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Who sailed Sean's Rocket Fish's , SO classic's, and Rockets...
How great are they really? I'm planning on buying the rocket fish 68... and what about the rocket 82 or the so classic 88 as a bigger waveboard for european conditions (bad waves and onshore winds)...
same over here especially interested in the 82
This was 2 days ago...still called "fresh fish" at the market...;-)
Ryan, one of my team guys, on the SOS RocketFish 68:
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_summe … yan16.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_summe … ryan2.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_summe … ryan1.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_summe … ryan9.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_summe … yan13.html
More shots here:
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_summer_06/index.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_may_0 … rial1.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_may_0 … gouge.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/cali_may_0 … wave2.html
Very fast planing boards...precision instruments for dissecting wave faces...of ANY kind...been getting some great feedback from the Gorge and Oregon Coast...
The excitement and anticipation is building for worldwide releases of Sean's new sailboard line...it's all about the rocker...continuing refinement of the magic boards he created at Quattro and Drops...and like Sean says..."the proof is in the pudding, baby!!!"...
http://www.sosshapes.com/2006/boards/wi … movie.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/sean_ordonez_shapes.asp
Same goes for the rocker line on Sean's standup paddleboards (SUP's)...
Big Red and Big Blue coming off the factory production line as we speak:
http://surfingsports.com/images/sos_production_sups.jpg
http://www.surfingsports.com/sos_sup_bo … ards1.html
http://surfingsports.com/Big_Red_Cali_S … index.html
http://www.surfingsports.com/sean_ordonez/index.html
Sean's rocker line, rail, and bottom shaping gives you/me/us the confidence to go for critical sections...from small tow boards to surfboards to the RocketFish 68...all the way up to the Big Red SUP and beyond to his 14' open ocean channel crossers...
http://www.surfingsports.com/images/sea … footer.jpg
http://surfingsports.com/images/wardog_cali_standup.jpg
http://surfingsports.com/images/wardog_ … andup1.jpg
http://surfingsports.com/images/wardog_ … andup2.jpg
SOS...remembering from the past...and l@@king towards the future...
and regardless of what Sean says with his classic, tongue-in-cheek self-deprecation...it ain't the same old sh*t...;-)
WARDOG
http://surfingsports.com
wardog@XXXsurfingsports.com (remove triple X in email addie to respond directly)
Thats even better, Jeffrey. Whilst on other places they are debating over how to classify boards (by width, volume, length) lets just use colour from now on 
! Blue sounds good 
I think I want a blue one too!
Just kidding, really curious what the people who have ridden the boards liked about them.
(By the way I had my first session on mu black and white Freak today and I love it!)
Anmy Experiences with the Classic 71 and Fish82 (red)
Jeroen,
just go for it, and it will open your eyes
Think those boards is what's windsurfing about
a combination of magic, soul, dedication, real fun and performance
Anyway i give Sean a big thumb up!
I'm happy that he will share with us his magic sticks!
Ok guys, I'm quite confident that his boards are insane (i sailed his 4traxx), and jeroen and I will definitely go for it, we can hardly wait, u know...
But what we like to know, is there sailing characteristics.
For instance: I always had classic shaped waveboards, mainly because they're faster down the line and better to surf over the frontfoot. I tried a RRD waveswallow 68 and in comparison to the Fanatic Newwave 68 it felt like SHIT (not so fast, not so loose, not so precise). So I'm reluctant towards that fish concept, or better, I do hesitate... Maybe it's my sailing style, I don't know...
But judging from the outline, Sean's fishes are fast and loose, so now I don't know if I'd better go for SO classic 71 or the rocket fish 68. Same with the SO classic 88 or the rocket fish 82... Can one mix, or do they require a different riding style. Is the classic 71 not to close to a fish 82, and what about the gap between fish 68 and 82... etc etc
BTW: I'm really light (68kg), I wish i could sail in logo high waves every day, but small waves and gusty onshore wind is more likely to happen over here.
I think having a pre-order on that 2 boards (Classic71 and Fish82) is pretty confident
Its the budget limits that stops me from also ordering a Rockett99, I was just wondering.
