best longboard?

[San Diego Longboarder]

I've got to say my favorite board of all time was the 1965 Dewey Weber Eliminator I had.

[enzosdad]

Rusty's 8'6 Desert Island. Either in Poly-foam or EPS from SurfTech. I know the D.I. is a hybrid, but it's an awesome board. Paddles like a long, rides like a short, versatile enough to have fun on small waves and able catch some Bombs with confidence when its XXL. Can run it as a single fin or 3. Great board to have in your quiver.

[WalrusUK]

I can't say if it's the best longboard ever but my 10'3 x 22 1/5" Campbell brothers EB5 Bonzer is the most versatile board I've ridden and I've ridden a few good boards over the last 25years including boards by Phil Edwards, Hap Jacobs, Rich Harbour, Reynolds Yater and Bob Mctavish to name a few. The Bonzer ranges in characteristsics from a traditional cruiser (like a Phil Edwards or Hap Jacobs) to a performance board (like Rich Harbours HP1). As far as I know, it's probably the only one of this size that Malcolm Campbell has shaped.

[palmee]

Just thought I'd add my 2cents worth - my current board and to date the best board I have ridden is a McTavish Razar. 9' 1 x 221/2 x 23/4. Very fast and quick in the turns but very, very stable and forgiving for a high performance board. I've got the glass version so it feels nice and solid and stable on a steep face like fibreglass does and it does need to be ridden fairly aggressively. I don't mean you need to be a great surfer (I'm only average intermediate) you just need to tell it what you want and be positive about it. And then you get exactly what you ask for. It's so predictable and lots of fun. I guess you just need to be at a level where you know what you want the board to do and even at my level I can ask it to do stuff that I am probably not quite capable of and the board certainly helps me get into the best possible position to give me the best chance to pull of a move. (I usually screw it up though!) I have even had a couple of attempts at a backhand 360 and managed to get enough speed to get the board past 12 o'clock before getting pitched backwards into oblivion. The shortboarders at my local break get a lot of joy seeing me mess it up. One day I'll pull it off or certainly give it a good go. It's difficult to get a big enough wave to get the speed up for the turn without actually being in surf that is just too big for me. No harm in having a go I suppose eh?

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