guilt

anyone else ever feel guilty about having more than one board? sometimes i wish i only had one board anr really got it dialed instead of a number for all types of conditions…almost feel glutenous. i think back in the 60s people would have 1 (like Sam for Nat Young) and ride it till it was dead

anyone else ever feel guilty about having more than one board? sometimes i > wish i only had one board anr really got it dialed instead of a number for > all types of conditions…almost feel glutenous. i think back in the 60s > people would have 1 (like Sam for Nat Young) and ride it till it was dead I think lots of experienced surfers with quivers tend to gravitate toward one board, regardless of the conditions. That one board is versatile, and being familiar with the board enables a surfer to ride it better regardless of wave form. I keep taking my favorite board and another board, selected for surf conditions, for a surf. Whatever the condition, I try the other board until I can’t stand it any more, then pull out my favorite board and rip.

anyone else ever feel guilty about having more than one board? sometimes i > wish i only had one board anr really got it dialed instead of a number for > all types of conditions…almost feel glutenous. i think back in the 60s > people would have 1 (like Sam for Nat Young) and ride it till it was dead What guilt? During about 13 or 14 memorable years of my life, I had all kinds boards (and tools and building materials) overflowing my apartment, stuffed into my parents garage and attic, hacked, stacked and racked in additional storage space, filling up the empty corners in my employers shop and crammed all over inside my vehicle… Guilt? no… feeling hunted, YES. Their ultimate goal is to take over your life.

Just last week my garage had to be redone. I have to store my 40+ board collection in the house, its not a very big house.Guilt yes ,but my wife is truly a saint for the last 25 years she and my 2 kids have put up with my LOve of surfboards and surfing.I am very lucky.

Out of your 40+ boards, how many have been in the water in the past year?

anyone else ever feel guilty about having more than one board? sometimes i > wish i only had one board anr really got it dialed instead of a number for > all types of conditions…almost feel glutenous. i think back in the 60s > people would have 1 (like Sam for Nat Young) and ride it till it was dead I don’t know if I’d call it guilt…but on occasion I’ve felt burdened by …maybe a better word is paralyzed by choice. Take a longboard to find shortboard conditions and vice versa. Take 'em all and load them and unlaod them. Take a longboard in a car I can’t lock it in, only to find a firing beachbreak section only worth going out on a paipo/bodyboard/prone vehicle, and know I have to babysit the board or risk loss. Whereas when you just have one board, all you have to do is grab it and go. Freedom.

Just last week my garage had to be redone. I have to store my 40+ board > collection in the house, its not a very big house.Guilt yes ,but my wife > is truly a saint for the last 25 years she and my 2 kids have put up with > my LOve of surfboards and surfing.I am very lucky. yeah right KP.The only reason you feel guilty about all those bitchin’ boards,mats,magazines,fins etc. is because you got ‘em all for nuthin’- A guy drops of a board for you to fix then never returns, or they move and want to unload stuff on you, or even worse.eg, when was the last time you paid for a new board???How do you do it???guil-guilt-guilty as charged!!! ps:I got a spoon I will sell you for $3,000.00

Hey Goofy ,I am to , I try to ride all at least one or two times a year. Matt Miller also dips into my Quiver they always come back with Dings.Hey Matt can I Ride that new Spoon?

I don’t know if I’d call it guilt…but on occasion I’ve felt burdened by > …maybe a better word is paralyzed by choice. Take a longboard to find > shortboard conditions and vice versa. Take 'em all and load them and > unlaod them. Take a longboard in a car I can’t lock it in, only to find a > firing beachbreak section only worth going out on a paipo/bodyboard/prone > vehicle, and know I have to babysit the board or risk loss.>>> Whereas when you just have one board, all you have to do is grab it and > go. Freedom. therein lies the niche for the “funboard” egg, stubbie or whatever you like to call 'em.a 7-4 or 7-6 funboard should just about cover all conditions, fromknee high to well overhead.But if you are like me, then you end up witha s–t load of 'em and you are right back at square one: “well, the 7-0 works good in this, but the 7-8 might be better to take, but if the conditions are on the 7-0 would be best"So what happens? I end up haulin” 3 or four boards around hopingI have got the basescovered -aagghhh!!!

