Board for RTW trip

Hi there,

I’m planning a round the world trip for October and would like to build a board to take with me as well as my existing longboard. I will be going to Sri Lanka, Oz, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands and possibly the US and Costa Rica.

I would appreciate any input from anybody who lives where I’ll be going or has surfed there before. I usually ride a 6’3"x18.5x2.25" shortboard, but to be honest I think I’m getting a bit too heavy for it!

I was thinking of maybe something around 6’6",but what do you guys think. It needs to be a bit of an all rounder like Andrew Flintoff!!

I’m not planning on surfing anything too big, so I don’t think I’ll be needing a gun!

Any advice or input would be helpful,

Thanks,

Gareth