Haha-- It isn't a special exemption, I surfed my first Rincon Classic in1984! I'll be moving up into the "Legends" next year , so I will be the a youngster in my division for a change.
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Pyzel White Tiger
- Thread starter dcurbelo
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Pyzel, just want to say that my Wildcat has been killing it in the recent off-season north swell on the north shore this week. Super versatile along this stretch.
How would 24.10 liters in the P2 float a 145lb 38 y/o?
Asking as I'm not familiar with the foil of your boards.
The only reference I can work off of is Noel "Salsa" who rides his P2 @ 25.5 L @160lbs
Which seems very "pro".
24L typically feels pretty good, I'm guessing the rocker on this thing is a lot less than I normally ride so 24.1 should feel better.
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Bro I've had 2 pyzaliens (original one) already. I'm 6ft tall 175lbs 39yo. Surf 5 times a week since I was a kid.
First Pyzalien was 30.8L. Second is 30L. Both are amazing boards, but I liked the 30.8L better - it may have been my best board ever. Yeah, Pyzaliens are that good.
Using the volume calculator (https://lostsurfboards.net/surfboard-volume-calculator/) to compare GF ratio, I would go towards 25L if I was 145lbs. But 24L is not far off neither.
Oh and I haven't had a p2 yet, which is more foiled.
I would go one size up for a legit shortboard/dd/step down/fish quiver killer.
My recent P2 acquisition is precisely the 24.1L stock 5'6" but I'm 132lbs 45 y/o. Above average fitness.
I have surfed it in knee high curvy wedges, onshore mushburgers, peaky a-frames and today pitchy overhead reef break surf with steep walls (somewhere in the J Bay vicinity) for max speed, on rail hp surfing. Usually I'd be on my 5.8" 23.3L CI black/white in these conditions. The P2 felt great off the bottom, off the top, on rail etc...
The rail has a knifey taper, tail is foiled out and has vee out the back so I wouldn't undersize it. I rode a way oversized 32-34l-ish OG pyzalien for a session, at a slopey beachbreak and even at that size it was lively.
My recent P2 acquisition is precisely the 24.1L stock 5'6" but I'm 132lbs 45 y/o. Above average fitness.
I have surfed it in knee high curvy wedges, onshore mushburgers, peaky a-frames and today pitchy overhead reef break surf with steep walls (somewhere in the J Bay vicinity) for max speed, on rail hp surfing. Usually I'd be on my 5.8" 23.3L CI black/white in these conditions. The P2 felt great off the bottom, off the top, on rail etc...
The rail has a knifey taper, tail is foiled out and has vee out the back so I wouldn't undersize it. I rode a way oversized 32-34l-ish OG pyzalien for a session, at a slopey beachbreak and even at that size it was lively.
Meanwhile on the east coast of England.....
I'm a euro kook and you hurt my feelings
That sounds a little on the small side to me, plus below you said "summer Portugal" which is generally going to be weaker, windswell kind of waves. I would go up a bit
The part about England and a “Portuguese surf holiday” was a joke mocking modern European beginner “surf culture” that seems to be common on Reddit.
I’m 5’8. That would be a lot more volume than what I normally ride. I’m sure the 24 L one would be fine.
ahahah so you ask the shaper, he answers "go with more volume" and now you are sure you're good with less volume...
Being undervolumed is where grumpiness is born.
Take a teaspoon of sea salt in the morning when you wake up (before coffee). Take like 4 poops and you feel light as a feather.
Undervolumed problem solved!
How many liters of…. PU does that net you?Take a teaspoon of sea salt in the morning when you wake up (before coffee). Take like 4 poops and you feel light as a feather.
Undervolumed problem solved!
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