board choice

[keef]

Help please decisions are not my strong point.
I bought a long board, but it's not what I thought it would be. Sure the glide is good but either I cannot get the best out of it, or I'm looking for something more.............radical. I've gone back to riding my 7'6" sunride all the time, and I was wondering how much more maneouverable a shortboard would be, or as I'm nealry 40, if I should get one of the many boards advertised as "paddle like a longboard, ride like a shortboard", or is that the same as what I've got??
I only mention my age because I'm not sure my stamina will be up to a shortboard.
I surf a rocky reef with anything up to headheight or maybe bigger and it can get hollow and fast.
Thanks in advance..............

[Old Guys Rule]

A fish might be nice to add to the quiver. Fast but thicker for paddeling .

[isaluteyou]

I was wondering how much more maneouverable a shortboard would be

So many longboarders here rave about how their boards manevour like a shortboard either im the worst longboarder on the planet or they are talking rot

[Hang11]

I was wondering how much more maneouverable a shortboard would be

So many longboarders here rave about how their boards manevour like a shortboard either im the worst longboarder on the planet or they are talking rot

Yup, totally different.

I've got a 7'4 Sevens super fish. Pretty easy to paddle into waves and a lot faster and looser than a longboard.