One board for the rest of your life?

9.4 hplb catch huge and small waves. nice rides and cutback i mean you can do anything with a lb ,even get some air on a big enough wave.

 

def. a wavejet.

 

Ehhhh, that's a tough question. I'm full on fighting age to the end so I'm short boarding for ever..........at least that's what I'll keep telling myself until adjustments are absolutely nesseccary.

 

Dude surf boards only last a few years. Aggressive
Surfer heal print decks , delaminate , snap in half
One board for life impossible.

 

i have a lb thats about 15 years old now.. its ruff has a lot of dings but still works great.

 

Dogg years or human years? Roy calls them "people years". How many years do the 12 people he's given birth to have? Anyone know? Dude's placenta be mad tired. 12 people. Birth. Wow.

 

Agreed- I have a 9'3 Al Merrick HPLB that has been going strong for 13 years. While im sure it wont last another 30...if i hypothetically had to ride one board from here on out- that board would make my 50's-70's WAY more fun than any shortboard. Catches anything and still cutsback and handles the head high stuff when your in early enough.

 

or maybe a blue one without the hand grips, but thats the basic shape.

 

Yeah I think this "one board" thread has been done quite a few times already.

Definitely not a longboard, 8 foot board, or a 7 foot board.

It's funny (to me) but I've had a rotating cast of boards for the past 10 years or so, always at least 8-10 boards deep yet year after year 90% of my sessions are on some kind of 5'10 x 21" fish or round tail. With the right fins it will easily handle head high, or 2 foot.

If I had to stick with one board forever, I'd go with what works for me 90% of the time already. If getting old eventually meant I could no longer ride the 5'10" then so be it. I wouldn't sacrifice even one year of riding what works for me, just to be able to continue surfing into old age on a tank.

 

A 6-6 egg would probably work in just about anything if you were limited to one board. Either a Bonzer 5 setup with a few different center fins depending on size or a tri/quad setup

 

40 foot duke Alaia haha. No I'd probably do a 6-4 maybe. My friend has this nice Ricky Carroll fun shape and it's pretty good for all surf and when I'd get older I could (hopefully) still get up on it. *Edit* make it a 5 fin setup. Put a quad on with a knubby trailer fin.

 

Everytime I think I've found that board I tire of it after a couple of years. I think if I had to pick one I would pick none and leave the ocean to everyone else.

 

Just a little twin fin fish. i've found they work in nearly everything. knee to overhead. mushy to barrels. Short enough to make a steep drop if need be, wide enough to paddle in early/surf small waves.

 

I'd go with a longboard. At least 9-2.
OR:
http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/brazilian_longest_surfboard.jpg

 

stubby thruster because snappy turns are my favorite. when I can't paddle that, I'll probably just do something else

 

my dad (67 years old, been surfing since he was 17) has settled in on an 8'0" bonzer egg. he really only rides it when it's decent-good, though. he'll ride a mat or bodysurf otherwise & he's no longer surfing the coldest days of winter.
i figure something similar in the 6'6"-7'6" range would do me right if i had to.

 

Wavestorm! If it can handle Pipe it can handle Belmar.