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My Magic Carpet
Relates to Surfing
Finally got hold of a photo of my custom Magic Carpet which was shapped by Mike at Atlantic Surfboards. At 7'1" it is going to be quite a change from my volan glassed Nine Plus 9'6" and Guts 10 footer. But as Mike describes the board himself -
…a carpet is a longboard with about 2ft taken out of the middle… Mike Peet, Atlantic Surfboards
This board is a beauty, lightweight yet with plenty of volume for paddle power. It has a rounded pin tail, well rounded nose with adequate rocker for nose riding, and, is finished with a deep red resin tint. The only dilemma I have now is catching a quality swell at the right time to give it a test run.
When I picked the board up at the end of August, North Devon was unfortunately under attack from persistant onshore winds. On surf-ari with Goop and the Wave Selector we made the most of a bad lot, and were rewarded on our last day with an easing wind at Putsborough. I still didn't feel the conditions were good enough to wax up the new stick, and settled for a few waves on my Nine Plus instead.
Congratulations to Dan who after much perserverance and arduous paddling over four days got his short board take-off wired on the last two waves. And of course Goop for taking the biggest wave of the day, a rogue 6' wall that wiped out the bay, and surfing it all the way to the bar!!
Posted on Sunday, Oct 17, 2004 at 19:42:00.
Comments on My Magic Carpet (4)
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tom,your magic carpet looks very lush and your nine plus bottom turn looks like you were settin up nice for the wall. Oh for a glassy head high day. donny
Posted by donny
Tuesday, Oct 19, 2004 at 00:08:48
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Cheers for popping by D…
Posted by Tom
Tuesday, Oct 19, 2004 at 00:17:58
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Hi, The Magic Carpet looks great. I was wondering how you were getting along with it? I am looking for something shorter than my 9'6" and was considering an egg until a guy in north Devon told me about these.
Posted by Guy
Sunday, Apr 24, 2005 at 11:06:18
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Hi Guy, Didn't get much time to surf it over the winter with the drought, but had a couple of nice sessions the last few weeks. Feels a lot smaller than I expected (spend most of my time on a 10'1"), but paddles really quick, nice and carvey on the wave, and good shape for nose riding still. I thought the transition would be quite difficult, but is going well so far… Just a few more weekends like this would be nice before summer :)
Go speak to Mike @ Atlantic. You can take a carpet out and test drive it to see if it is the right board for you. Mike's also shaping some pretty sweet eggs at the moment too…
Posted by Tom
Sunday, Apr 24, 2005 at 18:58:59