Thoughts on new board

Opinions are like assholes everybody's got 1. A 180 is a life saving skill if not your own maybe that of a drop-in Kook!
Pump I would have agreed with you in my fortys but getting close to Sixty I like the extra time a log allows. IE early takeoffs.

 

Got your attention sorry I ruffled your feathers! The magic of surfing is inside us not the boards we ride!

 

This is sort of off topic. Sort of not.

But here's some advice Mr.
And i know DP will agree with me on this as well as others. We've had this discussion before.

But finding a LB definitely helped my SB game. As well as riding a SB single fin for awhile. With me being short and 140 pounds, learning the weight shifts and what not to really turn a LB was a little difficult. My first true round house cutback was on a LB. A SB "fits" my body better. But those weight shift lessons were already learned. Making it click for me on a SB super fast. Instead of having to take 2 cross steps back to get on the tail, I'm already there. And the lesson of being ON the tail was already learned. Being just a few inches north really hinders your ability to make tight turns.

Same with the single fin SB. It had such a delayed reaction time compared to a thruster. It really taught me to read the wave and anticipate, which definitely helped me improve.

My point is this. Ride everything. Diffrent feelings under your feet will always leave you coming away with a new approach or just a diffrent outlook on how to ride a wave. When you ride a LB, don't just think of it as a small wave board or somthing just to cruise on. Get on that tail and whip it around, cross step up and get on the gas. Learn the nuances. It'll help in the long run.

 

And one last thought.

Im the type of guy that thinks certain boards should be ridden certain ways. That's why i ride a SB alot. Id ride a LB and would see a section and my brain automatically says "hit it". Sometimes it worked, some times not. And like i said it helped me improve in the long run. But iv always had that SB mentality.

But that's just me. Preference. If you want to ride a LB like a SB and can....do it! If you want to ride a SB and just cruise, do it. There is no right or wrong. Drawing diffrent lines and taking diffrent approaches is all part of the fun

 

Buy a round trip to LAX tonight. You’ll have waves waiting for you in honeytown and you can shoot the pier all weekend, be back in time for work on Monday.

You could do the whole weekend for under $800

 

Flat as a pancake!

 

Fark dude I'd be all over LJ in a heartbeat, fk Honeyton

Except LJ Shores, fk that place too

 

This south swell is completely passing SD. Saw a video of Newport going offf.

 

Hit me up when you come out. I definitely want to grab a beer with Barry. I mean you.

 

dude have you ever surfed Outlet?

I'd be surprised if that spot wasn't picking up any South activity. But wind has gotta be north or NW, or all bets are off

 

Biggie,
I’m 220 also, but taller. I currently ride a 6’8” fish.
The SOB is 23” x 3 1/4” and it floats me just fine, even in a 4/3 with gloves. Really fat in the front so easy to glide into even small waves.
Try something in the seven foot range with the above width and rail dimensions.

 

That makes you Mr. Bigger.