I've heard people comment on shaper's boards being geared toward smaller surfers or bigger surfers. Is this a rails thing? A rocker thing? or just BS?
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Boards for bigger surfers vs smaller surfers
- Thread starter casa_mugrienta
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When peeps talk about their 5'10" this vs their 5'10" that, you know they are "smaller" surfers.
How big is the shaper? Is he Rusty size of Xanadu size?
What guys ride the shapers boards? Are they all puny punks, or are they large hairy men?
These clues will help you decide what size boars the shaper tends towards.
It's a scaling thing but still keeping in mind that the board has to fit in the same size waves regardless or riders size. I would say if all else is equal taller surfers should ride shorter equipment.
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I am probably wrong but I think alot of larger surfers are riding boards too small.
What are the large hairless men riding? That's my cue.
Seems like every promising looking used board I see on OfferUp or CL ends up being a 5' 8" (and too small for me).
I'm 6'1 and have been riding boards from 6'4 to 6'6 as my daily drivers since the 80s. I've never liked riding boards shorter than that.
I’m 6’4” 232 lbs. how thick should I go on my 6’1” x 18 5/8” HPSB? 3.75? How many liters?
ha, you made a bit of a mess phrasing that. Surfboards buying short boards? Did you mean surfboards buying surfers or tall surfers buying boards of length less than their height?
I would say something like this: if we were to look at a selection of elite surfers both men and women. Little surfers tend to ride boards up to several inches taller than them whereas tall surfers tend to ride boards closer to their height. e.g Coco Ho, ht 5' 3" driver 2 HPSB 5' 6 1/2" i.e 3.5 inches longer than her ht. Wade Carmichael 5' 11", Keg model surfboard 6' - just 1" taller than his height.
I think the rest of us should ride whatever we want.
get it down to 2.25 thickness and you'll be ripping. extra singel concave,
Well start sending me the links because it seems there aren't any of those around here.
Or if there are they belonged to a fatso.
it is interesting to compare notes, what is your height and what do you ride for a HPSB? What sort of waves?
It's about build in addition to height. Thinner surfer = shorter board than a thicker surfer of similar height would ride.
But beyond that, taller surfers seem more likely to be on boards shorter than their height. Shorter surfers on boards taller than their height. Average height surfers on boards same as their height.
Most good shapers should be able to make boards for anybody.
But beyond that, taller surfers seem more likely to be on boards shorter than their height. Shorter surfers on boards taller than their height. Average height surfers on boards same as their height.
Most good shapers should be able to make boards for anybody.
@GWS_2 has passed on some good knowledge regarding boards for gentlemen surfers vs kiddie size. What I took is that it doesn't scale up on a 1:1 basis, but more exponentially. On average, bigger surfers can hammer down with more force on a carve exponentially than say, a Nole Salsa type character. This is a generalization of the average surfer and I am well aware of Tom Carroll. @20W-50 and blood you want to jump in here?