buying first board (Posted by quickfeet00)

[surf patrol]

Posted by quickfeet00

I've been surfing for a while now and feel like its time to get my own board. I've been riding a long board and want to transition. Looking around I found i really like the longer shortboards (6'6-7); Since there are a lot of ppl on here that really know what they are talkin about, and i have no exp. in buyin a board, just wondering what the general thoughts are on these boards, and if its the type of board i should be looking at.

Thanks

PS. this is the type of board i would be looking to buy
cgi.ebay.com/6-8-ORION-performance-shapes-surfboard_W0QQitemZ140101377929QQcategoryZ114253QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[gdude335]

first of all a couple questions need to be answered:
-what type of waves will you be surfing? big, small, medium?
-How long have you been longboarding?
- have you ever ridden a shortboard before? if yes, how did it go?
- height and weight also help

Anyways, arent round pin tails for some bigger waves? i d'ont know about you but i prefer squash tail (\_/ <-squash tail) the one in the pic is rounded pin tail.
i wanna try to draw a surfboard with text!
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^ thats what i call art.
whatever you do
ignore the pencil

[Spiman]

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haha look a rusty

[Spiman]

-.- that didnt work

[gdude335]

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haha look a rusty

modified XD
i had the same problem before, you need to fill it up

[quickfeet00]

hey, talked to my local shaper...decided to go with a 7' 4'' funboard. Should be good beginner board..thanks for the replies

[quickfeet00]

p.s.- the 50 other posts with the same question about first boards, and those replies helped too; i just had to look a lil harder