The Pefect Board or The Perfect Wave

General Discussion
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I was watching Endless Summer (for the 100th time) and I was thinking... The boards they rode were all the same so they went looking for the perfect wave for that board. Well, we have every board imaginable avalible at our finger tips so is it now a search for the perfect board not wave? Can you just go to any wave look at it and go buy/make/borrow a board that fits the wave not find the wave for that one board you happen to have? 

 

Do you think this is true or are we still searching for the perfect wave?

 

After all that thinking I have decided that the right board for my small mushy wind swell waves is a nice long noserieder. (1-2 foot wave with no face) 

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The wave.

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I think the surf-media focus on long, perfect point break waves has shifted a bit with the new guard of pros and their mind-boggling aerial maneuvers.  This was mentioned in one of the surf journals recently (I can't remember which one!), where a pro was saying with aerial stunts, a four-foot closeout might be the perfect wave, if its good for launching airs.

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The wave. With the perfect one, you can surf anything, even a piece of plywood:

 

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The Media does seem to promote aerial moves. Along with " Slabs"  I read somewhere that  in the last couple of years more surfers then ever are suffering life altering debilitating injuries.b  Might have to start designing wet suits with body armor built into the suit.  Mountain Bikers,Skier, Snowboarders  that are riding some rather interesting terrain are wearing body armor. 

If surfers keep pushing the limits as to what is surfable a surf body armor might not bea bad idea. 

 It's hard to walk away from a spinalcore injury.

For me I'm happy with a 3 to 6 foot reef or point. maybe a well defined sandbar.  The days of pushing over the ledge of 10 foot ledge are long behind me.  Playing on a 4 foot face suits me fine. Now to get that perfect board to play on those waves is  current my quest

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"The wave. With the perfect one, you can surf anything, even a piece of plywood"

 

Absolutely!

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it’s AND not OR.

what I really want is the perfect wave, while riding the perfect board for that wave…

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…if you have the perfect wave and board, you need the “perfect” training if not you ll see the fun from the shore (or boat)…

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Ok so it seems that the majority here are old school style with old school ideals. I feel better 'cus I am the same way i guess.

keithmelville you cant always have it all lol.

 So my next question for you  is, that do you think the perfect wave is? (much like how artz wrote about his wave) And your perfect board for that wave or any wave? 

 

I don’t think I have surfed enough to say what I think is perfect on either end.

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nah, what I usually shoot for is a good board for a good wave.  But if you COULD combine the perfect wave and the perfect board… I think maybe you’d want to quit surfing afterward.

“perfect wave” depends a lot on the surfer in question… each to his (or her) own, I’m sure.