Surfing Waves

I'm going to peniche for 5 days on Tuesday and I'm going to rent a board over there , I currently surf a foamie and can pop up , down the line , pump it and turn of the end section , happily kick out. Forecast is small 1-3ft ish, but looking good , offshore long period swell , should I rent a foamie or go for a high volume longboard , thanks

You can hire well shaped foam top longboards at Peniche, quite a few choices, have a good look around, there are good hard boards too! Enjoy experimenting try some different boards or pick one you like and go with it the whole time!

How's your ribs ? The reason why I ask is that if you're not used to riding "hard" boards, the little bumps and contact with your body from a softboard, is way different than on a hardboard. Plus riding a wave, softboards are more forgiving and in your case, more familiar.

But most rental places will let you swap out boards if it's not to your liking ( unless there's different pricing for soft vs. hard )

Ah I'm used to hardboards as a concept I kneeboard a lifeguard board a lot guess I'll just hope they do swaps then , thanks

Ah perfect hopefully the rental places where I'm staying over at baleal have them

They do have both in Baleal, hardboards are mostly popouts. They will allow you to switch. f you want to try very good traditionally glassed longboards, check the Fatum factory slightly outside of Peniche, they have all their shapes as rentals.

Kieran151 wrote:Ah perfect hopefully the rental places where I'm staying over at baleal have them

They do!