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more people need to read this.
try the simon anderson quad set...still a larger size fin, but less overall area than the controllers...those might be too much fin for you.
what fins are you running in it now? you might be better suited by throwing a smaller pair of rear fins in the board.
your "standard shortboard" is what you would ride in absolutely perfect, rippable surf. think good lowers or something similar. doesn't have to be...
here on the east coast, i don't think there is such a thing as a "daily driver". that being said, the boards i ride most frequently here in jersey...
sorry, but that's all in your head. either that, or your quiet flight was a gigantic POS & being on a half-decent board made a big difference....
as mentioned, those 2 boards should be fine. when i went in august 2010, i took a 6'4" fort knox & a 6'6"x19 1/4"x2 5'8" wynn. i rode the fort...
a lot of it's marketing & wanting what the pros have, but i also think that some of it is repeatability. KNOWING that you can go into a shop & get...
puck is most assuredly a quad & billed as a more high performance simmons design. the shape & dimensions of the puck & mini simmons are identical,...
they're the honeycomb RTM construction. similar to the AM2, but a much longer base, & much more rake as a result. the tip is pretty much the same...
i can understand the attraction of the 5'8" then...sometimes it's nicer to plop the cash down & walk out the door w/ the new board. but i was...
i paid $6-something for mine...custom, full color work.
nice...i would consider a true ames L-flex fin or greenough 4A around 8"-8.5". i ran the L-flex in both my 6'6" & 6'4" wynn singles that were...
dean t: i have a 5'8" that i LOVE! it's really been my go-to board in smaller, weaker surf...& sometimes in larger mushier stuff as well, just b/c...
there is a notion that you have to "split the difference" between the placement of the front fins on a quad or a thruster...i think the difference...
don't wrap it around your fins post-surf.
b/c it's a different feeling & forces you to ride waves in a different manner. some people get bored riding the same thing all the time; i sure...
i work in a shop & have (& had) many boards w/ the tri-quad option & have NEVER heard of this or experienced anything of the sort. as far as...
b/c fins weren't hard enough to walk in before...
while i agree w/ the basic premise of your post, remember that hurricane in the 90's that spun around in the atlantic for weeks on end? i think it...
