Surfing Waves

Posted by Psilan


First of all awesome forum. Learning so much here all the time. Thanks

I'm in the market for a secondhand surfboard. Was just wanting to get a professional opinion of the boards I am looking at before I purchase.

My skill level;
Can stand up every time. Not great at getting out back in the huge surf, but the boards i've been riding so far are impossible to duck dive.
I can do a bottom turn (frontside), and have only ever done one backside turn yesterday. I have been hiring boards which have ranged from 6'7 - 7'6ish and are very boyant. I'm I am 5'10-1/2 and 79kg.
I surf in Christchurch New Zealand.

The board will also be semi-shared with my girlfriend who can stand up every time in the mushy waves. Rides them all the way to the beach I'll buy her one later in March for her birthday, so it is definitly more for me. I have 4 free board hires in Scarborough remaining till I want to buy one. Getting kinda annoyed at swapping boards every time I go out.

What do you guys think of these boards i'm checking out?

PAUL BARRON CUSTOM 7'4"
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Surfing ... 987662.htm

al merrick m4
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=87847047

$400 NZ is the most i'll spend I think. A fixerupper is off the menu.

Thanks for posting it for me and the nice welcome.

surf patrol wrote:PAUL BARRON CUSTOM 7'4"

That'd do you, but if you're already trying bottom turns, then its probably a touch too wide and thick. And the tailpad is in the wrong place....

surf patrol wrote:al merrick m4

And that would be too small for you! Thats a performace board for the kind of waves that you're probably not surfing yet.

I dont think you know what you're looking for if you're putting up both these boards - there's a huge gap between them! If I were you, I'd keep on looking. A funboard shape maybe - something like 6'10-7' x 20 x 2 1/2

Hope that helps.