The 'Panacea'....

General Discussion
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I am aware that we exist in a world full of compromises and benefits, but I'm wondering if I can actually kill two birds with one stone here....

I need a board for solid, open water big surf - shifty beachbreak in the DOH range (Widowmaker style board in the 7ft region would do the trick for me) but my wife also needs a board that will trim nicely in little peelers and turn from the middle with out too much effort. A 7'2" singlefin egg would be fit for purpose here, probably.

Anyone managed to strike a balance between small wave trim and hold/drive in steeper, bigger surf?  A modified speed egg type board?  A fuller template, widepoint forward glidey kinda thing with the right rail/bottom shape/ rocker to both hold in steep faces and also have a nice flow in waisthigh peelers?

Christenson's 'Osprey' (formerly 'Lunchbox') model, seems to have the sort of outline I envisage for this Jekyll-and-Hyde type endeavour:

 

But, I was thinking of a 10in box with some Lokbox side boxes to offer up a bit of versatility....

Any thoughts much appreciated (I'm particularly interested in rail details - I'm guessing low, but boxy, with an edge reasonably far up maybe?)

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I’ve been riding this 7’6" X 22" X 3" made by Feral Dave (Diverse surfboards).

It’s called the GM.

Has many of the attributes you’re describing, re wide point forward, glide into waves and can handle the big stuff as well as the small.

Though the rails are not boxy at all.

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I ride this mostly on my local points but have ridden it when its small on the beachbreaks for some cruising fun too.

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Good to see a pic of some of dave’s stuff.

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Looks great, Cuttle

That's the kind of thing I was thinking about, maybe just scaled down a hair all-round

How does it go in bigger beachbreak stuff?

Dave makes some great boards, had a nice shortboard back in 1998 when I was over in Oz

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fletcher chouinard (formerly Point Blanks) munoz 5fin or mako, the original all purpose

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http://www.fcdsurfboards.com/2007/12/mickey-muoz.html#

 

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http://www.fcdsurfboards.com/2007/12/mako.html#