Picking my custom out

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by Big Wet Monster, Feb 5, 2015.

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  1. Feb 5, 2015 #1
    Big Wet Monster

    Big Wet Monster Well-Known Member

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    Feb 4, 2010
    I can't decide. I won a free custom from lost or pyzel. I can't pick a board. Kid in a candy store situation. Here's the scoop.

    30yrs old. 6' 195-205 lbs depending on the time of year. Have been riding 35 cls recently but am up to go up for certain boards.

    I surf once or twice a month so maximizing waves is major for me.

    I have a 5'10 DHD pocket knife which I ride 98% of the time. Only broke out my step up once.

    Was thinking of going with lost bean bag but now that I can order Im unsure.

    Does anyone have overlapping boards in their quiver they break out for different days? The pocket knife has been sort of a quiver killer and it's hard to decide what to order off the web rather than feelin the board up in person.

    Help.
     
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 5, 2015
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 5, 2015
  3. Feb 5, 2015 #2
    worsey

    worsey Well-Known Member

    4,503
    Oct 13, 2013
    not sure if this helps....but...
    i have a board for crap new jersey surf.
    and one for quality new jersey surf.
    and one for big new jersey surf which i use 3x year.

    i use my crap board (f/w addvance) the most it seems.
    i enjoy my quality wave board (f/w potatonator) the most.
    i wish i used my f/w unibrow more.
     
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    worsey, Feb 5, 2015

  5. Feb 5, 2015 #3
    Scobeyville

    Scobeyville Well-Known Member

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    May 11, 2009
    6'2 rocket fish
     
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  6. Feb 5, 2015 #4
    cepriano

    cepriano Well-Known Member

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    Apr 20, 2012
    pyzel
     
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  7. Feb 5, 2015 #5
    surfin

    surfin Well-Known Member

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    Jul 22, 2012
    go for something different , the tow by pyzel . Foot strap inserts , quad fin, maybe ask for 5 fin as the custom , could be a fun board just to have .
     
    surfin, Feb 5, 2015
    surfin, Feb 5, 2015
  8. Feb 5, 2015 #6
    EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    6,319
    Apr 16, 2013
    Read the tread title quick and thought it was bouts next year's Halloween costume. Superhero characters via body paint always win the prize.

    I like dis tread topic as well and am looking forward to the responses. A custom is in my plans at some point soon. I sure as hell have had enough sticks to see what I like and don't.

    Looking forward to LBCrew and the other shaping savants cats to chime in on things like foil and rocker and concave bottoms that I need to learn more about.
     
    EmassSpicoli, Feb 5, 2015
    EmassSpicoli, Feb 5, 2015
  9. Feb 6, 2015 #7
    Big Wet Monster

    Big Wet Monster Well-Known Member

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    Feb 4, 2010
    hahah, nice. Costumes are prob more exciting than some dude's custom. Agreed.

    Anyone ride a pyzalien or any pyzel board? heard the glass is better than lost?


     
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
  10. Feb 6, 2015 #8
    santiago58

    santiago58 Well-Known Member

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    Feb 5, 2011
    Ride what John John rides!
     
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  11. Feb 6, 2015 #9
    Mattyb

    Mattyb Well-Known Member

    343
    Apr 2, 2013
    Thats awesome you won a custom? Noice. I've been eyeing a 5-8 dhd pocket knife for a bit. My buddy made me a custom based off the ci weirdo ripper with a regular wide squash tail opposed to the ci cuts. Check out the lost v3 rocket. It looks like a good mix of a domesticated all around board and a hpsb. Thats my next custom copy. Man im jealous of you. Congrats
     
    Mattyb, Feb 6, 2015
    Mattyb, Feb 6, 2015
  12. Feb 6, 2015 #10
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    Jun 22, 2009
    I also thought it was for a Halloween costume. I dressed up as Lil' Jon one year, worked great!

    The pyzel rip off looks fun
     
    Zeroevol, Feb 6, 2015
    Zeroevol, Feb 6, 2015
  13. Feb 6, 2015 #11
    Big Wet Monster

    Big Wet Monster Well-Known Member

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    Feb 4, 2010
    Thanks... V3 looks pretty fun and I am a hybrid guy. Watching a ton of fantasy surfer paid off this year. ended up in top 1% of players.

     
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
  14. Feb 6, 2015 #12
    Big Wet Monster

    Big Wet Monster Well-Known Member

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    Feb 4, 2010
    Thinking of the rip off... I guess he's ripping off a rocket by the looks of it? the only thing that I don't like is the super flat rocker on that

     
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
  15. Feb 6, 2015 #13
    Mattyb

    Mattyb Well-Known Member

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    Apr 2, 2013
    Yeah. I don't make enough dough as a writer to spend 6-7 bills on the real thing. Plus I get to design the look and the guys at essence surf NJ make great boards. If I was able id get customs and the real ones.
     
    Mattyb, Feb 6, 2015
    Mattyb, Feb 6, 2015
  16. Feb 6, 2015 #14
    surfsolo

    surfsolo Well-Known Member

    809
    Apr 1, 2009
    Neither: give the board to me and buy a Coil. Problem Solved.
     
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  17. Feb 6, 2015 #15
    stinkbug

    stinkbug Well-Known Member

    746
    Dec 21, 2010
    This is what you want:
    http://www.realwatersports.com/surfing/surfboards/lost/layzboy

    Bean Bag is super low end spectrum of waves.
    But honestly you don't need a custom Lazyboy..they are so easy to surf standard dimensions off the rack is fine.
     
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  18. Feb 6, 2015 #16
    waterbaby

    waterbaby Well-Known Member

    1,461
    Oct 1, 2012
    if I already had a small-med wave board (pocket knife) and a step-up, I might even out the quiver with a longboard of some sort.

    Depending on what condition your current boards are, another option may be to replace one of them and sell the old board.

    New Puddle Jumper looks nice and will probably turn better than the pocket knife.
     
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  19. Feb 6, 2015 #17
    Big Wet Monster

    Big Wet Monster Well-Known Member

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    Feb 4, 2010
    thanks. Im actually not thinking much of the bean bag anymore. Just looked like a simmons which I have been after for a while. will study up on the lazytoy

     
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
  20. Feb 6, 2015 #18
    Big Wet Monster

    Big Wet Monster Well-Known Member

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    Feb 4, 2010
    Thanks. This is something I have been thinking about. sort of angling towards the V3 rocket now which would overlap my dhd but has some flip in the tail... seems like I could take it out in bigger surf

     
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
    Big Wet Monster, Feb 6, 2015
  21. Feb 6, 2015 #19
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    Jun 22, 2009
    So, how did you win it?
     
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    Zeroevol, Feb 6, 2015
  22. Feb 6, 2015 #20
    surfsolo

    surfsolo Well-Known Member

    809
    Apr 1, 2009
    hoty
     
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