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Recommend A Step Up/Good Wave Board
- Thread starter mundus
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I’ve seen/held a Happy step up and it looked/felt good. Never ridden one though.
Something that looked really interesting to me was a Rocket 9 step up...
Maybe the Lost Retro Ripper, description specifically mentions E coast Hurricane swells.
Nope but I've felt it up a few times. Very chunky. Need to go smaller than my shortboards. I reckon I'd need to ride the 5'10 stock dimensions to avoid the boaty feel. I'm 75kg.
I have the lost Tube Pig....use small Accelerator fins from FCS which are smack in between a performer small and medium, so more of a medium small.
Find that narrow tail likes the smaller fin, and keeps it loose enough on a smaller section
I have two step ups, a classic 6'6 and a 6'0 tube pig. The tube pig paddles great for it's size but I use it when it's steep and if there isn't too much water moving around. the 6'6 for when the playing field is spread out.
So pretty much, if I was in Hossegor, i'd use the tube pig for Graviere and Capbreton, and the 6'6 for the sandbars La Nord and northwards
Find that narrow tail likes the smaller fin, and keeps it loose enough on a smaller section
I have two step ups, a classic 6'6 and a 6'0 tube pig. The tube pig paddles great for it's size but I use it when it's steep and if there isn't too much water moving around. the 6'6 for when the playing field is spread out.
So pretty much, if I was in Hossegor, i'd use the tube pig for Graviere and Capbreton, and the 6'6 for the sandbars La Nord and northwards
Just a different set of dimensions for more fit and plus sized surfers, nothing else changed
It was a response to a comment about variations in tail widths on the Ghost.
Have you looked at all three of the same length together?
6’2 widths
Ghost - 19 5/8
Pro - 19 1/4
XL - 19 7/8
No measurements of tails on the Pyzel site but if I had to guess I’d say all three tails are different.
I was specifically referring to the normal ghost, I think they widened the tail a touch at some point. I have no evidence to back up this claim 
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When the ghost pro came out the dude at Aqua SF was telling me he thinks they increased the rocker a tiny bit on that file. Again no evidence but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some differences in the normal, pro and XL files.
.When the ghost pro came out the dude at Aqua SF was telling me he thinks they increased the rocker a tiny bit on that file. Again no evidence but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some differences in the normal, pro and XL files.
The Pro has increased tail rocker, pinched rails and a narrower outline than the Ghost. I’ve never seen an XL.I was specifically referring to the normal ghost, I think they widened the tail a touch at some point. I have no evidence to back up this claim
When the ghost pro came out the dude at Aqua SF was telling me he thinks they increased the rocker a tiny bit on that file. Again no evidence but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some differences in the normal, pro and XL files.
As for nose rocker on the pro I think it may have slightly more but primarily due to shaving the rails and removing foam. The board just isn’t as beefy.
I'd be a bit surprised by that. I feel like Pyzel doesn't have a tendency to make tweaks like that. They try and keep things pretty simple. They do have a wide tailed ghost just as an FYI.I was specifically referring to the normal ghost, I think they widened the tail a touch at some point. I have no evidence to back up this claim
When the ghost pro came out the dude at Aqua SF was telling me he thinks they increased the rocker a tiny bit on that file. Again no evidence but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some differences in the normal, pro and XL files.
The Ghost pro is just a set of slimmed-down dims for rippers who don't need a board as wide or thick as the standard Ghost. I think I asked them about it last time I ordered some boards.
I like the dudes at Aqua, they are chill, but I wouldn't take anything they say too seriously
Listen to Kool-Aid.I'd be a bit surprised by that. I feel like Pyzel doesn't have a tendency to make tweaks like that. They try and keep things pretty simple. They do have a wide tailed ghost just as an FYI.
The Ghost pro is just a set of slimmed-down dims for rippers who don't need a board as wide or thick as the standard Ghost. I think I asked them about it last time I ordered some boards.
I like the dudes at Aqua, they are chill, but I wouldn't take anything they say too seriously
I'm even fairly sure I remember Pyzel coming on here and confirming that the Ghost Pro is just a Ghost in a different set of dims.
I had a 6'2 Happy step up... good board. Even though the nose looks on narrower side, it has low nose rocker and thickness distributed slightly forward. Made paddling decent and knifing in more precise. I only surfed it 1x in conditions it was suited for, sold it bc for where I surf, I'd only use it a couple times a year and on those days I'd want something a little longer.
He did, in response to my inquiry of stretching the pro out to be used as a semi-gun.
Not a CI fan but I had an early Lost Rock Up that I liked. The later Rock Ups got really pinny which is why I think they made the Round Up, my Rock Up was more like the later Round Ups, a wider round pin. I've seen some that looked really good.
Also had a Lost Mini Driver that I used as a semi step up. It went really well as surf got bigger. Had some epic hurricane sessions on it but it was only 5'9. They get too beefy as you get to more step up sizing.
Wouldn't mind a step up with the rocker of the Mini Driver, a bit more in the nose and less in tail but all the compact step ups seem to go the opposite way.
Also had a Lost Mini Driver that I used as a semi step up. It went really well as surf got bigger. Had some epic hurricane sessions on it but it was only 5'9. They get too beefy as you get to more step up sizing.
Wouldn't mind a step up with the rocker of the Mini Driver, a bit more in the nose and less in tail but all the compact step ups seem to go the opposite way.
I've been curious too. My concern it that it seems the Happy would lack drive compared to the Ghost. Don't know though.