Channel Islands NeckBeard2 surfboard review
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Sorry this took so long. The surf was intermittent and so it took 3 weeks to get enough footage to finish the review. Although I still feel I'm not doing it justice so there will likely be a 2nd review/update.
As an overview, this board, or should I say this bird is an air machine. The square tail does do something for minimizing drag on take off. I'm not an air guy but I can feel the drag of launching on all my board. This board did not have that issue so it is probably the biggest air I've gotten. I have had big fly aways before but I felt in control of this one till the end. I was just too chicken to pull it and I was actually coming off the back of the wave.
Let me know what you think. How you feel I was surfing this compared to my review of it.
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That was a good review! Like how you describe the board (dims, shape, etc), compare the differences with other boards, and then move on to surf footage about how it surfs and what works for the board. Also, heck yeah on the airs! We'll start calling you Major Thomye after the song.
Heck yes let's learn to air together! Bolsa Chica air show.
Man, you do the best reviews. So laid back and so genuine, thanks for taking the time to do these. I have no comments on the format of the reviews, they are literally great! Only thing I'd wish for is maybe a video series where you review and compare boards aimed at certain skill levels. I understand that this would be a pretty big undertaking but it would be super cool if you did a 'beginners review' where you tried a few popular beginner boards and then like intermediate and advanced reviews too. I'm saying this as I'm like low intermediate and looking for what to get next. Keep hoping you'll do a few good reviews aimed at me and my equals :D
what board are you on now?
I watched it myself and realized there are some key things I don't really mention:
POSITIVES:
1) The board surprisingly catches waves well and also paddles well. I swapped with a friend on one of those days that had the exact same liters, but was 4 inches shorter. The neckbeard2 felt like it was catching waves easier.
2) For me at least on frontside bottom turns, my bottom turns were very consistent, smooth and drivey.
3) Way more spray than my other boards. I had an old Stewart Fartknocker with a wide flat tail like this and that board also got a lot of spray. I think the width and sharp edge pushes water.
4) As you saw in the small waves, the board tic/tacs really well. Easy to pump down the line.
5) Already mentioned in the video, it is an air machine.
Negatives:
1) Does this weird thing where the tail slips or feels like it is slipping on a BACKSIDE bottom turn. Someone else mentioned it happens to them on the cutback which is basically an elongated backside bottom turn. it's possible that I'm teetering on the corner of that block tail and that is pushing my back fins out. Maybe I need to press harder. I'm not sure.
2) Geared towards better steeper waves. It can grovel if you have the leg strength for it but tends to want better surf. Having said that, you can custom this and get it wider and shorter to turn it into more of a groveler.
That problem of the tail slipping out on your backside, might be because of being heavy forward footed.
If you were a heavy back footed, power surfer, like Dayne, etc. that might possibly not be problematic.
@@shannonyoung3465 yea, that is my guess too. and the steeper wave didn't help that issue. this is why I wish mine had the 5 fin option. I think it would have been less of an issue as a quad. since the rear find would have been closer to the rail. Or maybe it would not have made a difference because of the block tail. would love another go at it though. :)
@@ThomyeSurfs mine came in a thruster only set up as well. In the Spine-Tek. I use mine in mainly waist to chest, inside off shore wind & vert wall conditions & it performs great!!!
That air you launched, looked more like 6ft high!!! You were way up there!
@@shannonyoung3465 what was scary to me is that i flew out the back and didn't really factor in the height of the wave. it was a 6' fall. I don't think I have the nerve to pull one. haha
@@ThomyeSurfs Christian Fletcher would have been proud of that launch
That left at 17th street- style looking real nice moving down the line 🤙🏼 Also, @ the 8 min 30 second mark approximately = NICE frontside lipper on the close out section with a whale 🐳 spout spray! Yes i, let us all learn airs together! Great video bro, thank you.
I have the NB2. I agree for better steeper waves. It does throw good spray when you hook the turn. I am using it as my high performance shortboard. In weaker waves I ride the Rocketwide. Try AM2 fins or Kolohe fins in FCS. I think they would go better.
ahah yes I have both also (AM2 and the Kolohe fins in FCS)
Keep up the great reviews! Whatever you’re doing is working. Your reviews are more relatable than others. Your surfing is better than the average joe, but you’re not like the pros so I can relate to what you’re saying. Hopefully I’m not insulting your surfing skills. 🤣
it's funny cuz it is all so relative. I can go somewhere and be in the top 10% and then go to another beach and be at the bottom 10%. All relative and humbling. :) I've even had it where I am better than a friend at one beach and he is better than me at another. I am slowly starting to figure out I am a small wave guy and find my grove on grovelers, which isn't a bad thing since I surf small waves.
Air was sick. I’m looking into getting a neckbeard shape. Time to fly 🚀
Looking Good Thomye. For all those looking for information on boards and sizing you should try to put your height and weight in the description along with the board size and dimensions. Always good to throw in which fins you used and how you felt they went in the board so thank you.. Great review as always.
Great stuff Thomye! Ripping as usual!
Those air attempts were truly badass!