Matt and I in the winter go in on certin days and rip off each others boards on a regular basis. Its all in good fun . Tom Mobly is also cool about letting us use some great boards.

therein lies the niche for the “funboard” egg, stubbie or > whatever you like to call 'em.a 7-4 or 7-6 funboard should just about > cover all conditions, fromknee high to well overhead.But if you are like > me, then you end up witha s–t load of 'em and you are right back at > square one: “well, the 7-0 works good in this, but the 7-8 might be > better to take, but if the conditions are on the 7-0 would be best"So > what happens? I end up haulin” 3 or four boards around hopingI have > got the basescovered -aagghhh!!! :wink: Just about exactly! Or this: I had David Pu’u shape me a 7’10" hybrid back in 1995 to allieviate this situation. Then everybody and their monkey went longboarding, often at the same time ;-), making it necesary to think quiver again to try to slide around the crowds. And since this recent egg explosion there is more choice than ever, and whenever I kind of zero in on a direction something else will come along (these days getting horni for single fin weight forward trim sensations for instance). Or this: money when you need it. Perhaps the greatest surfer balancing act… Nels

i agree with you all. some days i load my van with 4 board and take each one out. it is fun. but my life would be simpler with just one. in thinking this through, and reading everyones posts i have come to realize that perhaps my guilt is not in owning all of these boards, but rather in not doing them all justice and riding them all enough. a fryed fish really takes some getting used to, you haveto ride it an awful lot to get it wired and it is way different that a longboard…but on a really nice chest high day do you want to take that tried and true longboard out and catch a bunch right off the bat or know you are going to feel uncomfortable for awhile while getting used to that ole fryed fish? matt miller prob has the right idea about just riding the midlengths. i kinda wish all i had was my liddle, but then i would feel so guilty if i wasn’t riding my longboard on those fun waist high peelers. decisions decisions.

Hey Nels I do have a couple of go to boards that cover a lot of bases.My favorite is 8’4’semi stubbie gun. It works from 2’to 10’ .I’ve stood in my garage for hours trying to figure out the right board for the next day.

Hey Nels I do have a couple of go to boards that cover a lot of bases.My > favorite is 8’4’semi stubbie gun. It works from 2’to 10’ .I’ve stood in my > garage for hours trying to figure out the right board for the next day. In order to address the “which board do I surf/take today” issue, perhaps George,Paul, Dale et.al. have the best overall solution: the surfmat!I know to some that may sound a little odd, but if you have ever seen one of these guys riding one you just might become a believer.

Tim…it’s almost equally guilty having ONE particular board that you LOVE ABOVE ALL! Like a harum of ladies, I wonder if all the other boards in the quiver become jealous?! I have a way for you to lose some of your guilt, though…take a trip to some rural place where there are hardly any surfboards…befriend some people; teach them to surf…then GIVE them a board or two. That solves the return shipping, plus you’ve increased your good karma. I make this a practice, nowadays, as I can always make a stick for myself…what I want at the moment. To me, it’s just as fun to swap boards for the day and get perspective. One longboard; two varying sized shortboards; and a big wave pin have been my “active” boards. If I don’t like the ride (and I give 'em plenty of time) - they become gifts. I always have a back-up board, but just the stoke of going to surf makes me satisfied. I find that the places I’ve lived…the better the waves…the LESS boards I have (ironically) - settling on four favorites (along with the {included} SINGLE favorite). I’ve only got about twelve boards, right now - (kept for sentimental reasons), but I, too, have had many “wives” at one time! (I have friends with more boards “of mine”, than me! go figure, eh?!). Which leads me to my “pau hana” question for you all…which I will post above as a new entry…Tom (Brigham Young{but no Donny Osmond) V.

