5'1 TOO SHORT!?

by **Matt K** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:07 am

Hey people,

I regulary bodyboard but now ive just recently been offered a surfboard for free. MY only problem is that i think its too short for me?

Do they even make 5'1 Surfboards?

Anyway, Im 13 and i weight approx 60kg and im 172cm tall. Is this too short? Because i only accepted it cause it was free so yeah?

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by **TicTac** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:11 am

5' 11" yeah, but 5' 1" I havent ever heard of

by **Matt K** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:13 am

Well ill find out in 3days if its 5'1 or 5'11 i guess lol.

by **TicTac** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:26 am

If it is 5' 1" its an oversized skimboard lol

by **tomcat360** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:24 pm

They make grom boards that are 5'1". They're funny to look at, I saw one that was like 4"10" x 15.5 x 1.75. It was pretty funny.

by **Driftingalong** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:50 pm

A guy that surfs for one of the local shops has a board that's 5'3" (I'm guessing he's like 5'9" 165lbs)
I think it's 3" thick, and that's not just in the center. That thickness is pretty much throughout the board. It's pretty crazy, he said everyone kept asking him about.

by **tomcat360** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:12 pm

So how is it? I've always wondered about something like that.

by **dondiemand** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:38 pm

maybe it's a retro fish board

by **rich r** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:43 pm

Tomcat's right. They make boards that small, basically for the 6 to 16 aged crowd, so the boards are basically proportionate to their size.

We used to call them potato chips.

by **Sillysausage** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:18 pm

lol, unless its a salomon noseless? well i have seen 5'1's aswell but they look pretty strange, anyway for free who would say no? if its impossible to surf you could always sell it and then get money to put to a board for you?

by **kitesurfer** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:03 pm

I make surfboards 5 foot long but there for kitesurfing not surfing!

KS

by **miamisurfer** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:38 pm

I have a 5' 2'' softop fish. I still havn't got to use it yet. It's probably a fish if it's 5'1''.

by **Driftingalong** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:43 pm

tomcat360 wrote:So how is it? I've always wondered about something like that.

He said it was pretty cool, but also quite weird at the same time. Free & loose, but awkward paddling. He didn't have a lot to say when I saw him. It was his first time out on it, and he'd only been out for a short time.

by **tomcat360** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:47 pm

Interesting....did you notice how he was positioned on it? Was the tip of the board like poking him in the neck? That could be painful...

by **Driftingalong** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:03 pm

From what I recall, he was centered on the board. None of it really stuck out of the water, so you're more or less swimming with something underneath you.

As for the shape, it more of an oval kind of shape. Round nose tapered back to a narrower round tail.

by **tomcat360** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:06 pm

Drifting, get some waves today! Barrels...........!

by **Driftingalong** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:25 pm

tomcat360 wrote:Drifting, get some waves today! Barrels...........!

Victory at Sea right now...winds are supposed to switch later today, but they are still going to be howling. Besides between work and it being Valentines' Day...it's not gonna happen.

by **Matt K** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:13 am

I found out today it is not 5'1 its 5'12

by **Broosta** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:29 am

what? 5'(foot) 12"(inches)? ...but thats 6'(foot)!!?

by **TicTac** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:33 am

Broosta wrote::? what? 5'(foot) 12"(inches)? ...but thats 6'(foot)!!?

lmao! Next it will be 5' 24"

5'1 TOO SHORT!?

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