Surfing Waves

Keeping in the tradition of posting my new boards here is the latest one.

I went surfing to Todos Santos Island in Baja during the winter an the 7 1/2 semigun was not enough, so I ordered it's replacement over the summer. Here she is, 8 //1/2, x 20 x 2 3/4, has a little wider tail, not the usual pin, so I can whip it around in smaller waves. Somewhere on Surfing-Waves is my recount of a 20ft day, hoping to catch more waves next time I try.

Looks like an ulu outside corner special....nice!

Nice board but try to ride it a lot before you try it in big surf. I remember the first time I rode a friends 8'6" gun. It was so easy to catch waves with it almost seemed to have a motor. If that is 8'6" then you must be 5' ?

I'm 5'8, maybe it looks shorter on the picture. I intend to ride it in the winter when the swell picks up, I'm lucky that I live half a mile from the Tijuana Sloughs, which goes off about a half dozen times a winter, sometimes 8ft faces, sometimes up to 15, so I do get some practice for big waves before hitting anything huge, so I will get to paddle it beforehand.

oldmansurfer wrote:Nice board but try to ride it a lot before you try it in big surf. I remember the first time I rode a friends 8'6" gun. It was so easy to catch waves with it almost seemed to have a motor.

....I wound up paddling right through the takeoff zone and taking one on the back of the head the first time out on that 7'8" x 21"x 3" that I posted up a while back....thing paddles so fast on smaller waves you really have to wait on paddling otherwise you're too far out in front....

I have a 9'6" gun which I almost never ride because I am saving it for triple overhead. It used to be my backup board but now it's my dust collector board because I haven't seen any triple overhead breaks that I felt I would have a good chance to avoid a serious pounding. Paddling over a long distance it is twice as fast as my 7'6" board (takes half the time to paddle out)

Agreed, the only reason I got it is that someone bought my 7;6" that I was disappointed with but that due is only 140lbs, so perfect for him, if not I probably would have stuck to it since it doesn't get used much