any thoughts on this board?

[movingtonico]

beginner but moving to central america where i will be surfing everyday. want to get a board i can learn on but that will stay in the quiver afterwards (will ultimately hopefully have several boards).

am looking at a 7'6" x 20 1/2" x 2 5/8" with a pointed nose. i am 6'0 170 pounds.

any thoughts? good/bad/better suggestions? thanks.

[flex639]

seems like a pretty good fun board for your size

[CleanHeadHigh]

yea it should be pretty good, i'm 5'9" and tried to learn on a 7'4" fun, it didnt work out to well, so i ended up getting a 9'2" longboard. I love that longboard and it was fully easy to laern on. Everyone needs a longboard for those small days. but hey thats just me, it all depends on how it feels to you.

[drowningbitbybit]

Sounds about right, almost

Are you getting it made or is this off the shelf?

You might want to think about a touch more width, particularly if its got a shortboard pointed nose.

Maybe think about getting a board with a slightly more rounded nose section for a bit more volume up front

As long as you can already surf, you should be okay on that but it might be a bit frustrating for the first few attempts!

[movingtonico]

havent found the exact board yet but am looking at possibly channel island m13 in that size. it is available in tuflite as well - thoughts on that vs fibreglass?