Big H wrote:I liked the looks of the Aipa big boy stinger like Rinky has....they have one in a shop here and I looked it over but the price tag was around IRD 8m....too much for a whim.
I love the shape of your new board. I also think it looks great. I think you might have a keeper there. Since you brought up the Big Boy, I took it out last weekend in 4 to 6 foot surf and was blown away by how fast it is. I've been riding my 9'6" longboard lately so the 7'4" was a serious shift in gear. I don't know if it's just me being slow (probably), but the board just seems to fly down the face of waves. On my first wave I was in the middle of a slow poke popup and found myself nearly in the trough of the wave as I popped up. I was riding a steeper wave than usual so I should have gotten to my feet faster. Anyway, the board was flying along so fast that I didn't really get it under my control (partly because I haven't surfed backside in months) and just as I started to get the board in the direction I wanted I hit some chop and that was it. I just went flying. It was like the board bucked me off. There's a pretty large planing surface on the Big Boy so it can move, but it definitely gets bumpy in chop. Still, I like that speed. Anyway, I'm having fun trying to tame it.
