6' Catch Surf Wave Bandit for Winter / Spring?

[jaffa1949]

The one area where I can lose perspective is what other people have to deal with!
Surfing in Australia was and is mercifully free of most complications like that, before moved to Austria I had a rack for 9 longboards. Hmmm a little more cultural awareness needed perhaps on my part

Still try to up grade though!

[dtc]

You obviously don’t have to get a Bic. Get the longest board you can (or find a different place to store the board? There are some ingenious devices to store boards on your wall or roof).

You know the shape you need - rounded nose etc. something like the modern love child shape (that board seems like a good choice but it’s the shape you are after and there are plenty of alternatives).

I’m a fan of midlengths, I reckon my 7’4 catches waves almost (although not totally) as easily as my 9’1 (although it certainly doesn’t glide as easily once up). But it’s a big 7’4 - 22 1/2 wide, 2 7/8 thick, rounded nose etc. Don’t try to take too many shortcuts

[waikikikichan]

I don't want to waste time putting on and taking fins off every time I go surfing.

If you can't even make the effort to put on and take off something simple as fins .............. then I'm worried you can't even make the effort to take care/repair your boards, re-wax your board, make it to the main peak, etc. If you can't be entrusted with little things ( like turning a couple of little screws ), how can you be entrusted with even greater things ?

All I read is excuses after excuses, and reason after reason why you can't do this or that. All I see is you dreaming / intending to get this or do this, throw money at or recommend to buy some half baked idea, but nothing ever happens.
I'm worried you don't have the GRIT to become a better surfer. And that's fine. If you are happy spinning around, moving a lot but staying in one place with all your good intentions, that's up to you. Everyone is on their own schedule. We all just want to enjoy surfing, what ever that means to each person. You keep telling us that this item ( skateboard, beaterboard, surfboard ) will make you better ( turn more easily, catch more waves ). The answer is NO, nothing you (intend to) buy will make you better. It is YOU, that makes you better. I keep telling you that ( Indian not the arrow ) but you just don't get it. I'm not frustrated trying over and over again to help you get better, I don't mind, I'm not WASTING anytime. But you are.

Hopefully you will take this as a spark to light that flame under you to truly get better. I'd rather you just put it to ACTION ( take off the fins, remove that old wax, get the right board, go to the right take off spot ) instead of in the past throw out more excuses. ACTIONS not words. ( and it starts by taking off those fins )

[pmcaero]

I'm worried you don't have the GRIT to become a better surfer.

I have to disagree. I have been working diligently on improving my surfing with the hardware I have and planning to buy a better board after we move into a house. I did not expect that I run out of space. Days are short and opportunities to surf are few, so I need to make the most of it. Spending even 20 extra minutes per session extracting the board from an awkward space and messing with the fins is not something I entertain doing. I simply need something smaller that would work best for me, with the expectation that it will often get banged on doors and shelves and door frames.

[pmcaero]

Surfing in Australia was and is mercifully free of most complications like that, before moved to Austria I had a rack for 9 longboards.

hopefully I will move into a house sometime soon and start building up my quiver

[saltydog]

I simply need something smaller that would work best for me, with the expectation that it will often get banged on doors and shelves and door frames.

If I were you, I’d sell the 7’4” for cheap and buy the longest nsp or torq that the storage space allows, then probably sell the bic too. Those epoxy boards seem so tough. And I have a feeling there’s a buyer for pretty much anything if priced right.

[Big H]

FWIW, something I do most evenings after I get off and before I sleep is to pull the board(s) I’m going to take out the next day and spend a little time with them, touching up wax, changing out fins (I store them in the rack without fins to save on space and so they don’t cut each other up), checking the board and finboxes for cracks or dings, fixing what I find if I can or I pull from the Rota and put in the “take to shop” rack........I bag them and put them in the car so alls I have to do Is wake up and go in the AM. For me it is an essential part of the overall experience.

[Big H]

Whatever waves you choose to ride, you need a board that can get you out onto the face. For whatever reasons given, you seem to like waist high waves, shoulder high max so from the vids you’ve shared and the struggles seen, I vote with the rest and think you need at minimum a new, light epoxy midsize board that you love so that you’ll not blame it and concentrate on your form. A 9’ board would be better for your wave choice.....there must be a way to squeeze that into your living space somehow.

[pmcaero]

A 9’ board would be better for your wave choice.....there must be a way to squeeze that into your living space somehow.

That WAS my plan. I was going to keep riding the 7'9" Bic till I had the space to buy a decent longboard. I'm starting to like moving back and forth on the board

[pmcaero]

FWIW, something I do most evenings after I get off and before I sleep is to pull the board(s) I’m going to take out the next day and spend a little time with them, touching up wax

I don't have that kind of predictability in my life