I have gone from 6'0 - 6'6 - 7'0 to 5'8 - 6'2 - 6'6

I was never using the 7'0 and now I'm feeling like I don't use the 6'6 much at all either!

I sold both my 6,8 & 6,6. Swapped my 6,5 for a 6,4 and have a two 6,3s now.
The 6,8 just wasnt getting in the water and the 6,6 was just ok not a keeper.
6,5 was just getting old and still might get another as it was a great board.
6,4 has been my staple length for ages now.

What is happening over here from what I can see,is everyone going longer and ditching their shortboads for sups and longboards

My young bloke 90 kgs and 603 has gone from 5/11 6/0 6/1 6/3 back down to 5/11 wider nose mid and tail with a flatter rocker,its called the bender,its locally made by Stu Smith and made to fit into our local conditions,it goes good real good so he tells me.

Just coz Kelly slater has started riding short fat boards doesn't mean they suit the everyday surfer. In terms of west oz, the power in the waves means a bit of length is needed: totally different to gold coast or even the bulk of the east coast. People seem to have short memories (ie everyone riding really thin and narrow boards with heaps of rocker in the 90s. Those boards really were terrible yet almost everyone rode em at the time).

swalkington said...

Just coz Kelly slater has started riding short fat boards doesn't mean they suit the everyday surfer. In terms of west oz, the power in the waves means a bit of length is needed: totally different to gold coast or even the bulk of the east coast. People seem to have short memories (ie everyone riding really thin and narrow boards with heaps of rocker in the 90s. Those boards really were terrible yet almost everyone rode em at the time).

It's a good point. I am finding short, fat or fishy boards a lot more fun and forgiving in the small surf though (and not much fun at all in the bigger stuff!).

Have to admit that when it's pumping down south, Indo, etc, I tend to head towards the smaller wave spots rather than tackle the swell magnets. Maybe it's just a personal preference for surfing in the small/mid size wave range that has lead me to shorter fatter boards.

Still haven't bit the bullet on a nugget / sweet potato shape.

bene313 said...
Still haven't bit the bullet on a nugget / sweet potato shape.

You should SP's are unreal.

I have defintiely gone shorter in the last yr. Quiver is now 5'10", 6'4" and 6'10" with my shorter boards a lot flatter and with loads of concave through them. I do not get to ride the 6'10" much on the east coast as the 6'4" goes well at 6 foot and its not often we get swell much bigger than that. I reckon the 6'10" has had 10 surfs in the last yr - so I am thinking I might swap it for a 6'7" - I don't really like it when it gets much bigger than that in my advancing yrs!!! 6ft is loads of fun and at 8ft I am scratching for the horizon a little too much these days