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is this longboard for me?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:05 am
by frostless
So I have been learning on my mini mal (7'6,21'3/4,2'7/8) for a while. But most of the time I still struggle catching waves with it. (i have little experience and I am a weak paddler) To make it worse this board is not too good in whitewater so I sometime just have no fun surfing (being in water in fun though). And after looking some posts in this forum I am convinced that I should leave my ego behind and switch to a long board. I really hope with a longboard I canspeed up my learning process and ride more waves.

But searching for one in the internet is not easy. They are either too long (9'6+), looking too weird (only one fin), wrong colour or are just too expensive. Now I have locked my eyes on this one
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/coogee/surfing/bic-e-comp-9-0-fast-and-manoeuvrable-longboard/1108881800
How is it? Is its dimension, shape, volume,curve for beginner like me?

Plus I am 176cm 72kg male. weak paddling. I am planning to learn on it at Greenhill beach cronulla Sydney.

Re: is this longboard for me?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:15 am
by jaffa1949
The BIC wIll do just fine, longboards with one fin are not weird unless they are not in the centre box :lol:
Get your paddling stronger as that is 90% of surfing. Let us know how you go.