Editor Profile: Jason Hennessey Surfing Pics:
Height: 6'0", Dry Weight: 205
Fitness Level: OK
Years Surfing: 25
Surfing Ability: Decent
Surfboard Preference: High Performance Short Board
Surfing Performance Preference: Power Surfing: Tom Carrol, Occy, Poncho, etc., Slater and of course the purity and fluidity of Tom Curren.
Favorite Surf Video: "Off The Wall II" It's a classic video with Vintage Tom Curren surfing Rincon and Sandspits. I would watch his segments in the mirror so I could visualize his lines and turns as a goofy-foot.
Travel Experience: Several Extensive Baja Trips Troughout the 90's. Many Hawaii Trips, one lasted over a 1½ years on the North Shore. Bali, Java, Lombok, and Sumbawa in 92 The Mentawai's WavePark 05, and Most Recently Portugal in 2007.
Jason Hennessey's Quiver |
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Shaper |
Shape | Dimensions: Length, Nose, Width, Tail, Thickness | Fins | Notes |
| Swallow Tail Thruster | 6'5" 11½ 18¾ 14 2 3/8 | Glass On TrueAmes Honeycomb | New! EPS Epoxy, Custom Shaped. Excellent Performance, Fast, Drivey, Nice Release off the top, carries through the flats | |
Round |
6'6" 11½ 18¾ 13¼ 2 3/8 | Future Fins | EPS/Epoxy! Excellent Board. Strong and Lightweight. Extra rocker rear of the thruster fin. Good in fast, hollow surf. |
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| Swallow Thruster | 6'5" 11½ 18¾ 14 2 3/8 | Glass On | Daily Rider - Good Balanced all around Board. | |
| Round Square Thruster | 6'6" 11½ 18¾ 13¼ 2 3/8 | Glass On | Was Daily Rider (Sadly broken): Excellent Board w/extra rocker rear of the thruster fin. Good in fast, hollow surf. | |
Round Pin Thruster |
6'8" 11 3/8 18¾12½ 2½ | FCS | Medium Sized Board: Excellent performance in Indo | |
| Pin Tail Thruster | 7'0" 10 7/8 18¾12½ 2½ | FCS | Looks Good but Unfortunately Never Waxed | |
| Al Merrick | Swallow Thruster | 6'4" 11¼ 18 5/8 14¼ 2 3/8 | FCS | Was Daily Rider (buckled): Great board in surf up to a couple feet overhead. |
| Carl Hayward | Round Square Tail Thruster | 6' 5½" 11 1/8 18¾13¾ 2 3/8 | Glass On | This was a magic board for which I milked the life out of as long as I could. Extra rocker rear of the thruster fin for good tight carving turns in the pocket. |
| Round Pin Thruster | 6' 5" 11 5/8 18 7/813 5/8 2 1/4 | Glass On | Circa 1987. Good board for small fun surf. Low nose and tail rocker. | |
| Round Square Thruster | 6'5½" 11 1/8 18½13¾ 2 3/8 | Glass On | Good Board in hollow surf. Narrow with extra nose and tail rocker. | |
| Round Square Thruster | 6'5" 11¾ 18¾ 13¾2 3/8 | Glass On | Good all around daily board. | |
| Wil Jobson | Winged Swallow Thruster | 5'10" 12½ 20 15½ 2 3/4 | Glass On Twin w/boxed thruster | Circa 1984. Great board in small surf which I will still ride. Unique boomerang thruster fin. |
| Magic (shaper?) | Swallow Tail Fun Board | 7'5" 11¼ 18 5/8 14¼ 2 3/4 | Glass On Twin w/boxed thruster | Broken but fixed. Rarely ride but this board works very well, maybe when I grow up. |
| Becker | Pin Tail Single Fin | 6'8" 13½ 19¼ 11¾2¾ | Glass On | Early seventies. Saved from trash. Fun board which I will still ride when I need to refine my lines. |
| Dave Sweet | Round Square Single Fin Long Board | 9'8" Wide Wide Wide Thick | Glass On | Circa 1950's. Red wood stringer, wood block tail glassed on fiberglass fin. Flat Rocker and Heavy. Fun board when small. |
SurfTrip Video: Mentawai's 2005 SurfTrip Video:Surfing Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu Hawaii Feb. 15, 2007 Epic West Swell: I shot this video our Family Hawaii Vacation. It's a bad angle for Pipe but I had my kids with me, sorry. The Swell of The Winter • Big Wave Surfers • Reef McIntosh, Takayuki Wakita, Anthony Walsh, John John Florence, Nathan Fletcher, Liam McNamara, Dave Wassel, Shane Beschen and Others Charging. Check out Jason Hennessey Surf Trip Photos: |
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