progresing to a shortboard??

by **bongon** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:55 pm

ok, i've been surfing for about a year now on a 6,10 epoxy funboard and im popping up and surfing them fine but i cant turn it. whenever im out surfing i watch all the shortboarders further out doing tricks and cutbacks and xxxxx and it looks so much fun. im 14 weigh 90 lbs nd im 5,4 any advice on the dimensions of the board, what material and where to go (local surf shop,shaper,internet etc) would be much appreciated
thanks,

by **isaluteyou** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:58 pm

ideally go to a shaper and have a board made to your specific needs and experience :wink:

by **Sillysausage** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:44 am

isaluteyou wrote:ideally go to a shaper and have a board made to your specific needs and experience

best iption
where do you live?

by **bongon** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:14 am

south wales and thanks for the info

by **Roy Stewart** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:36 pm

A 6'10" IS a shortboard and if you can't turn it going shorter isn't going to help

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by **northswell** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:47 pm

^^^^Yes its a shortboard^^^^^

At your age and weight you could probably do with something smaller. I guess by pop out Bic/NSP or similar.
You need to be under 6ft really depending on your ability. But you should be able to turn the board your on now first.

by **bongon** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:50 am

well its a pretty big shortboard and its a pop-out and its reli wide and heavy with a rounded nose, the shop who sold it to me described it as a mini mal so i assumed it was, i was told the reason i found this board so hard to turn is because im so light so i thought getting a shorter one might help.

by **Sillysausage** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:16 pm

well, i also live in south wales. where to d'ya live? in the porthcawl area is 'odd surfboards' which for a shortboard plain white starts at around £325, JP in the gower charges about £350 for a plain white shortboard there are many more, but i can help more when i know where you live. (these are custom boards)

Link: Odd surfboards = http://www.oddsurfboards.com/

Link: JP surfboards = http://www.jpsurfboards.co.uk/

these are the two most well know but there are also more (many in west wales etc)