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IS this board too thin?
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:26 amby stuzzy07
I'm just bought a dan taylor surfboard..the demensions are 5'11x 18'' x 2''. I'm about 5'6 and weigh about 125 pounds. I also live in south florida, where the waves tend to be a bit mushy. I was just wondering if the board was maybe too thin to catch waves on. I thought it was thicker before i bought it.
Thanks for your help.
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:14 pmby stuzzy07
Any help would be useful as there is someone who wants to buy the board, but i don't know whether to keep it or sell it.
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:10 pmby Driftingalong
Depends on your skill level.
The fact that you're asking suggests that is probably too short, too narrow and too thin.
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:17 pmby surferdude_scarborough
yes
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:58 amby ANZAC
Need more foam in mush mate....
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Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:53 pmby hiimbong
wow.. that's a potato chip.
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:37 pmby stuzzy07
Thanks for the help guys...went out yesterday finally got some decent surf. 5 to 6 foot choppy but the board had no trouble catching anything.
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:58 pmby niallhills
thats good, its personal opinion, personally id find it too thin but if it works for you then good.
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:44 pmby The Fafanator
For the lentgh it sounds too thin, and I don't think it will work well on anything under 5 foot.
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:52 pmby Sillysausage
sounds like a difficult board to ride! especially in smaller waves. however you are small so might be possible but doesn't sound promissing
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:48 amby The Fafanator
Keep it but get a bigger board to, build a quiver.
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:26 pmby surferdude_scarborough
The Fafanator wrote:For the lentgh it sounds too thin, and I don't think it will work well on anything under 5 foot.
i think you may be wrong here. the board in question sounds about the same dimentions as my 5'11 which i use in smaller waves from about 2-5ft wont work in anything bigger as there just isnt enough volume to paddle in to bigger waves. its loads of fun in smaller ones though.
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Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:49 pmby stuzzy07
thanks for the help guys....i've been surfing it for a couple months now and it works in everything from 2ft. and the biggest i've surfed it in has been 7ft. So it's a pretty good board, a little harder to paddle when it's smaller though.
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Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:14 amby billie_morini
Stuzzy: "...the board had no trouble catching anything."
Billie: "Board sounds good. What about you?"
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:48 pmby the.ronin
I don't think it's the size of the wave height-wise but how fast it is. My 6.0 custom is about that wide and thick. I was a dumb kid and wanted a "cool" looking board when I got it. It slices through fast beach breaks but on mushy pointbreaks, I am pumping like a Mexican jumping bean on that thing just to make it out of the section. Sometimes I even have to go from standing to lying back down on the board, paddle through, and get back up again to make it out.
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Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:11 pmby sebastiansurfer
hmm.if the nose and tail are rather narrow too than thats just plain odd.whenever i go to my local beach and see kids with boards round those diminsions and size,they're more pissed than a little white kid who didnt get the right toy.its hilarious.but thats great it works for you!
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