Anyone out there on the erBB have suggestions for the type of board/volume I should be looking at if I'm surfing waves that are more rolling than pitching? I went out in TX today to surf some Cristobal swell, beaches were flooded so we had to park on the access road without seeing the waves. Without thinking I grabbed my shortboard. Got out to see the waves were ~6-8' and clean, stocked (or so I thought).
I found that unless I took off practically under the lip as the wave was going to break, it was near impossible to get into them. I'm 5'8" 165lb, the shortboard I was riding was a 5'8", 30L Stamps Flare (which works AMAZING at a place like BSR in Waco). I went back and switched to a more mush--type board (5'8" Neilson Flying Floatey Fish at 34L) and was still having difficulty.
I'm wondering if it's the Indian (living in Central Texas means I'm only in the water 2-3x/month mostly) or the arrow. I've heard great things about the Superbrand Fling, but I feel like it may be a duplicate of my Neilson.
I found that unless I took off practically under the lip as the wave was going to break, it was near impossible to get into them. I'm 5'8" 165lb, the shortboard I was riding was a 5'8", 30L Stamps Flare (which works AMAZING at a place like BSR in Waco). I went back and switched to a more mush--type board (5'8" Neilson Flying Floatey Fish at 34L) and was still having difficulty.
I'm wondering if it's the Indian (living in Central Texas means I'm only in the water 2-3x/month mostly) or the arrow. I've heard great things about the Superbrand Fling, but I feel like it may be a duplicate of my Neilson.
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