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^^^THIS . San Diego summertime is all about the fish. Your skills will outgrow the fun board in no time and a fish will glide you across the flats on low juice days too. Fish = soul surfing. Do itQuote:
Originally Posted by F#*k You Cat
Oh, and SUP kooks are not surfers, unless your name is Laird, Kalama or Brock. :)
I dunno. If you are having fun you are having fun.
Big difference in float and glide between a fish and a proper egg. They kind of serve different purposes. If the waves are gutless, the egg will make it fun instead of a struggle. And the draw a bigger line. Fish are fun in small surf as long as there is some decent shape and you have solid skills.
I woul not think one would outgrow an egg in a single summer. I've enjoyed one for decades and I've been surfing for almost 30 years. I'm just now starting to think about own ring a groveler board.
What's the difference between a groveler and an egg?
I thought a groveler was a generic word for a board for small, mushy waves...?
You're making me laugh. Thanks for advice but fish may be later in the quiver. Next board will be for learn to turn but still really easy to paddle and popup and stable down the line at Tourmaline. Still a beginner board. Not too short between 8 and 8'6". Funshape/egg with 2+1 I am thinking. Also needs to fit under my arm. Also I need a board that I can feel confident when the waves are up to shoulder high.Quote:
Originally Posted by newbreak
An sup will have its good use. I live across the street from the bay and want to use it like a boat to dink around. Also want it for sunset cliffs. Is your username from there? You know how at garbage the wave reforms 2 more times with the long flat in between? Sup looks good for that. It's the closest break to where I live. Also want to travel up and down the coast there between the kelp and the break.
All that said this will be another summer on my longboard. I don't deserve a new board at this point. But we can dream.
TN, you are correct that groveler is a generic term for a board designed for small, weak, mushy surf. While an egg can be used in that surf, it can also be used in large, powerful surf. I have ridden an egg in 12' plus surf and had a blast. Ultimately an egg is an all around board and ultimately a style of surfing. And the egg shape has been around since the short boar revolution so it is kind of a classic shape.
When I say groveler I'm refer in to the world of fish and fish like boards that are really only meant for small gutless surf. Something in the 5.6-6.0 range, wide, 5 fin box kind of creature that will easily fit into, and turn through a thigh high pocket.
You mean something like this?
(dunno if I posted this here before)
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(crappy shot with sun in my face)
It's a 5'6" x 22 3/4" x 2 5/6'' (or thereabouts)
This is all my home made board that I shaped out of the core of an old windsurf board (Mistral Diamondhead) and then glassed up. Surfs pretty decently as well.
(Sorry if this is a repost)
Dude, nice work. Is that cloth on the base?
For me that would be too much foam, but kind of. I'll probably end up around 19.5-20.5 wide, with a tighter tail, and similiar nose. I'll be using this for waves mostly in the 9-14sec period range, so I want some more bite. But, yeah, basically.
I'm working with a shaper (if we can get to an agreed price) on that and a step board. Same guy who shaped my 6.0 that I am very happy with. In fact, I'm so happy with the first board that we will use the same approach for these. I tell him where the 6.0 is failing me, in what kind of surf, and how I want my new board to work, and he does the rest. I love that shit. Seriously. I used to have all the time in the world to dink around with shaping, and try new things out, and experiment. Now, I surf when daddy can, and just want to not have to think about it much.
Cheers! It's the first board I ever made. No, not cloth on the base: I painted it during the winter months when I had nothing else to do...
Our waves are mostly in the 4 - 8sec range. I came off (my first) board a 7'10" NSP and wanted a 'short longboard' that could catch just about anything surfable but was more turny and lively and would hang up less in the short beach break. It has no tail rocker and maybe 2 or 3 inches (I forget) of nose rocker, so nice an fast down the line. Flatish/ semi displacement hull in the front going into slight single concave i.e. pretty simple bar of soap all in all. In hindsight I should have taken some volume off the front end of the deck (for duck diving) and maybe brought the rear edges in a little more, maybe even rounded off the square tail.
Still, it came out pretty decently for a first and it's awesome to surf my own creation, especially as it's recycled!