Posted this on the erbb forum, but I have a feeling already I’ll get more serious answers here…
Been scratching my head over this since I booked my flight to Ecuador.
I’m used to making road trips to mexico, and being able to pack 4-5 boards to cover all conditions and moods. I’ll be flying continental, and their fee only covers two boards in a bag. More than that and they bend you over the check-in counter and stick it to you without even a reach-around.
I’ll be sticking to the mainland, no galapagos trip unfortunately, and the waves are reputed to get no bigger than 8-10" on the mainland…
I have it narrowed down to three, of which I have to pick two, but that’s where I get stuck.
The ones I’m considering are, counting from the right, numbers 1, 3 and 4.
The first one is my most “high performance” board. It has the rotating thruster fin setup, and is insanely fast and snappy. It definitely can be surfed beyond my own abilities. I only have a half-dozen sessions in on it, and have a lot of dialing-in to do on it yet, but it has so much potential. Would like to take it, but also don’t want to miss the space for something more dialed-in or needed.
The third from the right is my 6’10 pintail bonzer. Least-ridden of the bunch, but felt very solid and natural in the couple of heavy head-high waves that I’ve had it on in Mexico. Don’t know what the size limits are, as I never pushed it. Would like to take it, but don’t want to lose the space in the boardbag if I never get into any waves that really call for something that needs to hold more than anything else.
Fourth from the right is my ever-faithful fish, my personal mind-machine. Completely instinctive, never a bad session. Good from knee to solid overhead. Would like to take it, but what if I really need that pintail, or what if I really need to take advantage of some nice points to get the thruster dialed in?
So, you see my dilemma.
Which boards would you take?