Have you ridden the Psycho Killer? Thinking of replacing my old V3 Rocket with it. Also going up 1.5L more. Loved my v3, also had the original rocket, but feel I need something with more volume to paddle back out.
Hey mate.. Hang tight .. I just received my Psycho today so will post a review soon though not sure I will get to ride it all that soon looking at the forecast. Might do a quiver vs psycho comparison too. But will paste in my notes from the phone from comparing them in a sec..Psycho is maybe slightly more rocket like in design and designed for a bit more lift and release compared to the quiver I reckon.. V3 i havent seen in the flesh but that looks like a board that would need a half decent wave too.
Terence Ingram Quiver less concave more for control. Psycho more concave more release. Psycho bit more late tail cick and more volume up front slightly fuller deck ..nose rocker similar maybe more late kick in the quiver?? Psycho maybe even a touch more overall. Both fairly parallel rail. Psycho maybe more so. Psycho smaller at the tail measurement but that's stepped down. Quiver smaller at the nose
Terence Ingram conclusion from the design is that psycho would go in a bit smaller of a wave and likely be a bit more snappy and whippy and more hot doggy if that's your style. Quiver is more designed for control and smooth slightly longer more drawn out turns but. Both a similar platform really. What size are you looking at?
I have been riding a 5’10 V3. Goes well. Ride it in everything. From waist to double overhead. It’s 32.3 L. So thinking Bro Dims of Psycho 5’11. It is 33.5L. Thinking PU as the extra $300 AUD for carbon wrap seems excessive. My primary aim for a short board is loose and fast. Will probably ride Futures T1 in it on smaller days anything overhead put in AM2 or get the JJF fins. Extra litre is to help my aging body paddle back out. Was thinking about the FireWire Midas but haven’t really enjoyed my Go Fish that much. So sticking with a reliable Lost board.
Is the rocker continious or staged? I’m thinking of buying a quiver killer myself in the lib tech construction. A 6’0 to be exactly. But I’m not sure if I should get the quiver killer or the short round (also in the lib tech construction). I like the outline of the quiver killer better, but I think the short round will do better in smaller waves. Have you ever surfed a lib tech? And what are your thoughts of the construction? Would you consider the quiver killer to be a good travelboard or even a one board quiver (like the guys from Lost want us to believe). I appreciate your opinion. Greetings
Gordon Flash hey mate. Not at home right now to look and a bit flat out but. I would say that the short round would likely be a better small wave board. I was looking at the short round but it's too low on volume in the size that I need so I got a puddle jumper HP in C4 instead. Not sure what the widths are like on the standard boards either so hard to say how they compare to each other but yeah the lib Tech construction is definitely super durable.. I had a puddle jumper and I would say it's the strongest tech you can get that still feels decent to surf. It's definitely not a super corky tech either. I just wish that they would have keept the tail on the lib Tech without the wings. That seemed to make it sensitive to foot position and I'm not good enough to be over the back properly every time. Quiver killer would make an excellent travel option. Should be good in chest to head and a half I would guess in the right volume. It's not super rockered but it's got enough to do a fairly wide range of waves. It would do a little more drawn out turns than a short round I would guess but it's super smooth and responds. I think the Psycho killer was the quiver killer made to be a little more hot doggy. I would pull my quiver killer out for anything over chest high I would say.
My only grip on the lib Tech was the fin boxes there fine and the newer ones fit fcs 2 but it's just a rail with screws so not a super firm base connection but I'm pretty fussy. I wish they had just gone FCS2. I actually wanted a lib Tech quiver killer myself as I got mine a touch thicker in a poly but it paddles really well and I have lost a bit of weight so could probably ride it in the stock 6'4" now. Hope this is all helpful. Come back at me if you have some more questions but you would definitely be happy with a Lin Tech quiver killer as a travel option and the short round too for the lower end of the wave range and a traveller great combo would probably be puddle jumper or puddle fish and a quiver killer or a Psycho killer as a two board quiver. You could also see if there are any mini drivers hanging about in FST FireWire second hand as an alternative. The quiver killer isn't really a grovel board for me. I'm not even sure that the short round is in my dims for volume either. Grovel for me is puddle jumper or even bean bag as a super low down grovel option. Cheers.
Thanks for your answer. I agree on your thoughts about the finsystem. It would be nice if the used fcs2 instead of there own system. There is also another board in the mix now. A 69-er stepdown by Pukas. They have a new EPS construction that really did well at ‘step in the dark’. There board became second. Boardshop UK has a review of this board on there RUclips chanel. I let you know which board I will get. And thanks for your input.
Gordon Flash Sweet. Certainly sounded like it's pretty tough and good flex. I think Pukas are pretty mint they have a lot of food shapes and all the best brands trust them to make a quality product. Board shop is always saying that the finish is fantastic
Ryan The Rock Hey mate. Kinda subjective as mine has had the thickness beefed up a bit off the standard dims but in general it's a best of both worlds board in my opinion. Overall the standard ones would likely be a bit bigger in surface area but slightly thinner than some other boards so kind of a refined hybrid. It definitely thins down nicely in the tail on all of them though so good rail float up front good rail bite out back. Couple of my friends have them and love them and say they go in juice no problem. Hope that helps. Obviously will depend on the size you go for etc but yeah refined in the back probably medium up front cheers.
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What are your favourite fin templates and configurations to run with the quiver killer?
Have you ridden the Psycho Killer? Thinking of replacing my old V3 Rocket with it. Also going up 1.5L more. Loved my v3, also had the original rocket, but feel I need something with more volume to paddle back out.
