Epoxy info please

[surfscream]

Hi All,

Am new to this as you can probs tell by the name! but was after some general advice.
i am a complete beginner but have hired before and had no probs popping up on a bic 8'4'' magnum but felt once i was up it felt a bit too big if that makes any sense?!
I have looked on the other forums and had talks with different shapers but my questions are-


1. i am looking to get my first board soon but am confused with size and type, i am currently looking at either a 8'' custom mini mal or a epoxy 7'6 sunride or maybe even a 7'6'' mal. but have been told that a 7'6'' epoxy will be too small for the north east uk waters i will surf although it will be able to hold my weight fine. so a mal is better, BUT! these are probably too fragile for a beginer like myself and probs too big for me if i want to progress! Also the word 'corky' was used when being described what a epoxy is like to surf but have had conflicting advice on this.

This is all confusing the crap out of me and any help would be appreciated.
I am 28 yrs, 5'11, 13 1/2 stone and fit

Cheers

Fish

ps. any views on sunride epoxys would be cool to.

[surferdude_scarborough]

7'6 too short for North East UK?? no thats not right loads of people ride shortboards up in the north east. including me. perhaps a little short for a complete beginner. about epoxy boards, they feel different to fibreglass boards and its up to the surfer to decide which they prefer. they do tend to be a bit tougher than traditional boards.

[Laguna]

Epoxy board are good in a way that they are very very tough and do not damage as easy. They float on the water a lot better and are suppose to be easy to to paddle/catch waves on - but I do not rate epoxy boards at all.
I think they are way too heavy and chunky to do anything on. If anything people say how rubbish the foam sponge boards are, and yes they are - but I think learning the basics (paddle, stand up and turn) are far easier on a softboard than a pop out epoxy. Also cheaper.
Then once you feel comfoutable id say get a custom fiberglass board to improve and start really surfing

[northswell]

Like Sdude said yuou can ride anything on the East Coast what tosh, East Coast waves easily rival waves in the SW.
I'm 5'11 and just under 13st and ride a 6'5'' or 6'6'' board mostly.

Just buy a second hand mal, i personally would never recomend a pop-out to any one as i think they are less bouyant than a similar sized PU board.

Owt about 7'6-8 ft will be fine for learning on.

[Phil]

but I do not rate epoxy boards at all.
I think they are way too heavy and chunky to do anything on.

are you talking about pop outs?

there is a diffrence between cheap pop outs / surftechs / and foam shapped boards but glassed using epoxy resin

my mctavish surftech is so much lighter than a tradional glassed board of the same shape + performs extreamly well

plus theres not much diffrenct than a tradional glassed board and one thats done using epoxy other than its slightly lighter and a bit stronger giveing the board less flex

[Laguna]

sorry i meant epoxy board pop outs such as bics and nsps

A few of the new tuflites look pretty awsome. A guy in a shop showed me this al merrick one and it was so light. He said it was very difficult to ding it to.

[drowningbitbybit]

A few of the new tuflites look pretty awsome. A guy in a shop showed me this al merrick one and it was so light. He said it was very difficult to ding it to.

Difficult... but not impossible

[northswell]

The new tufflites (surftechs) have a waterproof core now.

[surfscream]

Hi all,

Cheers for all the advice, all i have to ask now is does anyone know of sunride epoxy boards and if they are foam shapped boards but glassed using epoxy resin ? i have only seen them on the net but with not much info attached to em, and they arnt going for a bad price either


cheers again
Fish