Board trade?

Hey SI,

So, I have been trying to dial in my quiver for a while now and its involved some missteps. I grew up in NH and learned to surf in high school on a 9ft donald takayama. Love that board and still love to surf it. Went to college in AZ (fun, but no surf) and moved back east after, living in Boston for 2 years and longboarding NH. Around then I started to try and transition to shortboards. Bought some useless used boards that didn't help at all before picking up a 6'6" Dwart that was pretty good for me in NH waves (point breaks and gently sloping beach breaks). Then I moved down to coastal DE a few years ago for graduate school and found that all of a sudden I couldn't surf it as well in the steeper, hollower shorey of the mid-Atlantic. It felt bulky and un-wieldy. (Yes, I realize part of it was that I still just sucked at shortboards.) But I went around looking for an alternative and after borrowing a buddy's 5'8" in OCMD one day and doing moderately better, I decided I should go a lot shorter. I had a 5'10" Moustache model shaped for me by John Oppito of Rozbern Surf in NJ. (Wicked nice guy and great custom buying experience, highly recommended.) The board is gorgeous and I was stoked to get her in the water. Unfortunately, I think I sized her a little too small for me. I'm 6'0" and 190lbs plus or minus. She only has 31.5 L of volume. My buddy's board that I tried has more volume than that and the day I tried it was one of those more mellow, warm and sunny, super clean waist-to-chest OCMD days that makes things a little easier all-around. When I'm in my superhero suit and its cloudy and 38 degrees out and I'm trying to scratch into head high, critically steep waves, I think I could benefit from a few more liters and some more size. I picked up a used (but still in great shape) 5'10" JS Pier Pony at a swap meet for a steal. It is a great groveler (**** tons of volume) for those more mellow days and I've had fun on it at the jetty and the inlet. But, I'm looking to fill in the "good to epic" part of my quiver, given my size and ability level.

I mention all this not because I think it is a super compelling biography but to give you the background on the progression in hopes it will illicit some good advice.

Also, I offer up for trade a beautiful, gently used 5'10" x 20.25" x 2.5" Rozbern Moustache. I'm looking for something like a 6'3" or 6'4" Roberts Dreamcatcher type shape. Something hybrid-ish with a wide nose for paddling and a pulled in tail for steep waves, up around 40L volume. I'll probably give the Moustache one more go Sunday at AI to be sure I want something else, so if you want to give her a look, that'll be where you can find me.

 

...I already tried Costco Surf Shop. They're back ordered until next July.