Best "off the rack" groveler boards for summer

And clean your god dang capret DPSUP! Those stains will come out with a good shampooing

 

My experience with boards like that, and I have had several, is that while they will "work" in pretty much anything, they don't provide any advantage over the fish and a longboard you already have.

That Coil pictured above looks exactly like the outline of the WRV funfish I once had.

 

Yeah, that's the 6'4"

HAHA, That's my old townhouse, clean carpet, but didn't care for the color

 

So I should just spend my money on whiskey instead? Thanks Mitch. Now I'm going to become a drunk because of your advise.

 

You were going to buy a funshape anyway so whats the difference

 

Sorta like being drunk and banging an fug-ugly woman. FUN.

 

Well... If my buddies are ever chasing fuglies at a bar, I'll refer to them as fun shapes; sounds better than dogs or porkers...

 

1. lost "puddlejumper" or "round nose fish"
2. channel islands "fish-cuit" or a thick "dumpster diver" w quad option
3. some kind of classic fish shape twin or quad

 

Now THAT'S funny!

 

Add it to the Swell Info Glossary. Fun Shape: (Noun) Fat, dirty, otherwise unattractive female at a bar, concert, or festival where alcohol is being served and consumed in copious amounts. Usually bedded when "taking one for the team" as a wing man or as a female of last resort when one reaches the stage of intoxication right before passing out but still horny enough to get a boner.

 

Iam between 175-180... I ride a 5'4" fishcuit...34l of volume and Iam an average at best surfer. I have heard many people say go longer and thicker, may as well get a long board if you do that. The goal is to go short, thick, and flat as possible so you can maneuver it like a shortboard. Doesn't have to be a fishcuit...anything on those lines. If you go longer, flatter, and thicker, you won't be able to get it to respond. If you are a just starting out, then I would stay away from what I suggest and do go longer.

My fishcuit is the thickest board I think I have ever ridden...2 3/4. Darn thing is an absolute blast and will surf knee high with the ability to maneuver...

the flatness gives you the speed, the thickness gives you the flotation and the short length gives you maneuverability...and you need the speed for the maneuverability...a wide tail will also help.

 

I have had several models of Daves boards. He has custom built me silver bullets...I have got to my hand on his mini's. Never surfed one and will probably get one this summer. Just another dang board to add to the collection. Guy puts out a great product that will last, tho they tend to be with a little more glass.

 

I think I just figured out why Proctor charged you $1100.

 

ya!

 

I've been surfing for 25 years, so I'm not new. But I'm not that thrashy in the surf, either. I suppose I could try a 5'6, but damn that sounds awful short. I need to keep my eyes open for a good used board in the range you all are talking about. A new Lost or CI runs almost $800 locally, and that is way too much to experiment.

I can't emphasize enough, though, that I have got to have some foam under me to enjoy surfing. I've always been a slow paddler, and I simply cannot pull myself into small waves without some float.

For closure, here is the Bonzer I was looking at. I think I answered my own question, though. Just looking at it again I can tell that this isn't a small wave answer. Probably fun as hell on a head high point break, but I don't see how that's gaining me anything in knee high surf. Sure is pretty, though.

Edit: dimensions 6'4 19.5 2.5. Pretty much the same width/thickness as my 6'0 S-Rail Fish I was riding today.

 

Would like to see the bottom of that board.

 

You heard right.

 

I've bought several grovelers too big and this is my experience, exactly! I've learned not to go over the volume/size recommended by the manufacturer. If you follow their size recommendations on one of their grovelers, and you still can't easily paddle into waves, it just means either your paddling muscles are too weak or the waves are too weak for anything other than a longboard.