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Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:36 pmby Fire Ball
I'm pretty new to surfing and have been renting foam boards, but now my uncle has offered to let me borrow/keep his 6'2" shortboard as he hasn't surfing in quite a few years. I have ridden a 9'0" longboard (foam) a couple times and then skipped up to a 7'0" funboard (foam) and seemed to do fine on it. Now I want to know if this 6'2" shortboard will be ok for me. I am 5'7" and around 125 lbs.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
Posted:
Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:02 pmby Fire Ball
Going to get the board today. No one has replied yet so I won't know if it will be good until I use it this weekend.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:31 pmby esonscar
Borrow a board? - GO GET IT!
It’s free - and will be difficult, and you will hate it, then you will ride it, then you will love it.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:34 pmby Fire Ball
Thanks for the reply. I don't get frustrated easily and I am a mellow guy. There are going to be some nice swells this weekend in SoCal. A lot better than last week where I was riding 1 footer.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to be able to keep it because it has been laying around in his garage for a long time.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:30 amby IB_Surfer
Dude, at 125lbs if you can't ride it now you will later, go pick up that free board and take it for a spin. Worse comes to worse, go to home depot and pick up a pair of ladder brackets and hang it on the wall.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:52 pmby Fire Ball
I'm going to take it out in the water today. I hope it won't be too hard.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:03 amby Fire Ball
Most of the waves were too big for me to ride, because I live in SoCal and we had one of the biggest swells of the Summer. I rode a few, but I had to take my bodyboard out because the waves were too big for someone of my surfing ability.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:51 amby IB_Surfer
Where did you go? I surf in San Diego, hit it 3 to 4 times a week
I'm bombing down to baja tomorrow to see if the last of this swell gives me some juicy tubes.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:53 pmby Fire Ball
I was surfing near Santa Barbara and Ventura.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:34 amby IB_Surfer
Well, the swell if fading, go try it now LOL
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:15 pmby Fire Ball
I went out yesterday and it was about 2 feet, pretty fun, but I got a dent/ding in the rail! I'm not sure if I need to get it repaired.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:17 pmby sami
i have two short boards one 6ft and 7ft they my favorte things eva! if anything had to happen to them haha i would tweak..
im in South Africa, so surf spots like muzi and kommejie..
peace
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:19 amby Manhattan Beach Grom
What kind of ding is it? If it's just a pressure ding it should be fine, but if it broke the glass then you should repair it. Nothing is worse than leaving a bad ding unrepaired.
Re: Good Size Shortboard for Me?
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:20 amby Fire Ball
Manhattan Beach Grom wrote:What kind of ding is it? If it's just a pressure ding it should be fine, but if it broke the glass then you should repair it. Nothing is worse than leaving a bad ding unrepaired.
Is the glass the actual fiberglass or the resin? It is a pressure dent with a little hairline crack in the resin.