At the moment i sail a Drops SO83 from 2005 a great board, but as bit more fishy would be even better for me.
Changing from classics to Fishes is never been a big issue for me, it is a bit different stance and way of riding but i like both.
This is Sean Ordonez, I really want to thank everyone for seeing, believing and feeling what I am trying to show everyone, what I have been learning from our awesome sport of wind/surfing...
The sails just keep getting better, thanks alot Jeffrey and Tom.sick!!
By the way, please check out the awesome work Glenn has done on my website www.sosshapes
I will be sending some samples within the month of July to Warren(surfingsport.com) and Bob Riviello
Really looking forward to some fun chill time by the camp fire with that good sore feeling from a good day of sailing! Thanks a lot Wardog...
For everyones info, I am in contact with a few possible dealers in Europe arranging sample shipments to arrive within the month of July/August , for the SEE/FEEL/RIDE SOS CLINIC 
SO...
I got the 68 RF and it floats like an 80 liter board.
It is tiny, but holds steady even in bigger waves. Backside it is mental especially when combined with the supermodel boom. I went from maybe a 60 degree angle cut back to about 88 degrees- nearly vertical up and hit, then straight down. Very fun.
You know those front side cut backs Sean does? Now I can do them to, like riding on a skateboard. Everything else feels like mud now.
Hi Sean,
Congrats on making your new production waveboard line a REALITY!!!
http://www.surfingsports.com/images/sos … lineup.jpg
I would say they are l@@king UNREAL...but, that would be a step backwards...;-)
Soooo...they are looking super sharp...da shiznit...you da man!!!
Can't wait to get the production SOS standups next week...
Those bamboo SUP's that you are finishing are pure classics...righteous pieces of work...
http://www.surfingsports.com/images/sos_bamboo_sup1.jpg
http://www.surfingsports.com/images/sos_bamboo_sup2.jpg
Look perfect for racing...Jeff...are you doing the Maui International Paddleboard Race, July 23rd? That's basically your daily run isn't it?
http://www.mauipaddleboard.com/race.php?title=map
WARDOG
http://surfingsports.com
They look sweet! Let's see some rail & tail baby!!
What's the nose & tail width on the R99?
Bri
Yup, but I miss the last 2 miles ending at my home.
Not sure, pretty out of shape, maybe If Sean loan's me a speedy board.....
who on earth designed the graphics for the windsurf boards for SOS???
it has some associations with our eastern neighbours a few decades ago.... (yes I live in Holland). Or is it just me?
It is interesting. I would guess it is the "surfers cross" .
Wikipedia had this to say about the adaptation of the Iron Cross to American sub-culture:
"The Iron Cross has also been appropriated by several American subcultures after WWII. In particular, motorcycle clubs, surfing and skateboarding culture, neo-Nazis, and the hot rod and custom car cultures use the symbol in various forms."
I think the original came from the Maltese cross:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_cross
Then later adapted to your neighbors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e
From what I googled, unless the cross has the Swastica inside, it is not identified with the Third Riech and predates it by centuries. Good emblem used badly, going good again.
True, US surfers have used it here and there over the years too.
Hi Mark,
As a matter of fact I designed them all the way through. I am very proud of it. The maltese cross symbolizes a lot of PERSONAL reasons to me. It is very unfortunate that there has been some very ignorant and close minded people in the past to tarnish the true meaning of the symbol. This board line means alot to me and my struggle to stay alive in so many ways ,in this very difficult industry !. I apologize if my logo or graphics offened you. it is not my intention.. But just my self expression of my functional art.
My words of advise, 'IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY! OR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM! then, keep it to yourself!". The forum is a two way open communication channel for a positive outcome, so treat others as you wish to treat yourself!
Please keep the bashing towards yourself. What do you stand for? Who are you? Expose yourself!?Let me see! Live and let live... Be good to others and yourself.It is a great loving concept to live by... I think you should get those gills wet and go windsurfing!...
A L O H A !
Sincerely
Sean Ordonez
mark wrote:
who on earth designed the graphics for the windsurf boards for SOS???
it has some associations with our eastern neighbours a few decades ago.... (yes I live in Holland). Or is it just me?
