My god, that's a zoo.I'm not sure you've told us how you want to surf this board.
Take a look at this video, it shows a good variety of surf craft. Give us a time stamp of what you're thinking:
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My god, that's a zoo.I'm not sure you've told us how you want to surf this board.
Take a look at this video, it shows a good variety of surf craft. Give us a time stamp of what you're thinking:
I say try a 5'6 Hydroshort.Looking for recommendations for a step-up board for those bigger days (7-10') in north County San Diego reefs.
For those not familiar, deep(er) water, long paddle, lots of water moving around, big playing field, not particularly hollow most of the time.
We've had plenty of swell lately, and I've been struggling on the biggest days on a 6'1" CI Flyer and 6'2" Pyzalien 2. Both in the ~34 liter range.
Absolutely love both boards up to 6-8', and at beach breaks, but at the mushy reefs at size, they're rough to paddle out on, paddle too slow to quickly cover lots of ground, and I'm forced to sit far inside, which both means others get in way before me, and I have to wear the outer sets on the head while others make it over.
I'm 6'1", 200+ lbs.
Thinking of a 6'5" Pyzel Ghost I saw on Craigslist, but that's ~39 l, wondering if that's too much ,or if I'd be better off with a 6'5-6'8" hybrid shape.
Any recs would be greatly appreciated.
Atacama in Oside and Little Italy has McCallums toocheck out some of Mcallum's step ups. He makes a lot of his boards specifically for blacks but they all have pretty low rocker so they'd work in mush too. Pricey but nice!
mitch's has a few
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Try putting your chin down and kicking your feet really hard. Once you go to a longer board it's all arm power. Suggest webbed gloves.Looking for recommendations for a step-up board for those bigger days (7-10') in north County San Diego reefs.
For those not familiar, deep(er) water, long paddle, lots of water moving around, big playing field, not particularly hollow most of the time.
We've had plenty of swell lately, and I've been struggling on the biggest days on a 6'1" CI Flyer and 6'2" Pyzalien 2. Both in the ~34 liter range.
Absolutely love both boards up to 6-8', and at beach breaks, but at the mushy reefs at size, they're rough to paddle out on, paddle too slow to quickly cover lots of ground, and I'm forced to sit far inside, which both means others get in way before me, and I have to wear the outer sets on the head while others make it over.
I'm 6'1", 200+ lbs.
Thinking of a 6'5" Pyzel Ghost I saw on Craigslist, but that's ~39 l, wondering if that's too much ,or if I'd be better off with a 6'5-6'8" hybrid shape.
Any recs would be greatly appreciated.
i may go look at that one today!8'1 mid-length channel bottom twin fin surfboard - sporting goods -...
Perfect condition (rails, nose, tail, bottom.) Light deck pressures, great glass job. Twin fin like Torren Martyn style....65 liters of volume 8'1, 22 1/2, 3 1/8. Brian Bulkley shaped. new set of...santabarbara.craigslist.org
Plenty of good surfers out there. Tough crowd that's for sure. The mush burger aspect but with the odd wall that stands up as well as the wide playing field/take off zone is what I have to deal with at my local point. Along with hordes of longboarders who will toss their boards adding another layer of chaos and mayhem to navigating through the crowd. I enjoyed watching that clip more than the Blacks ones where there were way too many closeouts.My god, that's a zoo.
Or even just a ~7'0 Padillac.Actually, Pyzel min Paddilac might be the call. looks perfect and you’re already riding a Pyzel.
I’ve lived a few miles north and south of there for over a decade now and never once paddled out.I e surfed that place twice in the last twenty years