tiki fatboy?

by **bmth.longboarder** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:56 pm

hi im going on a surf trip to france in the summer and was thinking about a new board to take. Im usually on a 8'4" longboard or a 6'1" retro fish so im used to high volume boards! I would like to move onto something a bit more high performance so i was thinking about a tiki fatboy which is 6’10 x 20 1/4" x 2 5/8" as it looks to be a good performance board but with plenty of volume. Has anyone used/got one? or recommend something that would suit my needs? cheers...

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by **kitesurfer** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:22 pm

Why go 4 something so long? If ur already riding a retro fish (im assuming its less than 6ft 2) then u should be able 2 ride a big shortboard with plenty of volume say 6ft 6! This should have much better performance than the tikki board! KS

by **bmth.longboarder** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:42 pm

hmm i suppose so it was just the overall dimensions of the board that drew me to it (and price). As i have tried a 6'4" around 18" wide standard shortboard before and it didn't work for me so the large width of this board appealed to me.

by **bmth.longboarder** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:07 pm

im thinking about going to a shaper now as the basic shortie works out near the same price as a factory made tiki! so im thinking a big beefy shortboard around 6'6" X 20" X 2.8" that should be pretty good i think. by the way im 5'7" tall and weigh around 11 stone.

by **kitesurfer** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:54 am

bmth.longboarder wrote:im thinking about going to a shaper now as the basic shortie works out near the same price as a factory made tiki! so im thinking a big beefy shortboard around 6'6" X 20" X 2.8" that should be pretty good i think. by the way im 5'7" tall and weigh around 11 stone.

I wouldn't go that wide on a short board! Two much width with a short board rocker will cause water to slow under the board making it very slow and hard to paddle. 19 tops and with your weight 2.8 is also too thick IMO. Go for 2 5/8 instead.

KS

by **bmth.longboarder** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:15 am

il take your advice as you are a shaper, cheers. All im after is a shortie that wont sink on me as soon as i stand up at bmth and so on lol. Because as you will know the waves down here arnt exactly frequent!

by **TheRedDarren** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:45 pm

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