have i gone too small

General Discussion
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I have just bought a new TL2 5’11 stretch f4 shortboard and ridden a
few times in small waves of semi fat to semi bowly up to headhigh but
mostly weak stuff the odd bowl.

Im 65kg and 5’10 used to riding
fish,mini mals, and flatter longer shortboards in anything to dribbly
waves to grinding tubes…but was lacking standard shortboards in my
quiver.

I bought this board as i want to get more into
throwing the board around re entries aswell as more into shortboards in
hollow waves…and that sort of thing as ive been riding fish for a long
time…the odd bigger shortboard.

Im starting to worry i went too small.

I
could paddle ok, as im paddle fit but it was hard to get waves and on
cutbacks or re entries into a slightly fat wall i would just dig deep
slow down even though my other boards would cruise through. some waves
were even whitewashing and i couldnt catch them-

The board when im sitting on it floats me so im just up to- in water- below my arm pits a bit kinda around my pecs area.

At
first i thought the 5’11 would be TOO bouyant - reading reveiws with
people around 80 kgs riding the 5’11 TL1 version,…I later realised
the TL2 shape is NARROWER by half an inch, thinner by 1/4? and also
possibley --the new TL2 tech might not float as much as the TL1 tech.

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Sorry for the triple thread post but i cant delete…

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TL2 shape is NARROWER by half an inch, thinner by 1/4? and also possibley --the new TL2 tech might not float as much as the TL1 tech.

65kg or 143.3 pounds and your 5’11. For a fit surfer the TL2 would be perfect and very progressive. Give is some more time and your surfing will improve. I’m all for custom made boards however Stretch’s boards are some of the best designs currently available in a SurfTech. T. Patterson’s too.

I would think the board would be about 25 liters?

I don’t know how long you have been surfing? However is seems like you choose the right board for your body size? At this point is it the arrow or the indian? Don’t give up on it and try it in some better surf.

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Odds are you just need to use it on the right days with the right waves and figure it out. You might need to learn to surf that board differently from your others before you can make it work in the more common waves. Play with the fins if you can, too, the right fin tweak might really change things for you. I recently had an epic revelation with my quad, it’s a whole new bright wonderful world now!

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you can ride anything you really want to ride.

god said that to the kid on the beach under the pier.

the waves were good and none of the kkool guys would let him use

their good Good GOOD boards…

what makes a man want to ride a board?

seeing the big monkey get air?

{monkey see, monkey wanna do}

Stretch our imagination

or promote and box it in tailand and ship

world wide as a baseline formula

for personal comparative analysis.

I weigh 57 stone

am three and a halph hands high

wear a bicycle supporter in ripstop

spinnaker nylon ,drive a steudabaker '51

coupe and validate myself with cocoa puffs.

Valhallah is just arround the bend

your board is perfect when you really

get with it ,in the aastute words of

the sly stone of KDIA circa 1965

do it Do It DO IT TO DEATH

ride that board till your whole self

is one with the stark cold limits

of the board what ever it is

and then and only then will it be right.

unfortunately … until it is wrong

thereupon you will need to get a real board…

what ever that is, may be a 12’ er of a variety of widths

or an alaia at 3/8’’ thick of a variety of lengths…

you are in a growth phase

choose the box of cocoa puffs

or roast some whole rye and smell

the unique aroma of fading originality in the 21st century.

…ambrose…

the surftech catalogue

of shapes is ore than extensive

enough to satisfy the imagination of the

adverage global concious surfing conformist.

Nice board,I have the same one only its blue.

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Ambrose I dig this one to the max! Well said. Smell the unique aroma of fading 21st century originality?! nice.

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Thanks…sorry again dont know if you noticed i posted this thread twice as my computers playing tricks…

Ambrose always good to read your posts.

I posted this in the other one but the reason i bought this was as i wanted to get more into shortboards as i think they are more suitable for the waves i prefer in indo and back here, aswell as i cant surf fish very well backhand. (for some things like highlines and finding speed or tuberiding)

Quads really work well for me backhand and forehand in all sorts of waves so i hope my relationship with the stretch turns out well.Was just a bit boggy and slow in small weak waves… but with some juice, style adjustments and lighter footed turns it will probably go well.

cheers