Ive been looking at boards for a few months now. Going to shops and doing a bunch of research online.
I mostly ride a JS black box 5'8 19 1/2 2 1/4 running 26L but now looking for a new PU board with maby more volume with extra paddle or just jumping ship to an epoxy for extra paddle/float.

So far i have narrowed my off the rack boards too:
Rusty Neil diamond 5'7
Firewire spitifre 5'6
Hypto krypo 5'4
Motorboat too 5'9

Or pushing some money into katana surfboards and seeing if they can shape a scud or something that wuold suit my wieght/height. Intermediate 70kilos 5'9

Any help much appreciated as like most of you lads i dont like forking out 800 or so on a new board that doesnt
ride the way it looked/sounded like it might. Surf shops should have Demo boards available in the near distant future.

Sweet cheers smicko might have to give it a crack as ive nerver surfed an epoxy and it seems a very mixed bag in regards to PU vs Epoxy.
So many different points of view but none conclude which is better but i guess its up to the person and the type of waves their surfing day to day if were lucky.

Mike there's a massive difference between epoxy and compsand construction. Chalk and cheese.
Take one for a blat and see what ya reckon.

I currently ride a 6'0 blak box and I'm just under 90kgs. It's my go to board for anything around Perth. It struggles a bit in bigger surf as the tail wants to spin out, but that's not a problem you're likely to have in the metro area.

I've had a hypto too, but picked up a skud from Dave at around the same time. All the cool pros and hipsters rip on the hypto, but for me the Skud was a magic carpet and far better suited to the breaks I ride every day.

My blak box is on it's last legs so I've been looking for a while at replacing the old girl. I've been liking the sound of the Blak Box 2, which is the same board with a slightly pulled tail and more refined rails, so it goes better when conditions get good.

In the end I went with another new Skud, I loved the last one and figure I'm going to get a better board from a shaper who surfs the same waves I do.

I pick it up next week and will keep you posted...

@latestarter- Yeh the black box rips i love it i surf it from mushy summer waves to head n a ahlf down south or bali and handles fine but anything bigger i seem to catch the nose sometimes. Its had a solid few years so think its time to find a new board to get stoked on and hopefully progress a little. I just want a board with a bit more paddle but with similar performance coz i find im missing alot of waves when theres not enough push. statring to get pritty keep on the krypto coz the speed will help alot.

@bene313 NIce reviews mate do you still ride the revo? Isnt that skud an epoxy? If i get one im thinking epoxy just to see how they ride and maby
get used to the extra float.