I've read all the info about the triplane he is riding. I think it rode well. love the sidesliping it has.

re: free fall.

Because of the sidesliping ability i think he made really unmakable waves.

If you watch in innermost limits and the velo part in Crystal Voyeger you see one particularly blue hollow biggish wave where he continues to free fall from the lip and drive back into it before free falling again.

very dangerous for your board but that has to be fun!

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Is there any pictures online of his triplane?

Josh,

The sideslipping is one of the most fun things to do on a spoon. It is so controlable and useful. In Crystal Voyager watch those tubes he sideslips into. If he was on a Velo board that would not sideslip he could not have made some of those takeoffs - he would have been pitched over the falls!

Sideslipping has a real function in situations like that.

On the other hand I actually talked to Greenough about those waves and I commented that obvioulsy the board he was riding did not have the runners on the bottom. In fact the runners were added by Greenough to eliminate some of the sideslipping while enabling the board to hang higher on the vertical face. I know they do more than that but that was their intended purpose, to give more "bite" on steep faces.


A spoon by nature wants to ride higher on the face than foam boards. I have always had spoons that would sideslip whenever I wanted( spinning 360's, 360 re-entry's, sideslipping/stalling to stay deep in the tube) yet would still "bite" or carve when wanted. Sideslipping can be used like a throttle or speed control as there are time when I would rather hang back and hide in the tube instead of flying out and doing a cutback.

Freefalling - easy, fun, functional because we often take off so late.
BAD for you board.

Greenough only weighed 130 lbs(I think he still does) so he did not put nearly as much stress on the board as I would at around 200lbs. I would also say that I think he(or Paul Gross) made better, stronger boards than others.

The board I am riding at the top of this page we are almost certain was one of Greenoughs. Weighing at least 50lbs more I never have broken it.
The only damage I did to it was catching my wetsuit on one of the tail tips when I was taking off and cracking it(the tip). Word of advice - if you ride a spoon in warm water and no wetsuit DO NOT wear baggy trunks as they may catch the tail just at the wrong moment as you are taking off and dropping in.