I think Mark has a point, it was one of my first toughts too (time for a better google-sess Jeff ), but as a friend who followed the topic showed me that you can associate pretty much everything with a 2nd WW:
Mark.....Marck....Bismarck.. you see (no offense Mark)
Anyway there,s no sick idealogy behind the cross, so lets keep it to Jeffs very simple but healthy plan:
Jeffrey Henderson wrote:
Good emblem used badly, going good again.
Last edited by Jeroensurf (2006-07-15 05:40:20)
The shapes certainly look nice in the pictures, but I'd like to hear more details about the construction and how much they will weigh.
the Fish 82 will be around 5.5kg!! 
:P
Hi Guys and Girls;
As far as weights on my sos line of waveboards , they range from 5.2kg on the small fishes, 5.5kg on the classics to 6kg on the bigger rockets The construction techniques and materials that I use give my boards a custom feel and look. I have been on the forefront of developing the carbon/vacuum sandwich constructions for the last 20 years of my career making numerous boards for many top level professional that punish their boards. I still see some of my 7 year old quatro boards around staying wet! A true testament of my commitment to quality and perfection over generic production boards...
The V.E.S.T.(vacuum epoxy sandwich technology) is a technology that has been used in airplane and boat building for a while. We have adapted it to our sailboard use to help develop a good weight to strenght ratio.
We begin by making a masterplug that is handshaped (not computer) and R&D, until satisfactory. we then make a mold of this board. In which we then build our lightweight styrofam core shape that is shell wrapped with carbon/s-glass/inserts/boxes/high tensil strength epoxy and outer high density herex and airex skins. The exact duplicate of the master plug then comes out ready to laminate the final outside skin. We prebog the porous skin to seal holes and get it ready to accept the hand/table laminated carbon/e and s glass with epoxy. Once the lamination is on the board we do as we do with our custom boards, put the board inside a vacuum bag with peel ply(a bleeder cloth)to make sure the lamination is compressed and hugged against the shape of the board. Before hotcoating we post cure in a oven the board to make sure the right tensil strenght is reached for strenght and durability. The board gets hotcoated,sanded and painted and so on. Then just like that! ready to ride. Believe me, customers really get their moneys forth in this process of love.
Regardless to say there are alot of good boards out there. One of the most important factors of this construction that is key , as in sail making, is "FLEX".This is imperative "rebounding Flex" This is what is YOU feel!. In other words the spring back translating to forward momentum or drive. This is an area of board development I have been brainstorming on over the last few year (done before in the tinkler tail)
I have been translating this elaborate understanding to the development of my technology using the right materials to bring across that cool custom feel to my boards, Not too stiff! Not to soft! ... Windsurfing technology advances has been helping so many other sport grow!
You got to love our sport and the people who love it! Stay wet and forget about all I just said..
Thank you so much for your interest!
Aloha
Sean Ordonez
I don't want to trash the forum, but let me explain shortly my thoughts, then I'll shut up ;-)
It has never been my intention to deliberately heart the feelings of people, and I am not personally offended by it, but I feel that as a design statement, from marketing point of view, it's badly chosen. What I mean is that its in some countries and beliefs a very controversial sign, especially in Europe. As a matter of fact we used the S.O.S logo on a t-shirt (promotion purposes here in Holland, so I promoted the brand S.O.S: a kitesurfer in my team rode SOS last year, so don't judge me directly ;-)), and then we went with a team of 15 kiteurfers to Maroc, with a Dutch/Marocan guide. How shall I put it, it was not really a succes with the Dutch cause they felt it a little German, nor was it a succes with the Moslims. So i do understand your point of view and totally respect the reasoning behind the cross, don't get me wrong, I am merely thinking it is marketingwise not the best design in some countries. Maybe you call it bashing, maybe it's constructive critisism, what you want. For me it would be a reason to question my decision whether or not to choose the brand. Just being honoust here. I love the enthousiasm of the brand and the team behind it. Maybe I made my statement because I was eagerly awaiting the boards, but am being turned off by the design... Maybe if I ride one I am sold ;-)
Cheers!
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