Longboarding Kills Shortboarding??!

Getting a LB will improve your surfing. When all I use to ride was a short board I was very limited and didn't progress at the rate at which I would have liked, and was very frustrating on days when I had a hard time getting into a wave while the guys on the LB's and SUP's were scoring every wave in sight.

Instead of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, I eventually decided to join them. Having a LB and an SUP has improved my surfing SO much it's incredible. I'm not killing it by any stretch, but i'm much better than I ever was before.

The reason I believe, is actual wave riding time. I spend waaaaay more time up and on a wave riding NOW than I ever did before, sure it's on a longer craft, but the repetition of catching and riding a wave will add up and will translate to the shorter board. It's kind of like swinging a weighted bat before you go up to the plate with a much lighter bat, your bat speed is increased and I think the same type of thing happens when I go from my SUP / LB to my 6'4" Coil, i'm able to manhandle it a lot more if you know what i mean....

 

I just started longboarding, maybe less then a year ago, and i have a blast on the smaller days...
On bigger days, it just sucks paddling it through the impact zone...

 

It's a different feeling coming off the bottom and then hitting the lip on a 9-6 log. You'll eventually get Occy-sized legs/calf muscles if you do it enough.

 

longboarding is cool

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I learned to surf on shortboards. about 3 years ago I got a longboard and am in love. as someone else said, it changed my life and my surfing. I now primarily ride the longboard, even on bigger days (chest/head high), its a blast. when I do bring my shortboard out I feel im better on it then I was. takes a few waves to get back in that groove but nothing serious. I think its silly to have a bunch of shortboards all within a few inches of each other. The waves are constantly changing and your board choice should be based on whats going to allow you to have the most amount of fun out there.

 

Oh MANNN!!! SHREDMACHINE IS BACK!!!! Looks like he moved to FL??

 

I think you could say that those are the type of conditions that you want for surfing in general. I have to disagree however, the waves are so soft and mushy in Florida, I think we have lots of proper longboard waves.

 

Just because you need a longboard to ride it doesn't make it a proper longboard wave. You might as well call a lake a proper SUP wave.

 

there are many different kinds of longboards designed for different types of waves. even noseriders, which are arguably the most specialized kind of longboards, can be surfed well in a variety of conditions. nuuhiwa mainly surfed huntington (i.e., beach break) during the noseriding era. people can rip on longboards in all different types of conditions (see takayama below riding a pig in fast reef break)

http://vimeo.com/55428296

 

Your last two post have been pretty ignorant.... proper waves? Let's get serious. How can you say the east coast has proper waves for anything except for a handful of days out of the year yet I see people surfing every time I'm at the beach and 9/10 I'm one of them.

Proper waves... gimme a break surf snob.

 

the only negative i found when riding an lb was that it hurt my ability to generate speed. Other than that it was a good tool to use to be better on the sb.

 

one of the greatest things the "retro movement" of the late 90's & early 2000's did was make the "ride everything" mentality acceptable. stop over-thinking it & get yourself a proper log. no 2+1's, no thruster longboards...a proper, heavy, single fin longboard. doesn't have to be a noserider, just something w/ one fin & glassed heavily. it'll do so much for your surfing.

 

Though I do wish more surfers would find longboards lame, shift to boards less than 5-10, and then sell me their $600 log on craigslist for 150 bux.

 

Not trying to be a snob here. I'll take my empty sandbar over Malibu any day.

I was just responding to the prevalent view that longboards are the way to go when it's too weak for anything else. Yes they can ride the mush, but give your log some open face to work with and it'll really come into its own.

 

Amen to that. If I waited for "proper surf", I'd only get out 10 times a year!

 

I understand your point now. Long boarding does kick ass in juicy stuff!

 

as my father, the carpenter, likes to say: it's all about using the proper tool for the job.

 

We have some proper longboard waves (meaning small and mushy ). I'm gonna go logging

 

Have fun out there while I'm slaving away at work

Oh and Clemson maybe I'm a snob or an ignorant (probably both) but if you're a longboarder don't tell me you never dream of perfect points...