You seem to have the two board quiver sorted, wish I could say the same atm.

Depends on your height and weight mate. If it were me though, and assuming that 6 foot 6 was bought as a beginner - intermediate short board, I would be looking at a more high-performance short board. Especially given that winter is on its way.

I would either go towards a thinner 6'4 or and 6'2 with a tiny bit more width. Most modern short boards these days are going shorter and wider, and flatter (only slightly, I'm not talking about fishes).

Ultimately, you want a reliable short board that can rip. Something that when you stomp it, it will accelerate.

Short of that mate, a mini mal wouldn't hurt. But all of this is just my opinion based on me pretending I know your size / weight.

newguy said...

- 5'6 fish: basically half a longboard that catches waves easily, turns on a dime (especially as a twinfin) and can go vertical. Was in head high stuff yesterday and it just flew!

-6'6 shorty: for the bigger days and a great all rounder. Got on a few bombies on this the other week and its goooooood.

To be honest it seems to cover all conditions but you can never have enough boards

*Am actually curious about noseriding too (oh no longboards!?!?). May have left my run too late tho with winter swell kicking in...

carton of beer ,bbq,half a dozen yellow fin fillets....and maybe a 6'10 /7'0 rhino chaser

Yeah PP, the 6'6 is a Simon Anderson XFC so its pretty decent. My 5'6 webber minifish is my all rounder go to board. Sounds like I'm juggling between a performance shorty or a noserider (kill 2 birds with 1 stone as I want to try how a single fin surfs).

Atleast my wishing list ain't as dire as Doggies. Now to scour Gumtree for my next board!

62mac said...

Well from what you guy's continue to talk about how crap the waves are in the metro area and you call yourselves surfers,well swallow your pride and buy a longboard ffs its not the end of the world,it means on those real sh-tty day's were a shortboard is not going to do it at least your in the water surfing HOWEVER do not sink to the lows and ride a sup

Seriously look at a HP 8 footer[}:)]

Thats alot of words for you

62mac said...

Said with passion,surfers are surfers,we all learnt on shortboards until we became good enough o ride longboardsJoking here

I could not start not surfing every week,so hence my reply doggie

Mate Im keen to get a midlength, buy one and sell it to me

Going home now have a good weekend, Im going to get waves tomorrow

i would definetly try a carbon wrap epoxy around 6,3 x 19 1/2 x 2 1/2 thruster .might even have something close 2nd hand you could demo.!!

katana said...

i would definetly try a carbon wrap epoxy around 6,3 x 19 1/2 x 2 1/2 thruster .might even have something close 2nd hand you could demo.!!

Im thinking of going a bit wider, what time do you close today?

62mac said...

Here you are newguy one that was baked yesterday.

Mate stop posting! You should be out on a board like that right now! Your lucky you aren't in west oz otherwise I'd be knocking on your door every weekend nagging ya to let me have a go on this endless quiver of yours Been having some fun on bigger boards lately but shortys are still the go!

Prawnhead said...

worth a look if you are buying a new board newguy
http://www.swellnet.com.au/news/2836-the-next-dimension-in-surfboards-note-this-is-not-a-press-release

very interesting read!

id be interested to know the volume of my current boards.. would there be any way to measure that? its not like i have a bath big enough to do a water dispersion test (or whatever that test is)

didnt think of using aku shaper.. ive got it and have had a play with it a few times.. il give it a go! thanks!

its coming up with 28 litres on aku.. looks exactly like mine.

according to that diverse site.. if i was a pro surfer / advanced surfer, with my weight id be looking at about 25-26 litres. so add a few litres for being an average surfer and it sounds about right