Surfing Waves

Been scouting around longboards and keep coming back to the question on whether a compromise on longboard design is a bad or good thing. Ideally you could have a board for each type of surf but in reality if the budget is tight then perhaps not.

Do I need to choose noserider or cruiser or is one of the all rounders or performance noseriders going to give me a bit of each....but then will the board never be great at one thing or another?

I can go out testing as I'm not near shapers so need to go the recommendation of others really.

Are you just starting out surfing?

If so a good all around board will suite you well. Just because it is an "all arounder" does not mean you can't get to the nose. A noserider maybe a little difficult to start with but IMO you can do it with a little more effort and a bit more time. Just looking back what I started out with (Infinity Nose Rider). Compare that to what I a;so have now ("all arounder"). I would have definitely chose the "all arounder".

If I had to chose one only,,, have to agree with justloafing on the all arounder choice (hence it's name) will suit more use than outher boards.

Care to name any proven all rounders? Keep on hearing abou the McTavish Fireball for example