Can\'t Decide on What Surfboard to Buy

http://www.robertssurf.com/wd/
or the Yinger Nugget


EPS/Epoxy construction

Firewire is China made crap.

 

+1 for the Nugget and the Rising Son. Seems like Santa Cruz Pumpkin Seeds are pretty popular around here. I surf the same places and I think my overall favorite board is a 6'0 (I'm 6'1 / 185) round nose fish kinda thing. Not super great on ultra steep OC, but everywhere else, it's consistently the right choice. ...I know this is a long shot, but just thinking of people I know from the lineup who live in Milford - this isn't Damien is it?

 

Actually Thailand, but might as well be China. Cheap Asian non-surfer labor.

The White Diamond is an amazing board that can handle a broad range of conditions. Robert is a nice guy and great to work with. I would call him and hash out a custom. I would bet the nugget is very similar to the WD, but have never seen one in person. You could probably get a great custom from Bob as well.

 

I got the WRV rockfish i'm assuming its alot like the nugget. Regardless the rockfish was my best purchase ever. I'm sure the nugget will be your best purchase as well. Love the 5 fin

 

Have you checked out Coil yet?

http://www.coilsurf.com/

http://www2.swaylocks.com/forums/coil-ride-reports

http://forum.surfermag.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1761469&an=0&page=0#Post1761469

EPS/epoxy vacuum bagged composite made in Florida, US. Durable and lively. Can't recommend them enough.

Mike Daniel used to shape for Coil and can make you whatever you want. The website is severely lacking in content, but that's only because the underground hype has been so high that they don't need to market themselves.

 

you probably dont want to hear this....

dont ask us
call your local shaper

he will hook you up with the right stuff

 

+1 on Coil. I think he meant to say Mike Daniels used to shape for WRV, now he shapes for Coil.

If you like the Nugget, you might like these models:

Roundtail flashback fish


Disc

 

1. The firewire dominator i would think you can\'t go wrong with for the east coast waves. Top shortboard on www.surfscience.com by user reviews\r\n2. Cross the spitfire out.\r\n3. The wrv nugget. Not a east coast board cross that off\r\n4. The wrv Wambat looks like money also with the firewire dominator. Good looking shape. Looks fun.\r\n5. I would add the stretch fletcher quad as a maybe but i think the 1dominator or 2wambat is the best choice.\r\nThe End

 

Im pretty sure the wrv nugget is more of an east coast shape. The va beach wrv is selling 7 nuggets to every chronic. Im thinking their on to something. Its supposed to be rideable from knee to head high. The dominater is also an awesome shape but a bit more expensive.

 

Why is the WRV nugget not an east coast board?

-Made on the east coast
-Marketed by WRV for east coast conditions

It also happens to look like a great shape for the kind of smallish a-frames the mid atlantic gets all the time.

By the way so does that Coil pictured above...(which happens to look a lot like the nugget)

 

Oops, yup thanks for correcting that. It's Mike Daniel though not Daniels.

 

I have a Nugget and it's hands down the best board I've ever purchased.

 

ive got a chronic and and a nugget and theyre both bad a55 but if i had to pick one itd be the nugg fo sho

 

Personally, I think if your going to stay in the 5'9"-5'10" range I would not ride a board 2 1/2" or 2 3/4" thick. I am 5'9" and 170 lbs so we're pretty similar. I think that's going to be way too floaty. If you choose to go with a 5'9 or 5'10, my suggestion is to not go any wider than 20" and either go with 2 5/16 or 2 3/8 thickness. I ride a Rusty Pirhana (mainly for knee-chest but can be ridden in bigger surf), 5'10 x 19 1/2 x 2 1/4 that I got when I weighed 155-160ish lbs. I'm looking for a new one now but due to the extra poundage I gained and the added weight of a wetsuit which is pretty much year round I will up the thickness to either a 2 5/16 or 2 3/8 max. Just my two cents. Good luck.