Surfing Waves

Thinkin gof getting some epoxy boards in, i aint tried one and have had mixed reviews from peoplr that have. Are they really that more floaty? The flex looks pretty xxxxx hot so if you can go shorter and maintain the performance well why not. Trouble is i personnaly can't see myself riding anything but a custom board. Cheers Mark

Havn't surfed one but they look pretty awesome. Alot of the boards coming out of Santa Cruz like stretch and santa cruz boards are amazing. They are so advanced in design and technology. The Fletcher 4 made by stetch can ride anything from little beachbreaks to huge mavericks. As long as you can paddle into it you can ride it. It's pretty cool.

They are ok, my NSP is an epoxy board. Definitely more bouyant than a polyurethane board but they are a bit heavier. As regards perfomance, I couldn't see any difference but then again im no pro.

i have a Adam "A.R" Replogle 6"6 pin tail an its the best board iv ever rode an any1 whos rode it would agree. Defo check them out

TicTac wrote:They are ok, my NSP is an epoxy board.

Utterly different league

TicTac wrote:Definitely more bouyant than a polyurethane board but they are a bit heavier..

Your NSP is most definitely not more bouyant than a custom board. Its just bigger.

TicTac wrote:As regards perfomance, I couldn't see any difference but then again im no pro.

Again - different league



Sorry to go on at you TicTac, but pretty much everything you said was wrong. Perhaps wait until you have a little more experience?




So... anyway...

No idea about santa cruz boards, but one thing that does sound attractive is the 'eliminating chatter in choppy surf'. One of my boards is a surftech and the one thing Ive complained about is that its very hard to surf in choppy conditions - partly (perhaps mostly) this is due to the hybrid fish shape (thick nose, very little rocker), but I also think its due to the lack of flex in the epoxy boards.

So Im still no help, but they're probably worth a look if they do what they say

I was worried about the flex but i saw the rep yesterday and asked him that question, he promptly put the board upside down on the ground and stood on it and bounced up and down. Plenty of flex in the Santa Cruz ones at least.

drowningbitbybit wrote:

TicTac wrote:They are ok, my NSP is an epoxy board.

Utterly different league

TicTac wrote:Definitely more bouyant than a polyurethane board but they are a bit heavier..

Your NSP is most definitely not more bouyant than a custom board. Its just bigger.

TicTac wrote:As regards perfomance, I couldn't see any difference but then again im no pro.

Again - different league



Sorry to go on at you TicTac, but pretty much everything you said was wrong. Perhaps wait until you have a little more experience?

Im guessing he was talking about epoxy boards that arent pop outs? Whereas I was talking about a popout? Just a guess there. As well as the fact he was asking about Santa Cruz boards.

The only reason I posted was to explain my experience on an epoxy board (even though its a popout), yes perhaps I did get a lot of what I said wrong, but you learn from your mistakes since there are other people more experienced who can correct you in what you say. Unfortunately all I got from you mate was different league, pretty much everything you said is wrong and maybe you should wait so didn't get much help from you did I?

Im a beginner, expect stupid comments, but I don't expect people just to tell me im wrong and not help me out even if it's something simple that I should notice its still worth saying it.

More explaining in future yeah?

https://surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5474&highlight=santa+cruz

The waves were really clean that day, so I don't really know how they are in choppy conditions.

The two I tried were definately good boards that rode well.
I didn't particularly notice a significant difference in float, but I also didn't try a size/shape that I already had to really compare the two.

I've never ridden one but several people I know have them, and all I see is their boards getting dinged more. Nobody I know who has one ever says they're amazing or anything, just that they are an alternative to custom boards, and some have reverted back to customs. I thought about getting one til I saw the price and coupled with the fact they ding easier and are trickier to fix I'm not going to bother.

They're p*** easy to repair, all you do is get the repair putty, fill hole, stick in the water for a minute, dry, sand and back into the surf.

Oh I thought you had to create a vacuum or something complex and wierd like that to repair them. I stand corrected .