Gun

by **mywave** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:26 pm

would a 7'3 gun be considered a longbord or a a shortboard

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by **trails surfing** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:07 am

i it's a gun i would consider it a short board. also most long board are 9' +.

by **Spiman** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:20 am

depends on the shape and how tall you are

by **LovintheSurf** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:28 am

yes depends on ur weight and height. Unless ur EXTREMELY big that would not be a shortboard. it is not a ongboard either, because usualy longboards are 9' foot plus. That size is about that of a standstard semi-gun, real guns are usually a bit bigger.

by **btard** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:12 am

its not a shortboard or a longboard, its a gun

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:54 am

btard wrote:its not a shortboard or a longboard, its a gun

yes. boards arnt either longboards or shortboards. its not just the size, but also the shape.

by **Driftingalong** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:59 am

hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf wrote:
btard wrote:its not a shortboard or a longboard, its a gun

yes. boards arnt either longboards or shortboards. its not just the size, but also the shape.

Exactly, it would be considered a gun (maybe a semi-gun)... :roll:

by **LovintheSurf** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:23 pm

hey dont give me those rolly eyes! lol jk, nah but really i was always under the impression Guns were bigger say around 7'8'' to 8'' and above and semi-guns were around 7'0''-to about 7'4''

by **tomcat360** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:17 pm

And no, they aren't good for learning, no matter what the price is, and neither are shortboards, go buy a mini mal.

That's pretty much everything you need to know.

by **wasanthi** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:47 am

it's a gun i would consider it a short board. also most long board are 9' +.

a longboard is 8+!

by **LovintheSurf** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:51 pm

http://www.hicsurfshop.com/surboard_cdr.htm

theres some clarification for the non believers :wink:

by **rich r** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:52 pm

Good link, lovinthesurf.

And I have to tell you guys.. every time I see someone type "mini-mal" I cringe. I really do.

by **gdude335** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:01 pm

i on a shortboard the size of a mini-mal! (6.6)

by **rich r** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:04 pm

*cringe*

And even worse, that hardly makes sense!

by **tomcat360** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:05 pm

what's so cringe-able about mini-mal

mini-mal mini-mal mini-mal!

would you rather hear "funboard" or "funshape" or what?

by **rich r** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:32 pm

*runs screaming from the room*

No, but seriously - every poster on this board seems to use "mini-mal" to describe any middle-sized board, and "mal" for longboard, and always answers the question "What board should I start with?" with "mini-mal".

Mini-mal is a very specific board type. More generically, it would fall into "mini-longboard" (and malibu's are just one specific type of longboard). Funshapes/boards are more derived from shortboards (hybrids), so I don't think even mini-mal would fit in that grouping, as it's just a scaled-down malibu with sidebites versus taking any shortboard rail/rocker properties.

I'm probably just being a snob. But I'd like to see more board knowledge displayed, as I'm sure the people here *know* all that, but just tend to shortcut long winded explanations like this one by just throwing out "mini-mal" because in the end, it's just easier to say.

by **tomcat360** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:25 am

I see your point. I always just said funboard, but I thought the british lingo was "mini-mal". I'd actually never heard it til this site.

by **gdude335** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:28 am

british people and their lingo. pfft :lol:

mini mal mini mal!

by **rich r** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:53 pm

but I thought the british lingo was "mini-mal".

Hmm.. never thought about that.. perhaps because of their cold water island isolation, the Brits are stuck in a sort of early 1970's post-apocalyptic Huntington Beach, California slang world.

(smacks gdude335 upside the head)

by **Driftingalong** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:25 pm

rich r wrote:
but I thought the british lingo was "mini-mal".

Hmm.. never thought about that.. perhaps because of their cold water island isolation, the Brits are stuck in a sort of early 1970's post-apocalyptic Huntington Beach, California slang world.

(smacks gdude335 upside the head)