by one0one » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:57 am
by Millsy82 » Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:17 pm
jaffa1949 wrote:Millsy isn't it great when the board finally chooses you. You must have been ready for it![]()
The advice we give is so people can get their skills ready to be chosen, then it becomes a great relationship!
But rush into something before you are ready ..... usual a sad match.
by SquishedBean » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:18 pm
by SquishedBean » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:31 pm
Millsy82 wrote:jaffa1949 wrote:Millsy isn't it great when the board finally chooses you. You must have been ready for it![]()
The advice we give is so people can get their skills ready to be chosen, then it becomes a great relationship!
But rush into something before you are ready ..... usual a sad match.
I do get that the vast majority of the advice is brilliant and the help I have had off this forum is amazing and I don't think I would be flying the way I am now without the help I've had off here.
But
I do find sometimes a very negative side to posts like this and people just assume they can't do it.
I just wanted to say that it is possible to make such a drop and I did a bigger drop than 2 ft and it was not too much in fact as you said it's as though the board has chosen me and I am now currently on the lookout for my next board which will be another 3-5" shorter and around 8 litres less volume which on another thread is said again to be to bigger drop but I feel that by the time a 2nd hand board of the right size comes up I will be ready for it (I'm still looking 6'4-6"6 and around 40 litres and they never usually come up to often so I'm in no rush at the moment).
by oldmansurfer » Sat Aug 12, 2017 5:38 pm
by SquishedBean » Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:14 pm
oldmansurfer wrote:I learned to surf on a shortboard but apparently it's not common for people to successfully do that. It's not common for people to successfully drop 2 feet in size and be able to deal with the change. Congratulations for you and obviously it is possible. I can attest to the fact that you don't need to start on a longboard you can just use a shortboard but I am not going to advise people to do that since for many it will just be endless frustration. But there are those determined enough and willing to put up with the problems starting on a shortboard but still most people are not.
by jaffa1949 » Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:35 am
by waikikikichan » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:19 am
SquishedBean wrote: As long as your reasonable and knowledgeable in your skills as a beginner/entering intermediate, anyone could ride whatever they want for their second board. In the end, it's all about discipline with learning, and how excited you are to get out there on the next board of your choice.
by Big H » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:40 am
by Big H » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:45 am
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