So my son demo'ed a Lost Motivator yesterday and really liked it a lot. Waves were 2 ft with occasional 3's but very clean. He caught everything with it and it rode great. It was a 6'5" x21 1/2 x 3 board with the XTR 7.0 construction. Flat deck and a shaved nose. Plenty of float and he is 6ft 140. I know it was probably waay too much float for someone his size but he is trying out as many different kinds of boards as he can so he can get an idea of what he likes, volume, size, thickness, tail, rail, any info he can. Wants to buy his first REAL board so trying to surf anything he can. We live in Mass but surf alot in NH... Any feedback on this or other types of boards and the volume on it? Using a calculator on line I came up with around 43l but I think that is a little low for this board. Thanks in advance TOOFUN
the Lost volume calculator is pretty spot-on. For a 140 pound beginner, it recommends somewhere between 25L through 32L volume. I strongly discourage going anything over 32L in a Lost board...any more might get him into waves a little easier, but performance is going to be compromised exponentially the bigger you go. You may say performance is an acceptable compromise, now, but as he gets used to the board and starts doing turns, a huge board is going to turn into a corky boat. He will get used to a smaller board than you think.
I would guess 45 to 47 liters. That is a lot of volume. He won't be able to duck dive it, but if it worked and he enjoyed it, go with it. Call Chino in Boston. He can make him whatever he wants and add some local knowledge to the shape.
the Rusty volume calculator recommends a 140 lb/complete beginner rides 44L or less...but I still think the smaller the better, in the long run. as you can see, different brands have different volume calculators, so you might want to use the volume calculator that's posted on the website of the brand you're going to buy.
Now that is funny, o bagus. Only met him once, in Hampton, but we used to post on nesurf.com years ago.
really tho barry hung with chino , joelle and daddy yankee after a video they did on sandy beach hahah what a hoot all the locals were like wtf - they couldn't go anywhere near them and heres this gringo eating and drinking with them. o barry o Puerto rico viva
The board is great but think the construction and size is too much for any child. Check out a volume calculator and don't undershoot.