Tim…it’s almost equally guilty having ONE particular board that you LOVE > ABOVE ALL! Like a harum of ladies, I wonder if all the other boards in the > quiver become jealous?! I have a way for you to lose some of your guilt, > though…take a trip to some rural place where there are hardly any > surfboards…befriend some people; teach them to surf…then GIVE them a > board or two. That solves the return shipping, plus you’ve increased your > good karma. I make this a practice, nowadays, as I can always make a stick > for myself…what I want at the moment. To me, it’s just as fun to swap > boards for the day and get perspective. One longboard; two varying sized > shortboards; and a big wave pin have been my “active” boards. If > I don’t like the ride (and I give 'em plenty of time) - they become gifts. > I always have a back-up board, but just the stoke of going to surf makes > me satisfied. I find that the places I’ve lived…the better the > waves…the LESS boards I have (ironically) - settling on four favorites > (along with the {included} SINGLE favorite). I’ve only got about twelve > boards, right now - (kept for sentimental reasons), but I, too, have had > many “wives” at one time! (I have friends with more boards > “of mine”, than me! go figure, eh?!). Which leads me to my > “pau hana” question for you all…which I will post above as a > new entry…Tom (Brigham Young{but no Donny Osmond) V. Brigham V., You`re absolutely right, surfboards can actually be used as a generous form of win-win “currency” for traveling surfers prior to leaving other countries… the surfmats that I make sure are! Dale

Don’t you hear them calling your name when you go out to pick one off the rack? Take me, no me…remember how good I was to you. It seems that the older I get the less interested in collecting stuff I am. With boards it has been even more so for me. I truly own no more than 3 boards at a time lately. I have a barn full of them though, repairs, restoration projects and others that are in transit. Lots to choose from, but it’s getting to where I almost don’t have to own one any more. My “spawn” are surrounding me through my friends and travel mates, lately I’m getting to surf some of my own shapes. It is fun to ride what is at hand no matter what it is. I rode a 7’0" Sunset wing swallow single fin last week and just couldn’t get enough of it. One of my most enjoyable “surf trips” wasn’t one at all. I went to Costa Rica to help my dad get settled on piece of land. We travelled light, one bag and a boogie board to leave behind in trade. Ended up riding that for a day, to the point of trying to stand on it. Some guy who was at the cantina graciously gave me access to any of his boards for the remainder of the trip. One of my more memorable surf trips to date. Hmmm,wonder why other trips were so overburdened with trying to take all I could squeeze into a coffin bag. I like the idea of taking one and leaving one. I think airline surf travel is probably going to change in any case with all that is going on in the world today, travelling light is going to be the norm. TS>>> Tim…it’s almost equally guilty having ONE particular board that you LOVE > ABOVE ALL! Like a harum of ladies, I wonder if all the other boards in the > quiver become jealous?! I have a way for you to lose some of your guilt, > though…take a trip to some rural place where there are hardly any > surfboards…befriend some people; teach them to surf…then GIVE them a > board or two. That solves the return shipping, plus you’ve increased your > good karma. I make this a practice, nowadays, as I can always make a stick > for myself…what I want at the moment. To me, it’s just as fun to swap > boards for the day and get perspective. One longboard; two varying sized > shortboards; and a big wave pin have been my “active” boards. If > I don’t like the ride (and I give 'em plenty of time) - they become gifts. > I always have a back-up board, but just the stoke of going to surf makes > me satisfied. I find that the places I’ve lived…the better the > waves…the LESS boards I have (ironically) - settling on four favorites > (along with the {included} SINGLE favorite). I’ve only got about twelve > boards, right now - (kept for sentimental reasons), but I, too, have had > many “wives” at one time! (I have friends with more boards > “of mine”, than me! go figure, eh?!). Which leads me to my > “pau hana” question for you all…which I will post above as a > new entry…Tom (Brigham Young{but no Donny Osmond) V.