Hey mate.. Hang tight .. I just received my Psycho today so will post a review soon though not sure I will get to ride it all that soon looking at the forecast. Might do a quiver vs psycho comparison too. But will paste in my notes from the phone from comparing them in a sec..Psycho is maybe slightly more rocket like in design and designed for a bit more lift and release compared to the quiver I reckon.. V3 i havent seen in the flesh but that looks like a board that would need a half decent wave too.
Terence Ingram Quiver less concave more for control. Psycho more concave more release. Psycho bit more late tail cick and more volume up front slightly fuller deck ..nose rocker similar maybe more late kick in the quiver?? Psycho maybe even a touch more overall. Both fairly parallel rail. Psycho maybe more so. Psycho smaller at the tail measurement but that's stepped down. Quiver smaller at the nose
Terence Ingram conclusion from the design is that psycho would go in a bit smaller of a wave and likely be a bit more snappy and whippy and more hot doggy if that's your style. Quiver is more designed for control and smooth slightly longer more drawn out turns but. Both a similar platform really. What size are you looking at?
I have been riding a 5’10 V3. Goes well. Ride it in everything. From waist to double overhead. It’s 32.3 L. So thinking Bro Dims of Psycho 5’11. It is 33.5L. Thinking PU as the extra $300 AUD for carbon wrap seems excessive. My primary aim for a short board is loose and fast. Will probably ride Futures T1 in it on smaller days anything overhead put in AM2 or get the JJF fins. Extra litre is to help my aging body paddle back out. Was thinking about the FireWire Midas but haven’t really enjoyed my Go Fish that much. So sticking with a reliable Lost board.
Thanks. This is helpful! :)
Thanks for the positive feedback much appreciated :-)
Is the rocker continious or staged? I’m thinking of buying a quiver killer myself in the lib tech construction. A 6’0 to be exactly. But I’m not sure if I should get the quiver killer or the short round (also in the lib tech construction). I like the outline of the quiver killer better, but I think the short round will do better in smaller waves. Have you ever surfed a lib tech? And what are your thoughts of the construction? Would you consider the quiver killer to be a good travelboard or even a one board quiver (like the guys from Lost want us to believe). I appreciate your opinion. Greetings
Gordon Flash hey mate. Not at home right now to look and a bit flat out but. I would say that the short round would likely be a better small wave board. I was looking at the short round but it's too low on volume in the size that I need so I got a puddle jumper HP in C4 instead. Not sure what the widths are like on the standard boards either so hard to say how they compare to each other but yeah the lib Tech construction is definitely super durable.. I had a puddle jumper and I would say it's the strongest tech you can get that still feels decent to surf. It's definitely not a super corky tech either. I just wish that they would have keept the tail on the lib Tech without the wings. That seemed to make it sensitive to foot position and I'm not good enough to be over the back properly every time. Quiver killer would make an excellent travel option. Should be good in chest to head and a half I would guess in the right volume. It's not super rockered but it's got enough to do a fairly wide range of waves. It would do a little more drawn out turns than a short round I would guess but it's super smooth and responds. I think the Psycho killer was the quiver killer made to be a little more hot doggy. I would pull my quiver killer out for anything over chest high I would say.
My only grip on the lib Tech was the fin boxes there fine and the newer ones fit fcs 2 but it's just a rail with screws so not a super firm base connection but I'm pretty fussy. I wish they had just gone FCS2. I actually wanted a lib Tech quiver killer myself as I got mine a touch thicker in a poly but it paddles really well and I have lost a bit of weight so could probably ride it in the stock 6'4" now. Hope this is all helpful. Come back at me if you have some more questions but you would definitely be happy with a Lin Tech quiver killer as a travel option and the short round too for the lower end of the wave range and a traveller great combo would probably be puddle jumper or puddle fish and a quiver killer or a Psycho killer as a two board quiver. You could also see if there are any mini drivers hanging about in FST FireWire second hand as an alternative. The quiver killer isn't really a grovel board for me. I'm not even sure that the short round is in my dims for volume either. Grovel for me is puddle jumper or even bean bag as a super low down grovel option. Cheers.
Thanks for your answer. I agree on your thoughts about the finsystem. It would be nice if the used fcs2 instead of there own system. There is also another board in the mix now. A 69-er stepdown by Pukas. They have a new EPS construction that really did well at ‘step in the dark’. There board became second. Boardshop UK has a review of this board on there RUclips chanel. I let you know which board I will get. And thanks for your input.
GO SURF It is not this model that is in stab in the dark, but another model from Pukas with the same construction.
Gordon Flash Sweet. Certainly sounded like it's pretty tough and good flex. I think Pukas are pretty mint they have a lot of food shapes and all the best brands trust them to make a quality product. Board shop is always saying that the finish is fantastic
How are the rails?Very full and chunky or nicely tapered?
Ryan The Rock Hey mate. Kinda subjective as mine has had the thickness beefed up a bit off the standard dims but in general it's a best of both worlds board in my opinion. Overall the standard ones would likely be a bit bigger in surface area but slightly thinner than some other boards so kind of a refined hybrid. It definitely thins down nicely in the tail on all of them though so good rail float up front good rail bite out back. Couple of my friends have them and love them and say they go in juice no problem. Hope that helps. Obviously will depend on the size you go for etc but yeah refined in the back probably medium up front cheers.
Try it as a 2+1 it really goes well.I use channel island twinnies because they are more upright