i am 5'8 130 punds right now i ride an 5'11 aloha quick shift i wanted to buy a firewire around what size would you guys recomend
my friend has one and i've spoken to a number of people about these boards. basically, you should use the same length guidelines as for a traditional board. they have shapes that are wider/thicker (which you could ride shorter) and more competition type shapes - generally not ideal for the everyday surf we ride around NJ. they are not corky like surftech, if that's what you were thinking. the differences are mainly in the way they ride. the parabolic balsa rails project more around turns, kind of like the way a bodyboard bends into and out of a turn. some people hate it, some people like it. either way, if you buy one, you cant expect to immediately ride it as you would a normal board. a word of caution - if you ding it, you cant repair it like a traditional board. ask specifically about this before purchasing. a true repair involves reproducing the process they use to build these boards - vacuum bagging etc. the board lady does this for a price.
