's "Pingu" next to my mat, "Kenneth" (G-Mat 7)to show you the contrast in size. Tiny innit!!!

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    He's gonna give it a go tomorrow hopefully. Probably shin-to-knee here tomorrow.

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    Post  Surfmatt Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:28 am

    He's a lucky lad! I hope he has a fab session tomorrow. cheers
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    Post  GRAYMAN Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:39 am

    Well, Webbo rode his mat today. Did pretty well given the 6", backing off waves with a strong offshore. Bantham is mental... 5 stand ups out and it was basically flat!

    cyclops

    Anyway, got a couple of shots of Webbo. The top one would be great but isn't. I will make a 12 pence Paypal payment to the first person who can spot the problem with this shot:

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    Bugger...

    Here are a few more:

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    Good fun.

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    Post  stu Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:59 pm

    Excellent stuff mate Cool
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