andy2476 wrote:stay the try again out of this gumby.
Advice for a 3rd board
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Exactly Don. That is what the board was designed for. When I got it a few years ago, I just wanted a good all rounder, which it is. Most of the time the surf is around shoulder/head high anyway, and not always perfect. The 5'11 is slightly wider again, and I got that for small sloppy stuff to really milk crap days for all their worth even though it still goes ok in similar surf to the 6'2.Donweather wrote:Gumby, you're own words in your very first post intimated that your 6'2" is not designed for bigger waves....it's designed for smaller, fatter, weaker waves, so to be saying this board isn't performing in steeper, bigger, hollower waves is probably correct. I wouldn't be going to it (the 6'2") when the surf get's bigger, in fact I'd be doing the opposite. it was designed for smaller/fuller waves, then ride it in those conditions.
If your 5'10" doesn't cut the mustard in the bigger stuff then yes you need a step up board. Is 6'1" a step up? I'm not so sure....depends on the boards volume and planing area and what size swell (and period) you wish to be riding it in.
I'd do some research, find a board you think you like and then go and talk to shaper about what you want from that board and see what his recommendations are for the board and dimensions. A shaper who listens to what the surfer wants from their board is worth their weight in gold!!!
It's just when it gets over head and/or steeper and faster that it behaves as I described. I've been surfing for years and I know exactly what different board designs are supposed do, so I'd never go out and get a board that I couldn't ride or didnt understand, but simply one that is a natural fit to the conditions I've described. And when the time comes, I will definitely speak to a shaper about what I want out of a board. If he tells me to stick with what I've got, so be it.
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Cheers JSB. Yeah I've swapped around the fins a few times. The ones I have in there now are better for sure. Could be that I just have to soldier on with those. Time will tell I guess.JSB wrote:Hey Gumby maybe try a set of bigger fins with more hold and drive for a cheaper option, may stop a bit of sliding and force you to draw out your turns better.
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But it sounds like you don't currently have a board for the conditions that you've described you want a board for, hence my recommendation to go and speak to a shaper....even take your current boards for him to look at and explain to him how these don't perform in the conditions you want the new board to perform in.Gumby wrote:I've been surfing for years and I know exactly what different board designs are supposed do, so I'd never go out and get a board that I couldn't ride or didnt understand, but simply one that is a natural fit to the conditions I've described. And when the time comes, I will definitely speak to a shaper about what I want out of a board. If he tells me to stick with what I've got, so be it.
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My plan exactly.Donweather wrote:But it sounds like you don't currently have a board for the conditions that you've described you want a board for, hence my recommendation to go and speak to a shaper....even take your current boards for him to look at and explain to him how these don't perform in the conditions you want the new board to perform in.Gumby wrote:I've been surfing for years and I know exactly what different board designs are supposed do, so I'd never go out and get a board that I couldn't ride or didnt understand, but simply one that is a natural fit to the conditions I've described. And when the time comes, I will definitely speak to a shaper about what I want out of a board. If he tells me to stick with what I've got, so be it.
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Get yourself a nice roundtail quad 6'2" ish, keep the fish for small waves, and get rid of your current 6'2".
A nice roundtail quad will see you in good 2ft waves right up to 6ft+. Just surf that 100% of the time while you figure it all out.
A nice roundtail quad will see you in good 2ft waves right up to 6ft+. Just surf that 100% of the time while you figure it all out.
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There it is. Close the thread.Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
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You really are a boring, irrelevant cnut aren't you?Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
Do you have access to the dungeon? I need to get something off my chest.
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Future Flex or PE version?BA wrote:There it is. Close the thread.Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
smnmntll wrote: She's also moderately hot, with a bit of that petulance-approved titless starved whippet look about her but still pretty decent.
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You would be right, Ringie.Ringmaster wrote:Animal_Chin wrote:You really are a boring, irrelevant cnut aren't you?Hatchnam wrote:Just get a 5'8 hypo krypto
Do you have access to the dungeon? I need to get something off my chest.
Pretty sure Iggy has contributed a lot more 'relevant' and interesting content when the subject is surfing than nearly any one on here over the years . That's what turned me on to these forums originally.......surfers from around Aus talking about all things surfing. Who would've guessed eh?
But AC probably doesn't know who Iggy is.
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Krypto shame rearing its head.
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Hypto Krypto - the new 7S Superfish
Davros wrote:Ego saved - surfing experience rubbish.
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What do you mean by that CC? It's the new go to board for every new punter?Cpt.Caveman wrote:Hypto Krypto - the new 7S Superfish
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Ummm, who is he?Trev wrote:But AC probably doesn't know who Iggy is.
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It is!Donweather wrote:What do you mean by that CC? It's the new go to board for every new punter?Cpt.Caveman wrote:Hypto Krypto - the new 7S Superfish
Sits left of centre on the performance fishy specturm but isn't quite a full fish. Mass pop-out production style. Its the same product all over again.
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being such a forward loaded board that it is, i reckon it'd be an unreal board stretched out longer and pulled in a bit at the arse. a custom at 6'9 x 20 x 2.75 would make an unreal point-break and reef shooter for double overhead screamers.
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