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Need help to choose surfboard

Postby pms1 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:00 pm

hi
i am a male my fitness level is Medium
My height 5'8
My weight 155 lbs
My level is intermediate
my age is 39
i want to know what the best surfboard for me to small waves 1-4ft
Between the new flyer rusty dozer ant the Pyzalien ?
and which size are you Recommend ?
it is Important to me that the paddling will be a little easily
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Re: Need help to choose surfboard

Postby jaffa1949 » Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:01 am

First question what are you riding now, and what does your surfing enable you to do that you feel you are an intermediate?
At your weight and everything in your surfing range is medium , fitness and skills, the wave catching / paddling ratios are going to be mediocre at best on either board.
If you choose one or the other go the biggest in each of their ranges
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Re: Need help to choose surfboard

Postby waikikikichan » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:57 am

Let me ask you which compact car I should get ? the Honda Civic , Toyota Tercel or Nissan Sentra. They're basically all in the same category. Same as all the boards you listed being they are for weaker not so perfect conditions. If you can tell the difference between the CI new flyer, Rusty Dozer and Pyzalien , you wouldn't be asking which one is better. If you Can Not tell the difference, then just get the one which is cheaper and available.

If you need the paddling to be easy, then go a couple steps larger than what the companies board selector recommends. But with your Medium fitness level and Intermediate surfing ability, you should be getting something shorter but a bit wider than what your are currently riding. ( which you need to tell us ).
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Re: Need help to choose surfboard

Postby pms1 » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:14 am

i riding now a local shaper board 5’11 18 1/2 ( i don't know the Thickness and the Liters)
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Re: Need help to choose surfboard

Postby pms1 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:40 pm

rusty is cheaper and available but they Offered me to check also the grim ripper
what do you think which board is better for me ? which more friendly ?
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Re: Need help to choose surfboard

Postby jaffa1949 » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:45 am

It is really hard to recommend a board that does it all in 1 to 4 ft especially not having seen how you handle what you are already riding.
I'd look at 6ft and about 20" width, thickness i'd go for but you seem to be heading into the Rusty stable why not let them tell you a bit more.
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