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Postby surf-legend » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:56 pm

Ok .. i was just wandering if it is possible to surf saunton on a shortboard because i am going down in the spring and ive never been and all i ever hear is that its a longboarders wet dream and i was just wanderin if anyone surfs it on a shortboard
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby drowningbitbybit » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:40 pm

Ive surfed it thousands of times on a shortboard. No problem.
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby essex sucks » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:26 pm

yep me too and works fine have no trouble
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby Phil » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:29 pm

the problem with shortboarding it is dont expect to get the pick of the best waves.
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby drowningbitbybit » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:47 pm

Phil wrote:the problem with shortboarding it is dont expect to get the pick of the best waves.


...unless its properly offshore and gets a bit steep for the nancyboy longboarders :twisted:
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby Milo » Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:40 pm

drowningbitbybit wrote:
Phil wrote:the problem with shortboarding it is dont expect to get the pick of the best waves.


...unless its properly offshore and gets a bit steep for the nancyboy longboarders :twisted:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :D
So true, tree trunks everywhere.
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby Broosta » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:56 pm

I surfed it once on a shortboard and it was rubbish. Looked nice and lined up but no power and very slow wave.
Obviously that was just one day and things change, but personally I'd go eleswhere as there are better shortboard options nearby.
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Re: saunton surfing question

Postby vandangos » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:12 pm

depends on the size of the waves/wave period but u need a decent sized wave to get a shorty going at saunton
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