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But, then, I'm usually in a 3/2 or 4/3 wettie, paddling 1/2 mile out to my local, and battling chop and lots of water moving. Oh, and I'm an old kook. 6'1 swallow should work well for my 6'1 frame as an allrounder. would like Jon to add his opinion. but as far as my experience particularly this El Nino winter surfing 2 months straight at Ventura point breaks I only used my 6'3" PyzAlien. Perfect for the days it was chest to near OH (say 8' face at me being 6'2"). That top end of OH I was really pushing the board hard on is upper limit. more so on paddling into the wave. just the standard not enough length to match the wave speed coming in. Should have been out on a longer board, like my 6'6" ShortCut. But next winter I'm thinking I'll order a 6'6" PyzAlien for OH days.Maz said:
Greg Griffin said:
HI -- It is not a groveler, simply a good all around, stubbier board. We call it a Daily Driver because it is a great board to ride in a wide variety of waves and conditions.nexttozen said:
I'm 5-9 and weigh 165 and I ride a 5-8 x 18.63 x 2.13 swallow tail, but I love smaller feeling boards. The main rule of thumb with this board is to go 1/8'' UNDER your normal shortboard thickness. It has a flat deck and fuller rail (mostly full feeling under the ball of your hand/palm, and tapering off from there so it doesn't ride fat)sakana_kid said:
Stoked it's holding up good and you like it. A swallow tail does exactly what you say-- helps the board feel more positive in the higher size range of waves that it is meant for, without taking much away from the low-end. I ride a 5-8 swallow tail in ceiling high (8 foot faces) waves in Hawaii all the time and it works greatMaz said:
knee high. if really want to push it. the board paddles VERY good for a shortboard. I've had mine out in 2' surf and still able to get my fat ass into waves. granted I'd prefer to have my longboard at that point but it was an overhyped south swell and only had the PyzAlien in the car.kdropin said:
My Firewire version (blah) paddled into knee-waist quite easily. It has very good paddle power and glide. I like the look of the shorter wider dims in the Pyzel version though as opposed to the FW ones. It did fine in big waves as long as they were flatter faced. Might pull the trigger on the 6'0 x 19.75 x 2.44 one this week.. Still humming and hawing about being overvolumed though. Seems to be in line with recommendations though - head height, the width I like in a smaller wave board and close-ish to my volume.kdropin said:
