summer board

try checking out the firewire sweet potato. its fun in really small week stuff and will hold if it get a little bigger.

 

Not being familiar with where you surf, I can't recommend any particular board. But I will say I'm not a big "fun board" fan. I like to go either bigger, or smaller... a longboard, or a simmons/sweet potato type alternative shortboard... in the really small stuff. Funboards, IMHO, don't do anything well. Better off with a hybrid or egg in the mid-length range, or as I said, go for a longboard or alt shape.

 

bingo. "funboards" are watered down versions of hp longboards or midlength eggs. as LB said, go one direction or another & get either a full on heavy log/somewhat hp longboard...think takayama's In the Pink...or a super short simmons-type stub like a sweet potato or a bottom feeder.

 

My experience has been that a lot of 7'+ "fun shapes" dont work as well in soft summer waves as a mini simmons or really wide short fish or disk shaped board. A lot of funshapes have a fair amount of rocker, and to me they feel slow and stiff in small waves, and stop in their tracks when you try and cut back to stay in those little pockets of energy.

 

Fish; short and thick

 

Get a mini simmons! The little things are amazing, I fell in love with mine the first time I rode it and now I'm riding it 90% of the time. Keep it short with lots of volume and you won't be sorry.

 

I just picked up a 5'3 FireWire Baked Potato and so far it is awesome. I am 6'1, I couldnt see myself on a 5'3 but I was surfing 2ft weak swell a few days back. Check out both the Sweet Potato and the Baked Potato. They are very similar but the baked is a little more performance based. Good luck man.

 

go with a nose rider you'll catch more waves so it'll be more fun in small florida conditions

 

I would take a look at a ....Lost Lazyboy or Couch Potato. Haven't ridden either, but both look like a lot of fun as a summer board.

 

Check out the RUSTY DWART its a really fun board and and you can go really small with it due to the high volume. It catches everything from knee high mush to couple feet overhead.

 

Hey Gaff, are you riding the FBF as a quad or tri? I'm about to get mine wet for the 1st time and wondering what others prefer. I've never ridden a quad but I got the option now so i'm curious what others have found after trying it both ways.

 

I like my Todd Sutz fun shape, but I have to admit it feels like a long board without the ability to truly walk the board. Turning kills your speed, so I think it works best in complete mush or steep barrels. I am excited to get my new custom built Performance Egg, as I would love to carve a little more. The only really positive side of the fun shape is that it is only 7'4" and can catch any wave a 9+ ft LB can. After I get adjusted to the Egg, I am sure the fun shape will only come out on really messy days. If I had to do it all over again, I would have just searched around until I found a decent used Allison or RC longboard.

 

this just proves my (& many others) point about funboards...& i'm calling bull**** on the statement in bold. 2 fewer feet in waterline means there's no way that it will catch waves the same way my 9'6" log does. it might catch waves as well as a thinned out, rockered out hplb, but not a 23"+ wide, 3'+ heavy log.

 

Meh, never had any issues in any size wave. The shorter board has really helped me learn faster. When I was just riding LB, I wasn't popping up fast and didn't really paddle as fast.

 

...& this explains everything...

 

well njsurfer42, i think you're familiar with my surfboard design idea from the other thread. i think this is the best route to go for anyone wanting to take their surfing to the next level of gnar. it combines the two best sports of all time: surfing and razor scooting. Boom.

 

haha im just kidding man, you get bored when its flat for weeks