What do you do when a board just isn't working out for ya after a good while?

Sorry to plug a local business in here y'all, but Boardgrab will sell your board for you without commission. Just a suggestion, but find a board that you're always itchin to get out on, its not worth settling for a board you don't love. It might take a couple new additions to your quiver but it will be well worth it in the end. Good luck

 

I hated the only longboard I ever had. I've always been a shortboarder and the longboard was just so clunky and unresponsive in comparison...just trying to spin the thing around to catch a wave was a chore. I've found I can get used to just about any shortboard (hpsb, fish, mini sim, etc), as long as it isn't too under-volumed...but the longboard had to go (took a while to find a buyer, but they didn't try to low-ball me and it worked out fine).

Right now, I feel like I'd rather not surf in the conditions that would absolutely require a longboard (like in the gulf). Maybe I'd change my mind if I rode it enough to get acclimated...but why would I want to do that?

 

I went through the same thing years ago. I picked up a lb for cheap because they couldn't sell it . The thing sat on the wall for years I was like I'm never gonna ride that thing. Now I ride it alot I think you should keep it .just give it some time. It's just a different feel more like Cadillac vs a sports car. You get more time in the water. I ride my ripple rider up to waist.

 

methinks you already know the answer.

Flip it or ride it duh.

What other options are there?

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

I've only had one board that I just didn't dig. Not worth wasting time. IMHO.

 

This. 100%. Be thankful that longboards very easy to sell...you have something you dont want or need that is in demand. My issue is boards I no longer need or want that are these crazy alternative shapes that nobody in their right mind would be willing to gamble any kind of money on.

 

I tend to agree with Mitchell and Live4 on this...especially with your apartment/car set up and you don't like it.

But.......I have been a "shortboarder" since day one and don't ever want to let that psyche go and I own an 8' and 9"6'.

Last week we had some little SE groundswell days and I had an absolute blast on both in thigh high glassy little zippers down the beach.

Some guys only want to SB and that's fine but if you are stuck waiting for a rideable wave on the EC in the summertime, it's nice to have around IMO.

 

Sell it.

It's not a longboard unless it's at least 3' taller than you.

You might not want a longboard now, but chances are one day you'll want one. Worry about that then.

 

A longboard is 9' +, and single-fin, period. I'm sorry, I know I sound like a doosher. Longboard surfing is not shortboard surfing. Two different things. The guys who shortboard on taterchip thruster longboard-like surf craft are talented, but it looks dumb. Longboarding is using the power of the wave to keep you in the pocket. A properly ridden quality wave on a single-fin longboard is the smoothest thing ever. I love my longboards, and I love my shortboards. I longboard because I'm getting ready to be old and crippled one day. That's my excuse.

 

Raffle it on swell info!!!

 

The day after I sell a board (almost always for a lot less than I paid for it), the perfect conditions for it come through. For the good of those around me, I only sell small wave boards.

 

I longboard for noseriding. That's about it. If it wasn't for noseriding, I'd probably have no interest in logs.

Although a clean, smooth trim line through a tube section is pretty awesome...

 

Ripping is a loose term, your idea of ripping may be different that another. There is a style to LB'ing just like there is a style to HPSB'ing.

 

stylee

 

Jes, stylee

 

I still suggest letting it go now...esp. due to the fact its a hplb. In the summer most people are looking for boards to learn on, etc....especially LB's. Sell it now..the market is right...by Sept. the amount of people with interest will drop significantly until next spring/early summer.

Good luck either way...

 

Keep the board scrape up cash for another board every board I've sold I regretted later.

 

Sell or trade it and look for another one. It's all part of the journey, isn't ?