Would you take a brand new board out in absolute crap waves?
Yes. You always learn something.
Yeah, but your subsequent go-outs in better stuff will be much more constructive sorta–I know this from recent experience on my shapes. I’m really stoked now, where for a while there I was really thinking I’d missed the mark badly–I tried for a real mush-buster that would pick em up at knee-high, and skate and trim through flats to the re-form and glide from forward and pivot and carve from the tail. Come to find out, I kinda hit it. The no-paddle takeoffs were a really nice bonus.
The sub-marginal go-out or 2 (6 sec waisty onshore) gave me bad mind-snot, where the merely marginal (7.235 second waisty onshore) were way fun and educational
Absolutely, but don’t take my word for it…
THE BEST PART OF BUILDING BOARDS IS TESTING THEM. THIS MORNING WENT TO SURF THIS WIND BLOWN KNEE HIGH WAVES TO TEST THIS SMALL WAVE BOARD. IF A BOARD WORKS IN THESE CONDITIONS YOU KNOW IT IS A GOOD BOARD.
Wade Tokoro
when you get a new board it should remind you how much fun you can have surfing crap
no not these days
nor crowded crap days
crap days are ding days
i need overhead to get one going
ya just cant judge a boards unles you get some down the line carving
…depends on the design itself…
for ex.: not a good ride if you put a Bonzer shortboard in crappy, small, fat, mushy surf
several designs are intended for other conditions
you don’t have much choice unless you want to wait 3 months or drive 2 hours…
trestles was gorgeous on Friday (drive-by)
Yes. Guilty as charged…
Seems like every time I get a new board to try out the surf is crap. Those times I try out one of my son’s boards the surf is on.
Well, I couldn’t bear to try out my new board in 1-2 onshore beach break slop, so, with a little south swell running me and a buddy made the drive to Malibu. Head high sets. First point was all longboards (and looking perfect) but I’m on a 6-0 so we went to third. It was kind of sectiony and a bit packed, so we moved to inside second (kiddie bowl). There was basically no one there. Most waves were unmakeable. But finally one really good one came my way and I was able to make it around the corner going so fast as to discourage drop ins. All the way to past the showers. The new board rips! So frickin fast. I’ll post a full ride report later on my "annual board build " thread. But I’m stoked.
Wow. First ride at Malibu second point head-high. Wow. Good on ya, J. Glad it’s good.
I “designed” my board specifically for crappy waves so it better be crappy as hell when I’m gonna try it out. Just a few more things to do.
hope you got out today. avenues looked fun mid morning. nothing great, but fun
i take a new board out in slop unless it’s designed specifically for good waves. i can’t resist. staring at a new board and wondering just eats me alive. hell, i’d take it out just to see exactly how much float it had and how it paddled even if it was dead flat.
jp