Hi all,
Im looking for another alternative than my longboard, something probably 7’6 -8’. Something that moves like a shortboard and floats like a longboard… Im not a fan of hard to paddle/low wave count short boards. I was thinking a Infinity secret weapon which is 22.5 wide and a whoping 3.75 thick or a Greek shorty which at 7’6 is 24" wide and about 3 3/8 thick. Anyone have any experience with one of these? or any suggestions? thanks
easy —go to your local shaper. tell him what you want and think you need and LISTEN TO HIM! then wait, go pick up board and go have fun!
personally I ride an 8’ egg with bonzer bottom and five 101 fins glassed on. great ride from my local shaper B Wynn of NJ
No walrus, we have to help these guys move their molded crapola ;) They've got warehouses full of them they need to get rid of...
Bonzer egg, is that an Australian Breakfast?
So Mike, Molded caploa; is that a cheap bad breast implant from china or a really bad board from China?
found a 7’6 x 22 5/8 x 3 1/4 KG orca quad fish for a great price that i think im gonna give a go. has the float that i want and i hear good things about quads
I think you should be less worried about length and float and more worried about what you’re trying to accomplish on a wave. There’s a lot more to surfing than wave count.
BTW, a KG orca quad could be a good board for you if you’re willing/able to adapt to the way it surfs, but that’s the thing - you probably will have to adapt.
Try a “Whopper fish”…7’6" x 23" x nice and thick
Now that is cool.
Your boards always look fun!
Once more Ace show us a Jem. If I were still in San Diego An Ace would be in my quiver.
Im heading to Ecuador for a couple months if that is closer
If you are driving we might be able to meet up in Costa Rica.
Taken the big bird
are you surfing anywhere that requires you to duck dive in the slightest, or do you weigh 275#…? Cause you’re talking about a huge amount of volume floation with either shape…
I weigh 185, and one of my favorites in the quiver is an 8’0 x 17.5 x 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 3 single to double squash tail mini-mal w/ tapered foil that paddles and catches waves like a longboard, I can reasonably duck dive, and more important, is a blast to surf…
I currently ride a 9’6 Pig that Terry Martin shaped me recently also a 9’6 walden magic model for a bit more performance when there’s a bit more action in the surf. having these 2 being my quiver i like/and am used to float, im just looking for a 7’-8 single fin or something a bit more shortboardish, i weigh 190lbs,
Check Mair Surfboards, or the threads here that have Robin Mair in them. Robin is making a egg shape that looks really nice. There’s a thread on Sways that has photos of one he made. His Swaylocks name is hand-shaper.
Robin’s boards are quads, but I really think it would be worth checking out. I ride a lot of 8’ single fin eggs I’ve made for myself, but I’m going to be trying Robin’s quad fin setup on some of my boards.
I looked at the Infinity, but it was way too much volume. Something about 21 to 22" wide and about 3" thick would be plenty big. You could go a little thicker and then taper off the deck to get to really nice thin rails.