Desert Storm surfboard

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caml started the topic in Monday, 13 Jul 2015 at 2:06pm

Discussion about the
"Desert Storm" shaped by Wayne Webster
Ridden and designed by the "Camel"

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udo Saturday, 21 Dec 2024 at 6:46pm
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seaslug Saturday, 21 Dec 2024 at 7:35pm

A lot of volume for an 8'

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quadzilla Sunday, 22 Dec 2024 at 2:25am
seaslug wrote:

A lot of volume for an 8'

When an OX rides a board, it needs some meat.75 litres is the volume of my 9/6 Padillac

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AndyM Sunday, 22 Dec 2024 at 8:51am

I like volume as much as the next guy but 3 3/4 inches might be pushing the limits.

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quadzilla Sunday, 22 Dec 2024 at 9:43am
AndyM wrote:

I like volume as much as the next guy but 3 3/4 inches might be pushing the limits.

Its only an 1/8 above my desertStorm and Padillac, my BIG FLOATER "mal" is 4 and 1/4 at 106 litres.knee paddle specialist...Ya get used to whatever is underneath you.

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udo Sunday, 22 Dec 2024 at 9:52am

4 1/4

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Island Bay Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 9:25am

7 years old, almost, and she's had a good week. New wax job and some minor ding repairs. Here's to another 7, old chook!

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Arnold Horshack Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 9:49am

Held up nicely IB

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Island Bay Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 9:58am

Several hundred surfs under its belt, most of them at very rocky spots. Incredible glass job.

And if this Southern Ocean low ends up looking anything like this, we'll get a whopping long-period groundy. Please!

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GuySmiley Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 10:58am

(:))

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Supafreak Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 1:00pm
udo wrote:

https://www.bennettsurf.com/products/7-webster-desert-twin?srsltid=AfmBO...

That’s a very fair price , fins included makes it a bargain .

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blackers Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 1:16pm
Supafreak wrote:
udo wrote:

https://www.bennettsurf.com/products/7-webster-desert-twin?srsltid=AfmBO...

That’s a very fair price , fins included makes it a bargain .

Dinnae last long, sold.

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udo Thursday, 6 Mar 2025 at 9:07am
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Supafreak Thursday, 6 Mar 2025 at 11:09pm
udo wrote:

Older 6'10 D.S. $200
https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ff3RemTfz/

Bargain, fins included makes it a super bargain , they look like large legacy neutral , good all round fins .

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udo Thursday, 13 Mar 2025 at 4:10pm
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udo Thursday, 13 Mar 2025 at 6:38pm
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udo Friday, 28 Mar 2025 at 10:18pm
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udo Sunday, 20 Apr 2025 at 8:42am

^
Down another 50
$550.

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udo Saturday, 26 Apr 2025 at 12:35pm
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lostdoggy Saturday, 26 Apr 2025 at 12:39pm

I’d buy it but dimensions are a bit too slim.

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Island Bay Saturday, 26 Apr 2025 at 6:05pm

Wow. Chunky girl!

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udo Saturday, 26 Apr 2025 at 6:35pm

Built for a Big Unit the OX

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Baldhead Sunday, 27 Apr 2025 at 10:26am

Any feedback on how the desert twin rides, how the design compares to the desert storm?
Cheers

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udo Sunday, 27 Apr 2025 at 11:36am

Caml did you ever get any Feedback from Ryan Watts on his 8'0 Desert Twin ?

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Island Bay Monday, 28 Apr 2025 at 5:18pm

Just had a similar experience - again :-)
Not 10ft Cloudy, but strong 4-6ft Outsides with three rogue bomb sets - all of which I managed to snag, thanks to my trusty old 6'10 DS. 7 years old now, so I may need to go and see Webby about a replacement.

freeride76 wrote:

It was mostly 6ft and solid the whole time we were there, couple 6-8ft days and just generally heaps of power and girth. Tradewinds blowing which made for wooly take-offs.
Paddling the DS into the line-up felt so deluxe, like wearing a suit of armour, like being ten feet tall after scratching in on a 6'3".
So smooth ,with the weight and the entry rocker, paddling in felt so damm good. The whole time I was thinking shit, if I had the balls I could paddle into a 10-12ft wave on this. Really, really nice loaded up deep bottom turns and with the area in the tail and quad set-up , easy riding arc off the top.
Nice stable platform to hit the brakes, bury the arm and stand in the barrell. You could ride forward, like an old single fin because of the area and thickness up front.

Only foible was getting trapped into inescapable tube rides down in the shish kebab section, that didn't feel so good getting creamed on the reef with a heavy 7'6" and four fins.

To be honest, it almost felt like cheating, and also to be honest, I was a bit over-gunned. I already spoke to Webby about getting some smaller ones made. Would have loved to have had a quiver of Desert Storms over there.
Big boards= rewards.

Very reluctantly I've sheathed it in a cover and put it under the house, knowing, unless we get a miracle I won't be able to ride it at it's full capacity until next autumn/winter.
Fuck, I'd love to get it out at maxing Outside Corner.