Family charger Chapman Murphey is stoked. . . he’s been scoring big barrels in Mainland Mex this summer, and he asked Steve to build him this rad, racey Pendoflex Step OFF. Steve used a heavy blank and glassed it with 7 layers of cloth, and Step OFF weighs in at about 13 pounds. Chapman is 6’6″, and “Chap Step” is 6’5.5″ x 18-3/8″ with a rounded diamond tail and quad fin set up, with special stiff flex. Charge’em Chappy!
Check out the photos below.
Cowa-flexit!
Chapman Murphey, Pendoflex Step OFF!
Chapman charg'n Mainland, photo courtesy Chapman Murphey
03/09/2009 at 1:04 pm Permalink
What advantages are there to having flex in a barrel seeker?
03/09/2009 at 2:02 pm Permalink
Hi, Quiver,
Having a gas pedal is the short take on it, the rest of the explanation would take hours. . .
04/09/2009 at 1:21 pm Permalink
…hello,
I just found your site
would you mind to put other pict of the Rastovich board?
there re no in the galleries like you wrote it
thanks
04/09/2009 at 1:41 pm Permalink
Hello, Reverb,
Thanks for checking out our site.
Yes, there are two photos of Steve with Dave’s board, under the
Boards>Fish gallery
Speedy Pendoflex Mako fish for Dave
Steve’s hollow foil fins on the Pendoflex Mako
If we can, we will post them here, too!
Aloha, Cher
18/09/2009 at 10:20 am Permalink
At first I was nervous because the board seemed to heavy. But when I took it out he thiing took off like a hot knife cutting through butter. Your going so fast when you jump from the ski you have all this time to negotiate the barrel. The board would pivet on a dime or draw lines with complete ease. It also clung to the face in the barrel and with its weight I could lean as deap´into a turn at full speed and not worry about slippin. The whole time the stiff flex was working with me like it was riding shot gun. Ño boingy bouncy on this stick , just FLEXN when it was called for . Aloha Steve and Cher
18/09/2009 at 3:07 pm Permalink
Aloha, Chapman!
Wow, thanks for your exciting story about your first barrel sessions on Chap Step. Steve will be stoked to read the details and also hear your phone message when he gets home. So stoked! Exciting!
Mahalo, Cher