Surfing Waves

I currently own an used Flyer 6'6" (20 3/4 x 2 3/8) and a Dragonfly 7'6", honestly, I have stopped using my 7'6" completely, I just want to ride my 6'6" now. I was thinking on selling both of these and getting a Flyer II 6'6" (19 x 2 1/2), but I was concerned by the dimensions. Do you think they would make a huge difference? Do you think it would make it harder or what would it affect? I mean, I can stand up on my 6'6" and ride it, not an expert but I can stand up on it and ride it.

Any comments?

Gotta preface that I'm no pro here.

In my own barney opinion though, 1-3/4 less width is a HUGE difference. Add to that the less thickness and you are riding a completely different board. I'm thinking the narrower width will make it looser rail to rail and the less thickness will make it less bouyant so a bit more work to paddle. That is still a lot of foam though.

How are you liking the Flyer? A few of us are talking about getting one but I've heard that it can drag (slow) on faster waves compared to conventional shortboard shapes.

Well, it's my first surfboard, it feels quiet good. I can ride it, but not yet too good on turning towards the wave, most of the time I ride it a little straight. I don't know, maybe the waves are not the best right now. But I like it honestly, it feels good, I can paddle (tires me a little) and I can stand up with no problem. And I've been just surfing for a month so... I'm sure that can give you an idea.

How are more conventional boards? What's the advantage of the conventional ones?

Well the dimensions are all proportional but to give you an idea, my MX is 6'2"; 18-1/2"; 2-1/4" ... and that's probably running tall. Keep in mind too the "length of the width" so to speak. That extra 1/2 inch on the Flyer is a huge difference because it runs further along the board - wider nose and tail.

The difference is being a LOT more looser than bigger boards. Think of it as a speedboat where as longboard is a barge. You can turn on a dime.

Now whether that is an "advantage" depends on whether you can actually ride the board to its full potential

I was thinking this "conventional" boards you were talking about was shortboards but with different dimensions which are bought more often, but I guess there is no such a thing as "common" shortboards.

find a loacl shaper, get to know them and buy a board that suits you. Can stress this more, until you have surfed many different boards its hard just to pick a board off a rack.

So many different variables other than surfboard dimensions: rocker, rails, foil, tail shape.

All these will change the way the board surfs. The best advice i can give you is to be honest with them, if they are a good shaper, they would ask you a whole heap of questions designed to workout what the perfect board would be for you to take te next step in your surfing ability and skill.