It’s time for me to get a new surf board. I have been surfing for alm ost two years on the gulf coast of Florida.(which isn’t a lot here) I have been riding a 7’10" minilongboard thruster, my friends 7’ egg singlefin, and a 6’3" beater shortboard. I am competent on the minilongboard and egg, but I want to progress to something smaller that isn’t hard to catch waves and ride like my shortboard. I can ride the shortboard on certain days, but I cant perform with it or anything serious. I am going with a local shaper in Florida, but I just want to get a few more opinions. I’m going to be surfing in South Florida because I will be attending Florida Atlantic University in the fall. I think I want something like a 6’8" funshape. What can I do to a 6’8" board to make it good for wave catching, good for riding small waves, and good for performing and progressing when I get there.(rail shape, bottom shape, nose shape, tail shape, etc.) I weigh 145 lbs and am 5’9".
Thanks ahead to anyone who helps me out. It will be greatly appreciated.
low rail…full, round nose. probably something more eggy than a full on fun-shape. something you can ride as a singlefin, and then slap on some sidebites for those 3 or 4 days a year that it’s worth it.
i’m also 5’9"/145…and i live 5 minutes away from FAU…been here my whole life, and been surfing here for most of it.
made a board for a buddy awhile back, and recently redesigned the shape and will be making the sequel for myself. it’s a 6’6"…well…i’m not really sure how to describe it. basically, it’s a longboard shape smushed down to 6’6". a short longboard. a shlong board. anyhow, the guy i did the original for really digs it, and i’m pretty stoked on what i sketched up for the sequel. now just gotta make fact from fiction (as soon as i get through exams…blech).
I started out on LB’s and had tried a couple of shortboards in the 6’1" to the 7’0" range and bought and sold boards until I met Steve Forstall (Coda Surfboards). He shaped me this 6’10" quad and in anything above waist high with a little Juice it catches waves like a champ turns on a dime and accelerates, this board has helped me progress so much I can’t say enough good things about it. Last Dec I had him shape me a 6’2" Fish and it catches waves even better than the 6’10", at least in the smaller less powerful waves we get on the GC.
Here is a pic of the 6’10" and the 6’2" both are EPS/Epoxy and are extremely durable boards.
