Surfing Waves

I was wondering what would be the diference in overall performance and of a modern fish (Rusty Piranha, Lost RNF) Vs a small wave board (Flyer, Lost Rocket)

Here in the winter time we dont get much waves at all. The only spot that works is a fast breaking beachbreak, and the waves during this days are weak ankle to shoulder high, with ocassional weak head high waves.

I already have a 6´3 Flyer 2 that works great for chest high waves and up, but i wanted a groveller board for the lousy days.
I got a 6´0 epoxy Rusty Piranha. It surprised me with it´s wave catcheability and because it makes even the lamest ankle high waves rideable and fun. Yet i felt it quite too big and tanky. And on bigger days, even though we are taking about "relatevely big weak" days, it is kind of hard to ride steep faces because its over 20 inches wide. So i want to ditch it and go smallerer.

Yet im struggling between getting a more traditional squatched PU thruster like a 5´11 Flyer or Rocket or an epoxy 5´9 or smaller Piranha or RNF in the quad version.

My main questions are if the (Flyer, Rocket) would be able to handle the lower than knee high days?.

Im thinking that maybe a 5´9 Piranha or RNF would be a better choice for a fun skatey board for these range of waves. But would it be bale to handle head high steep faces better than the 6´0 piranha i already got?

The 6´0 epoxy Piranha floats me by far. I have a love/hate relationship with its wide nose. I love the wave catchability/ i dislike how clumsy it feels compared to my flyer 2.

Thanks for any coments on the matter.

i dont know why anyone get surftech boards. all of them have flat bottoms and you know the masters that are copied have singles or doubles-at least something. if you want epoxy go with resin8 because they shape their epoxy boards. get the tokoro fish -we have that as a demo at our shop. and ive ridden it- prolly the best epoxy fish ive ridden. beats the xanadu

I am thinking about getting an epoxy modern fish in order to go the smallest as possible. To have a fun skatey board.
In the flyer whiplash kind of boards i would go for a PU.

I also fell in love with a Cole's grasshopper quad.

what fins do you have on the Piranha? You'd be suprised what a differnence a set of fins makes on a board.

For example, if you want to slow down the board and have it hold up higher the AM (Merrick) fins do that, if you want the board to fly faster the K3 or OCCY. If you still have G5 black ones you will be amazed as to what a big difference better fins are.

themathteacher wrote:what fins do you have on the Piranha? You'd be suprised what a differnence a set of fins makes on a board.

For example, if you want to slow down the board and have it hold up higher the AM (Merrick) fins do that, if you want the board to fly faster the K3 or OCCY. If you still have G5 black ones you will be amazed as to what a big difference better fins are.

The piranha doesnt have fcs plugs. I believe that all the fins you are mencioning are FCS. It has future´s. I believe the stock, original ones.

But maybe i could put some bigger side fins and a small trailing fin to make it looser and fun. would that help with extra hold on faces?