help needed

[adamR]

hey guys i came on this forum for some advice, hopefully u can help me. i lookin to get a shortboard but i dont know exactly wut size to get, ive been riding a longboard for like a year and a half. i surf over in santa cruz. im 16 and in 5 11 and 140 pounds. i also dont know if i should get an epoxy or not? well if you guys could help me that would be awesome. thanks guys

[Brian]

it really depends on how good you are...i am 17, and baout the same height/weight as you and i ride a 6'3 board...i use to ride a 6'1. the size really comes down to what you feel comfortable riding..

[adamR]

ya totally. would you prefer an epoxy board?

[Brian]

personally i have never used an epoxy board (except a crappy NSP i rented once). I do know that Saloman S core boards use epoxy, so im sure they do not restrict movement/whatever, and are just as maneouverable as traditional boards.

[Dec]

I have a Channel Island/ Al Meriick 6'4" epoxy, and wow!

They float much better so it is like being on a 6'8 or 6'10, but they perform so well!

Downsides are they are otns more expensive, and they don't have the flexability of a fibreglass., IE. coming for a steep drop on an epoxy you can feel every bump and it stays ridgid, whereas a fibreglass board would give you more coushun (SP?)

Good Luck!

[adamR]

sweet thanks for the advice bro

[adamR]

so i ended up getting a surftech 6' epoxy. its pretty sick

[Driftingalong]

so i ended up getting a surftech 6' epoxy. its pretty sick

Cool man! Let us know how it is.

[Brian]

6' a bit ambitious dont cha think? let us know how it rides.

[adamR]

well its wide and almost like a fish, but not. ill put up a pic in alittle