Best "off the rack" groveler boards for summer

For some reason, this really helps me get what you guys are talking about. Good analogy, man!

 

whoa way harsh brah. totally harshin my buzz with this unprovoked harshness. ya'll have any recommendations for bongs? i think mine's too small for me.

P.S. Toonces - suite bathing suite there dude! looks brand spankin new, tags and all.

 

I can only guess firewire EPS and Lost poly have different volumes(?)...I know EPS is much lighter than poly.

Either way, just don't fall into the common trap of going over the volume recommendations for each manufacturer. If you insist on going over (I know how strong the temptation can be), you're most likely going to end up with a board that doesn't paddle much better, if at all, but that performs much worse than if you would have stayed within the recommended volume.

 

Toonces, go short and wide. My grovellier disquette is 5'7" and 22" wide. 37 liters. Flat bottom with a slight single concave. Rails aren't too fat though, they slice nicely. I ride it as a quad w/ trailer. It has seriously enhanced my surfing. Works flawlessly in knee to chest high. I haven't taken it out in anything bigger. If it's below knee forget it you're better off logging it. Btw I'm 5'8" 170lbs. The volume is on the larger side but I absolutely love it. Actually picking up a Pride 9'4" single fin this weekend. Can't wait to slay some clean ankle slappers. Good luck on your search!

 

Not trying to ridicule you at all, brother... but your back foot looks like it's pointing back in every shot. Is you heel more forward than the ball of your foot? Is it just the pic?

 

Have a stretch g-buzz arriving on wed. 5'7 x 20.25 x 2.2 33L

After the last 2 or 3 days trying to make a more short boardy shape work in knee/waist at best.... I'm thinking it's going to be a vacation...

 

That looks like a fun little board. A little more performance oriented than mine but it should glide nicely. I bet it'll work in bigger waves too. Everyone kept saying mine wouldn't but chest high is a blast on it. Post feedback for us.

 

Stretch is an amazing shaper. I picked up a 5'10" Stretch round nose fish quad off a used board back last summer, and it immediately became my favorite all round board. EPS - the board is light and solid and has great flex.

If you look closely at the details....the curve of the template, how the tail is foiled out, the nose and rails...fin placement...everything...the guy is making high quality shapes that really perform.

 

Never heard a bad thing about his boards, and exceptionally good things about his "buzz" shapes... I have high hopes.

 

lost?? puddle jumper, rv, etc

 

Thought you weren't a fan of the EPS/epoxy types, Mitch... Maybe I'm wrong, though.

I cite Stretch as one of my biggest influences in board design and construction. Him, Pavel, and another local guy, Tom Eadon.

 

Quit lying fatboy your only influences are McDonald's.

 

Unless the fear of getting shanked in the a-hole turns you on, I don't recommend hatchets. Any possible benefits of that design are far outweighed by the sketchy points on the tips.