I'm 5'10 1/2 and I just know I'd be able to throw more spray if I was 5'10 9/16
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Pyzel Ghost?
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I resemble this comment. my preferred pronoun is soyboy.What's that you're saying about stringbean builds?
Hi--- saw this and I am not sure what you are asking exactly, but the way every board "feels' is just the combination of all the ingredients that go into it. On top of that every surfer gets slightly feelings from each board because they are riding it in their own individual way.
Those Mini Padillacs are driving me wild.
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wrong button..... compared to mccabes beautiful rounded pins they had more drive in less than epic conditions.
Pyzel, your Ghost design is a great board for the NC Outer Banks when it is good. I concur with Brett Barley's "feelings" on the board. My comments about what makes your Ghost "feel" the way it is does is to figure out what boards work the way I want them to so that I can make educated choices in future boards - as I am 45 years old and don't really want to waste a few years of riding more performance designs on boards that don't work for me . A West Coast friend recommended the Ghost to me for Hatteras waves and I found one for a great price and went for it. He was right.
I have question about going up in size for our bigger days in the winter with 20 lbs of neoprene. The stock 6'1 is perfect for me (5'10 x 190) when I am in a 3/2 or less and there is not lots of current and water moving. Can I step up to stock 6'4 for the paddle power in deeper water beach break or does increase in volume and/or length change how it works for a guy my height/size?
Real Water Sports and Atlantic Beach Surf Shop are doing a great job keeping your boards in the rack and the 3 stock Pyzel boards I have had have been the best PU/PE glass jobs I have ever had. Thank your glassers for me.
Yeah I’ve ridden my ghost a few times now, 6 0. Super fun in punchy beach break. I’ll see how the board does in a five mil and all the trimmings lol. But that’s an archer issue
That is good stuff to hear! Thank you.
As for the sizing up issue, one thing that is tough when looking at stock dims is that I am adding width and thickness as the boards get longer, so they can feel quite a bit bigger as they grow. The 6'1'' you have is 19 1/2 '' and the 6'4'' jumps up to 20'' which is a pretty big difference. If I was to design a 6'4'' for you based off your current 6'1'' I would not go that wide at all, more like 19 5/8 or 19 3/4, and probably only up to 2 3/4 thick, not the 2 7/8 that the stock dims are (I am more concerned about the width than the thickness). I could be off here, and maybe you are totally comfortable with that jump, since that is a personal thing.
Great perspective! In my case at 5"10 185lb I went with stock(ish) 6'1 & 6'4...both went well but the 6'4 is very very beefy. Next order will likely be 6'2 width/thickness in 6'3 length (perhaps swallowtail.) Also very excited to throw a 6'0 Mini-Padillac into the mix...
