Average Joe VS. DWART (HELPPP!!)

You're 16. You're a self-admitted beginner / intermediate. You weigh 105 lbs.

Ok, first of all do we need to start a food drive? Or are your parents prioritizing your career as a jockey?

Secondly, you're 16. Keed, if you love surfing & you stay with it you are going to spend so much freakin money on boards in the next 45 years.

Ergo, just pick a board, try to test drive it, and go for it. You're way, way too young & inexperienced to be lookin' for the perfect stick.

It's like lookin' for the perfect babe, first of all they don't exist, and second of all the longer you wait the better off your wallet will be.

Both Dwart & the AJ are good boards. The performance depends on the rider.

 

Don't By an egg u said ur a beginner u ain't gonna be doing a air on a frickin egg u ding bird
Get a shortboard grow some hair on that bird chest

 

Get the dwart...capable of a wider range of conditions. Also buy it used...tons of used boards in CA

 

I agree with everything he said

 

Not sure how the AJ is but I trust the other posters. Dwart is the bomb!!!! Mad stoke.

 

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hKWmFWRVLlU[/video]

 

I'm known for being brutally honest, keed - that's why I have a troll posse that stalks me on this Forum & that's why I win the big awards.

Ah, but seriously...I'm the furthest thing from an expert. Here's my 2 centavos. I own a Dwart but its dims are bigger than anything you'll be on & that's cause I'm 6'2, 210, which you may be in, like, 25 years. Dwart's been a good board in OH Costa Rica beach break, a good wave catcher, easy to ride, responsive, fun. Also have a ...Lost Lazyboy, nearly the same dims as the Dwart. My humble opinion is that the LZB paddles faster than does the Dwart, and no I don't know why this is it's just my personal take on the board.

A friend of mine owns an AJ & she surfs it really well. AJ is too small for my big bones.

Like I said, it's on the rider as to performance - - they're both well-designed sticks.

If you're lucky, maybe the good shaper surfer guys like Mitchell will weigh in with opinions. Just beware any advice from a bearded dod who likes to surf in an orange jumpsuit & a white helmet.

 

Its the rocker and the foil (distribution of thickness throughout the board) of the board. The AJ will have a better lower end due to being flatter wider (NT) as well as having less curve on the bottom of the board and overall just plain thicker. The dwart will work in a wider range of conditions if you oversize it a bit...however, due to more curve in the nose as well as an overall more "shortboard" foil/distribution of thickness compared to the AJ it will work better for waves with a bit more curve

But as you said you wanted...

I would say the Dwart fits the bill...I would get the 5'6" for ease of use when surfing small and larger waves.

 

So much to learn Agor.

http://www.surfline.com/blogs/talki...-lower-third-of-surfboards-from-squash_30118/

 

They're completely different designs. Contrary to popular opinion, I don't think the Dwart has more range than the AJ. Dwart's more pulled in features and rocker let it surf bigger/steeper waves than the AJ, but isn't going to perform as well as the AJ in the really small stuff. The Joe has a fuller nose and hippy/square tail, so it's gonna paddle a little easier and turn snappier.

as much as I love Rusty boards and kinda dislike CI, I would actually buy an Average Joe before a Dwart. When you get better and get the AJ wired, add a Dwart to round out you smaller wave quiver. DO NOT GO OVER THE MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED SIZE!

 

This ^ guy usually knows what he's talking about with boards, keed.

 

Hmmm... should I buy Nike or Adidas?

Step 1: eat something and file a CPS report on your parents.

Step 2: this is the one time I am not going to plug DHD boards here--- drive down to your local shaper and tell him everything you just told us, and get a magic little stick made just for your Ethiopian figure. If you've got the gas money, go down to Sharpeye and have Marcio put together a piece of foam for you.

Step 3: when those boards fail you, buy a DHD double shot.

Step 4: on the 1' days, practice getting laid and stop surfing.

I have seen a dude shred an AJ top to bottom. I was impressed and almost bought one myself. Go to the CI boardbuilder website and play with the dims just for fun. You can customize it anyway you like.

Mrs. Two Barrels surfs a Dwart and enjoys it. It was her first short board and she transitioned from a 7" custom funnish-board with a big middle fin and two trailers. She got barrelled for the first time three weeks ago (didn't make it) and has been progressing well this year on it. I personally hate it for no other reason that I just don't get it, but I am not a fan of fishy nosed boards.

 

Who is this dude you speak of?