Use your skate background and be as one .......
funny thing, the board that I have pulled the most airs on was my gofish, a funky twin fin. so weird.
@@ThomyeSurfs I haven't seen you on your GoFish yet. Maybe a video on her one day?
@@ThePokersurfer i was just thinking that, especially with her new paint job.
Stepping up the review game! Great video
Hey mate, love your reviews. I also found I was slipping on some of my bottom turns on the Neckbeard yesterday. I’m currently riding a stock 5’7. The board goes great in a 2-3ft beachie, but I found it hard when the waves got more punchy and hollow on a back beach here in Australia.
Fins I would recommend trying:
1. AM 1’s (all round fin with a bit more hold)
2. AM 2’s (carving set for al merricks)
3. FCS 2 Reactor (more upright fin) may go real good.
I have the reactors, i'll give them a try. I think I have the AM1's but in the old 2 tab.
I'm on a 5'6 stock. I remember the slipping early one when I first hopped on it and then at the Surf Ranch and both times on a backside bottom turn. Aside from that, I haven't felt it happen since. I'll have to ride it more to figure it out. I'm wondering if I'm teetering on the corner and when I don't put too much power into it, it isn't splitting the water, rather just lifting and allowing my back fin to pop out. Anyways, figure I will figure it out at some point.
@@Surf_Salt I wonder if that would eliminate the slip i was having, running it as a quad that is. except mine only came with three boxes. :(
@@Surf_Salt thanks for the info. what are KA's? Kolohe Andino?
@@Surf_Salt no. I have not used them. I just saw kolohe surfing my home break, Bolsa Chica. I asked him what he was doing there and he said he was testing boards. He was ripping one foot waves doing 3 to 5 maneuvers, it was ridiculous. If that is surfing I have no idea what I have been doing the last 30 years.
Looking good on the maneuvers! Im enjoying the soft surf with my midlengths and hope you can too!
just finishing up the Froth 7'0" review. hopefully get it out later this evening. :)
Great review, great surfing 👌
Great review man so thorough! Thank you so much!
Yet another good review, thanks for that! Are you riding what size fins? It would be nice some videos on technique and breakdown on what maneuvers you do in a wave and why eg. flatter section "cutback" (stay in the pocket). Cheers!
The MF fins are Large. fin companies recommend Medium fins for me but I don't think your weight should be the only factor. I like large fins in smaller or weaker waves and medium fins on bigger or steeper waves.
Also, thanks for the recommendation. I'll keep that in mind for sure on next video.
Good review and I love the stickers
Enjoyed that. Thanks.
Great review!!! I have heard that this board is great but suffers a bit when doing cutbacks. It doesnt hold very well when you put too much force on it. Did you feel that? Cheers mate!
I didn't do any serious cutbacks so no, but I did mention at the end, that I felt the board slip on my backside bottom turns when the waves was fast and steep. Maybe the same thing.
Nice! and you didnt even get hit by a stingray!
Hi Thomye, I am fairly new on your love your channel,
Thanks for the best RUclips review on this board. I really enjoy your videos. And I got me a NB2 recently so I wondered what kinda fins and their sizes you’d recommend? You mentioned MF fins but I thought I might get another answer for that. I surf small soft waves mainly
do you have the thruster only version of ones that can go quad and thruster. Mine was thruster only so I used MF fins. Raked back is good but if you feel the MF's are too big, just go with any medium raked back fin. FCS calls them carver fins. I like the NVS Dan Mann. They also have some that look very similar to the CI AM's.
Personally, I would loved to have tried it as a quad but I didn't have that option. quad made more sense to me in the steeper waves like the surf ranch but I will never know. :(
@@ThomyeSurfs thank you for your reply! I’ve tried AM large but felt too big. Will try carver medium. And yeah mine is 5 fins setup so I should try quad when waves get steep sections
Your Turns looked good
thanks, one thing I noticed was that I got a lot more spray off this board for putting in less effort on the turns. maybe that square tail. I'll definitely have to surf some more on it and do a follow-up review on it.
Any hints on what you plan to replace the NB2 with? I take a look at craiglist everyday and saw something peculiar :)
I am hoping to get the Inferno 72 but have to sell some boards to get the funds. I do currently have the NB3 but that isn't going very well. I think it is too small and the liters are inaccurate. trying to get it out on a good day to give it a fair chance. right now, it just looks very bad. haha
@@ThomyeSurfs did you get the nb3 in spinetek? I was curious to see how people liked that board since I haven't heard any feedback. Seems to me it wouldn't grovel as well with the rounded tail. Inferno 72 looks like a fun replacement. Curious, have you tried the scifi 2 by any chance? Going on a nicargaua trip in August and trying to figure out what 2 board combo to bring (two happy for sure and debating on nb2 spintek or replacing it with a different board I need to buy).
Thomye we need the CI mid review, pull the trigger!
LOL. yes, agreed. I will, I told myself I had to finish the NB2 otherwise, I would procrastinate and never get that done. Anyways, I'll try and pick it up this week. :)
@@ThomyeSurfs really looking forward to it. Haven't found a good review on that board since its dropped.
