noise said:
I go to indo every year and only ever take 3 boards. A 5'9 black box 2 / 3 type shape for up to 4 foot (a bit overhead for size scale) My 6'0 shortboard for up to 6 foot + and then a step up a few inches bigger for 8 foot plus. I've always found indo waves are pretty easy to paddle into (unless you want to surf nias / kandui / bankvaults / outside corner on those mega swells that really only come once or twice a year). You will surf your regular shortboard most of the time.
(I'm just under 6 foot and 78kg)
Are you me?
I do the same. 3 boards - a 5'9, a back-up, and 6'0 step-up. I don't go longer than 6'0 because I'd probably just sit in the channel and watch if the swell called for a bigger board than that! Haha...
A lot of the 'normal' bigger swells still break in the same spot on the reefs over there, so most of the time you don't need a massive board. The mega swells are another story. I was at a certain little island during that Muzza Swell a few years ago. Went out on the boat taxi to take a look. The skipper moored at the usual deep water spot in the channel. Saw some majestic , monster waves until we spotted a next level set approaching. The deckhand jumped up, unhooked us from the buoy, and we gunned it for a deeper spot in the channel. Was pretty scary...