foam or fiberglass?

[dubbey]

hey guys/gals... im tryin to teach my girlfriend to surf but im stuck should i buy her a foam bord or should i just make the investment into a fiberglass board? the money isn't a problem. i was just going to get her a 9' board, nut then the issue of foam or fiberglass came up.
Any Suggestions?
I appreciatte your replies.
THANK YOU

[babyboarder89]

start on a piece of turd, a bic or a foamie or whatever, something you can buy cheap and sell on at about £10 less, get a fibreglass board and it gets dropped/hit etc then youve lost £2/300. thats my opinion anyways.

[drowningbitbybit]

start on a piece of turd, a bic or a foamie or whatever

Now thats a bit harsh
Im no fan of popouts, but a BIC is a league above a foam board

Get her a popout, not a foam board. Foam boards are only any use for the very first lesson before the proto-surfer can even stand up

[sinistapenguin]

Jeez, I wish someone would have bought me a board when I wanted to learn!!

[babyboarder89]

i dont mean bics are turd, god no! i had one for ages, i mean kinda, a foam board/bic/board which is pants, 3 kinds of board, im all for bics. just to clear that up, sorry

[WaveJunkie]

Jeez, I wish someone would have bought me a board when I wanted to learn!!

Ages ago, and I'll probably get busted for this comment, sweet Madeline said to me, "Hey! I never have to pay for weed. I'm a chick!"

There's a lot of truth in this. Dinners, movies, drinks, cars, surfboards, etc. If you're a "chick" some guy will spring for one. *LMAO*

[TokyotheKid]

just get a used board, screw the popouts and the foamies. go OlD ScHoOl man but thats me, and no one likes my advice ever !

peace

[chrisco66]

Skip the foamies and junk boards. If she and you are serious, buy a fiberglass board from a local shaper-used or new. If she decides surfing's not for her, you still have a good board, to ride or to sell. Everybody wins!

[Dropping Ahead]

Would you like to see your Girl´s leg with a cut in the Leg? Maybe in the face due a fin.

Girls must use ONLY SOFTBOARDS. The new foamies technology developed boards with good rails, so they can surf face waves.

"If you´re a begginer and can´t understand that using a glass board will help you in nothing, don´t worry, you will understand when you GROW UP".

[surferdude_scarborough]

rubbish! sofboards, for anyone, are only any good for the first couple of times out once you can stand up it mini mal time as far as im concerned.

[babyboarder89]

Girls must use ONLY SOFTBOARDS. The new foamies technology developed boards with good rails, so they can surf face waves.

please go to hell.

editing: i stand by please go to hell although feel i should justify it. what do you mean girls must only use sorftboards, why? what do you mean by new technology has allowed us to surf face waves? i realise men may always have the upperhand somewhat in strength etcetera, but seriously, open your eyes, girls CAN surf 'face' waves on any board that a man can, just as well as most of the guys out there and better than plenty im sure.

[libby]

Beautifully said Babyboarder, couldn't have put it better myself

He's clearly someone who either makes or sells foam boards or he has been surfing for ages and not managed to progress beyond a soft top and is bitter and twisted about it.....

[ghost_who_surfs]

Gonna throw the cat amoungst the pidgeons here Personally I think no one under the age of 30 should be allowed to surf. Girls can only surf on Wednesdays on softboards. Body boarders should be limited to indoor wave pools and I should have priority whenever I grace the line up with my company

Nahhh seriously don't take things so seriously you'll give yaselves an ulcer. I doubt it but Softboard could be Occy takin the piss. And if he/ she has that opinion I reckon its great because more kooks in the water with a soft boards means more waves for me. Everyone should ride softboards except me

[libby]

I just loved how babyboarder had put it... "Please go to hell" - polite but straight to the point! He he gave a me lil smile.

[surf patrol]

please go to hell.
editing: i stand by please go to hell

Classic reply to the sexist pig!
(Everyone knows that girls should not surf at all )

[babyboarder89]

no they shouldnt because coming home from surfing makes them stroppy!

[Liquorice]

hey hey, i dont like this girl talk! we're only stroppy because it gives you something to do afterwards (make us feel better). and plus, if we werent ever stroppy, you wouldnt have the pleasure of make-up hug/kiss. xxxx

[sinistapenguin]

I love softboards, I have introduced several people to surfing and always recommended that they use softboards.

They're just so handy, you can rest your board on them instead of the car park floor while you get your bag out of the car.

You can stand on them while you take your wetsuit off so it doesn't get all sandy.

Yup, they're great!! You wouldn't catch me with one in the water though!!

:)

[babyboarder89]

we rode softboards on the girlie camp in biarritz and they are best for beginners (i graduated to short fibreglass boards on thursday, wooo go me! shortboardings fun!) however they give you RASH EVERYWHERE that touches teh board, from sitting, on your legs, knees, shins, feet arms hands, EVERYWHERE AND IT KILLS.

[k mac]

foamies ore top ...

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=9/24314463190.jpg&s=x7

me getting some swellboard action this summer