So I have a couple boards but I want something new I have a 6'3 Wynn shortboard 5'9 Stewart fartknocker - 5' 10" x 21 x 2 1/2 7'0" foamies I have the choice of a 6' Wynn retro fish-399 7'6" Bing sweet pea- 495 6' 6" hp bonzer shortboard-595 I really don't know what I want but what should I get for wildwood
A 7'6" Bing Sweet Pea? I cant believe that board even comes in a fun shape length. I got rid of my 5'10" SP last year never really clicked for me. Why only those three boards? for Wildwood: -not the bizarro 7'6" sweet pea. If that was a type and you meant 5'6" its still a lot like the Stewart. -not the 6'6" high performance board. What do you think it would do that the 6'3" Wynn doesn't already do? The Wynn retro fish would be nice...if your a bigger dude.
So the bonzer is out, The retro fish seems like it would be too big and I wanted to use the swee pea as a funboard
they're all too big for you, realistically. do you feel like there's a gap in your quiver or is it just a matter of those being available & you've got the funds?
Well I feel like there is a gap for those small days when its only for longboards I want something to replace the foamies so I was thinking the swee pea
No I want something long and under 500 I can get the bing swee pea for 495 with the quad set up and I think it would ride like a funboard
It will ride like a fun board, and a 7'6" fun board is not a good option for waves that are too small for your Stewart. Dude you weigh 145? That Stewart should be fine for you down to thigh high! Get a longboard for the small days, or get something really short and wide. Not a 7'6" fun shape, not a 7'6" Bing. I'm pretty stoked on some of the new ...Lost shapes. Not saying to get a lost, but shapes like this KILL tiny waves:
being a quad, it's not going to ride like what everyone thinks a funboard should ride like since most are thrusters, but whatever. IMO, the softer, more rolling waves of wildwood would be perfect for the dharma. if you want something long, get a log. the middle ground really serves more functional purpose.
Oh because I wanted something long but not too long and I thought that would work, but how would it surf
it would surf like an over-sized stubby quad. might work ok, but not ideal...gonna be tough to turn b/c it's super wide (22 3/8", according to the bing website), far wider than most other "funboards" at 7'6", which are closer to 21" wide. plus it's a got a really parallel outline, almost no curve to speak of...it's gonna like going straight in a hurry, but not changing direction, esp. since at 145lbs, you don't have the mass to force it. designs like the swee'pea are meant to be sized very small...it's really easy to accidentally oversize these to where they don't work b/c a lot of people still aren't used to riding boards like this. it sounds like you'd be better off w/ something like a mini-pintail, mini-lovebird or raven (if you wanted to stick w/ bing). also, mitchell is spot-on w/ his assessment of the ...lost domestic series. i've been loving my layzboy in super small surf this summer. http://www.bingsurf.com/surfboards_minilovebird <--mini-lovebird http://www.bingsurf.com/surfboards_pintailmini <--mini-pintail http://www.bingsurf.com/surfboards_raven <--raven
if you want to surf small summer waves in NJ get yourself a longboard. the short and fat boards work, i have one and love it (5'2 mini simmons), but nothing beats a longboard for 1-2ft weak summer surf.