Do you have an ultimate 4 board quiver today?
Hi Thomye, I really your love your channel, I am planning to buy a new surfboard for those days that the wave are 1-5 feet. Can you recomend a small wave, fairly high performance board for me. I leave in Puerto Rico, where we get pretty good wave but in the summer tends to be much smaller. I really
Appreciate your input, thank you
ODL
1 to 5 is a pretty big range. Watch my glazer videos. I found that to be a good board. At some point, I'll do a comparison video of that and the Neckbeard. For airs and bigger spray, I think the neckbeard 2 wins. For carves and a board that covers you for a broader range of waves, I think the Glazer. Having said that, there are a lot more board out there that I haven't tried this is a tough question.
Also, the dominator 2 is good but only if you get it the right size. I have the 5'4 that comes in at 25.9 L but the board feels too small. The volume is perfect but I think the wide point back from center makes the board feel smaller to me. Some guys like that if there are really back footed and performance driven. I think I would love the Dom2 if it were bigger.
Anyways, if I get my hands on more boards, I'll let you know what I think of them. Sorry my experience with other boards is so limited. Having to buy these things myself realistically allows me to review maybe 4 boards a year. Hoping that changes some day. :)
@@ThomyeSurfs thanks for the quick response, what about the Seaside, do you recomend for 1-4 feet?
@@ODL957 that is my favorite board of all time. and it fits the 1 to 4 range. but not hollow steep waves. great for waves like in my video and something like trestles at best. It can handle steeper waves but not optimized for it.
Love my NB2, from 2 to 6 foot. However, I found that he does not work well in shallow (tube kind) waves; i do think this is the only drawback; as you mention it is not a groveler so in 1 to 2 foot mushy waves it does not work so well. fyi I made it custom size and its top.
Yeah, i think I would have liked mine a tad shorter but a bit wider.
Have you compared this to the Rocket Wide Squash?
i've tried the old RW but now the squash. so many boards look good, its getting hard to choose. I do the FW's mostly cuz of durability and resale. I noticed that the demo boards are coming back out. I will have to venture out.
Cool review! How do you think it will go custom with swallow tail?
I imagine pretty good. The fishbeard is based on the neckbeard 2 outline but has the swallow. As a twin it goes great but it would be pretty cool to have a quad and tri fin option. I have avoided swallows my whole life and only since I got the seaside, have I started liking them. And now, I feel like they are the only tails I really like while others work, I seem to favor the swallows.
Hey Thomye...good video and nice surfing .... I notice that I dont get your notifications most of the time when you post a video....do you have to have a certian amount of subscribers for that? or is that youtube glitch...ive heard ben gravy complain a few times about glitchy stuff before.
might be a glitch. I'm not sure though. I'll have to see if I did something wrong, maybe I disabled it or something.
@@ThomyeSurfs could be my settings too ...maybe...well just wanna make sure you get your views...but i always do get the comment notifications...ill let you know if anything changes.
Duh... I had the little bell turned off thats right next to subscribe box...thats why i wasnt getting the notifications
"it's not that durable...but that's not a bad thing"
Hi Thomye,
When attempting airs should I go on the lower end of my volume range or higher.
Thanks
I think lower mostly cuz of the landing. I think if the board is too big and because we are not experienced at it, the chance of injury is much greater with a bigger board. I remember coming close on a few on my seaside and potato boards and when I land, there is literally no give. with my smaller boards, I noticed, especially if you move your foot up towards the nose, the board will sink a bit on the landing so it cushions the impact. which is why i think all the pro's seem to shift their feet forward. Almost like a nose pic vs a reverse.
Hey - can you do step by step on landing an air next.
don't know that one yet. haha trying to learn it myself. But will do a learn with me so hopefully we can all learn it together. but it will be hard to get the footage.
What age did you start ?
I think I started at 14, took the bus to Seal Beach, but too cold. I started again around 16 once my friends and I got licenses. Weekend mostly.
Can you do a Firewire Evo review?
I don't have access to that board. But if ever it comes up, I certainly will. Two of my friends have it but the boards are too big for me.
@@ThomyeSurfs cool! Would definitely look forward to it if you get a hold of one!
Wondering what your height and weight are?
Thanks
5'8" and 145 lbs. this board is a tad to big for me. I think a 5'5 would have been a better size. but I like the volume of the 5'6.
@@ThomyeSurfs I got the 5 9
Should have got the 5 8 lolz
Sure paddles well though...
You mentioned no such "quiver killer", I have to object ....... My 5'7 twin fin fish rips from knee high to double overhead! Watch Ryan Burch fish videos here and you will see the wide dynamic array a true fish can be utilized in.
who shaped your fish? Sounds awesome!
looks pretty sweet. maybe i'll have to look into one after my gofish dies out. my gofish is going on 5+ years and soon i think it will fall apart.
Have you actually got one of Ryan's?
@@charlesrooke3946 yes I lucked out on a used mint pickle fork and it's amazing well worth it
@@ThomyeSurfs yes try to get a traditional fish outline like a Ryan Birch template from the original Steve lis