wanting to get away from the fish scene

[cali_bound]

So i did alot of research on your forum and didn't quite find what i'm looking for sorry if i didn't try hard enough. I've been surfing for about 2 years. My roomates were total surf rats and got me turned on to it and they have pushed me to progress rapidly. I've surfed alot of big stuff in oregon on my 6'8 fish fine but now i'm moving. I'm hopefully going to southern cali like LA or San diego...possibly guam or puerto rico. Before i move i'd like to get a more traditional shortboard shape and away from the fish. My current fish is 6'8 20ish"x2.75ish i surf it just fine but it can be a slow paddel out on big days seeing how you can't duck it that well. I weigh 170 and i am 6'1. I was looking at a lost sdii or something along those lines. What do you all think? I'm not gonna drop the cash on a custom shaped board i'm content surfing pop outs. I dig quads alot but thrusters fine. I'm looking for a board thats good for a knee to head high wave. It's gotta have room for me to grow as well i wana start holding floaters longers and doing faster cutbacks. If i buy a lost board i get good chunk of the price knocked off too so i'm really looking at those shapes more than other brands. Like i said i dig the sdii, the sub scorcher looks fun but idk how well it'll do in head high surf same with the v2 looks fun but idk how well it'll do in head high.

[cali_bound]

no input really ? the least you can do is talk xxxxx lol

[drowningbitbybit]

I wasn't quite sure what the question was

[jaffa1949]

Sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling matching your dimensions and the dimension available in the SD11, go with that stick around the 6'8" mark and you will be fine, the shape will perform and get you away from fishiness, the other shapes will handle overhead as well but go with your gut.
BTW sometimes the forum members like to think about their answers, sheeesh three days, some people are still waiting!

[cali_bound]

i traded my surfboard for a boogie board so forget about it lmfao

[jaffa1949]

Glad you went with your gut feeling

[lorcar]

i cant advice on the model
but try to get a convertible option, with 5 fins, so you can ride it as you want, quad or thruster.

If I were you, I'd look at Rocket or Monkfish.
There is no need to go THAT away from fish shape, especially when design trend these days is towards fatter wider boards!

[IB_Surfer]

i traded my surfboard for a boogie board so forget about it lmfao

You'll be back

When you do, try a 6'6 x 19 3/4 x 2 5/8 shortboard, it was my first try at shortboarding and had enough volume to be stable but small enough to rip with.