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best beach break DD
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My friend surfed a fever in everything
Waist to OH
Think he's got a flyer for smaller stuff but said fever worked great
Lost Uber driver
Or Sub driver if you're feeling more active
Did you size them pretty similarly?
I have always gotten on well with JS boards but haven't tried a Monstabox. I have the Psycho Nitro in HyFi tho which I quite like.
Similar, but to be completely transparent, the JS has slightly blown up dims as I went for the "Easyrider" (read: fat bastard) dims at the same length board. The Phantom was 5.10, 19 1/2, 2 1/2, where the Monstabox is 5.10, 19 5/8, 2 9/16. This means that the JS has about 1L more volume.
I have read and heard some feedback that some claim the new Monstabox 2020 is worse than the previous, but this is was my first Monstabox (and first JS in general) so can't comment on it. I think Noel Salad said something similar.
One thing I would say, is that that the Monstabox is slightly more fin sensitive than the Phantom. Anything that I put in the Phantom just felt right / the same as any other one put in, whereas the JS is this wasn't quite thew case, and I settled on the Mick Fanning sides, with the AM2 air-core centre fin.
Copy. Yeah the older monstabox swallow tail always looked tempting to me. Stock dims wise I end up having to go a bit shorter than my height but I think for a step down type board that's okay. I'll check the Noel Salad review hah
Looked solid from what i've seen. A fast/versatile dd in a range of size like the OP was asking for. I don't own one but looks like it fits the bill. That Wooly review guy thought it sat pretty good in the tube. @waxurDyl might have some insight if he has had his out much.
Surely for anyone with that many boards, a job, and reliance on the ocean for swell you'd never be able to surf any board enough to really know it
I've got the old Pyzalien 1.0 version. (6'0 19 3/4 2 1/2) It's a super allrounder with a massive range. 1-6ft (Aus/NZ, not US).
I'd give the shadow / phantom the nod on weaker waves TBH. Not substantially better but noticeably better.
On paper, the pyzalien should be better, and a lot of people make it work, but for me, I just struggle on the board unless there is some real push.