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Tomo MPH
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Includes oar core made from lightning in a bottle
I agree with @oeste858. Somewhere around 6" less than your height is a good starting point. You can go 8" shorter if you surf it in soft, small waves but if there's a little more size or push, I'd stay closer to the 6" less range. 19.5" wide sounds about right to me at that height. Go with whatever thickness gets you to your desired literage.
I go with hpsb volume personally but if you like a little more volume in your grovel boards, go 1 or 2L more. No more than that though. Ask for tapered rails no matter what.
You definitely don't need the carbon since it's a small wave board, but if you like feel of that construction, then just get the same thing. Both my stringered version and the HD stringer version have felt great to me. I had 8.C on both.
This is an easy one:
5'7" x 19" x 2-1/2" GMM2.
Just do it. Don't think. Just do it. Works out to just a hair over 30 liters. DO IT.
EDIT: Just read everyone else's responses. I disagree on width. Don't go over 19". It's a super straight rail line with a REALLY wide tail. Just stick to 19" and you will be STOKED.
errrr... I mean STOCKED.
We're practically the same size, Goodfish. Seriously. I'm 165#. I ordered this one a hair bigger as I just topped 50 this year.
I took some pics so you can see that Bedonkadonk tail on this beauty. I call her my "bar of soap."
1. Deck (dirty)
2. Bottom... check out that tail.
3. Dimensions.... exactly what I quoted you above.
4. QISC bottom
5. Drive train
I took some pics so you can see that Bedonkadonk tail on this beauty. I call her my "bar of soap."
1. Deck (dirty)
2. Bottom... check out that tail.
3. Dimensions.... exactly what I quoted you above.
4. QISC bottom
5. Drive train
@oeste858 @jkb @sh3 Thanks for confirming my YOLO and helping out with the dims. I'm still playing around with the idea of a 5'6, 5'7 or a 5'8 like the one RK's been surfing recently. I like the idea of a bit of extra foam on a small wave board for more glide and a bit of boatyness. Since owning a Wavestorm, I've realised boatyness can be fun too. Just gonna have a think and see if any friends over here are interested in joining the order, so I don't have to stump up all the shipping myself. If I do that, I might have to order a second board to make it worth it, which would mean I would have a total of 5 boards on order currently...
YOLO!
YOLO!
Is RK secretly teasing me or is the GMM2 that freaking good!? 
Pretty damn fun for this time of year too. I feel like maybe you’re letting the boxy shape put you off. You’re blowin it. Look at how fast and smooth a 60 year old surfs on it!
All this talk and RK's posts inspired me to break out the GMM2 for the first surf in a while. Crap summer reef conditions, but it made the most of it, and got in a couple effortless FS hacks when a shoulder presented itself. Bonus: RK was out on his, showing how it should be done. Always fun and inspiring to watch
All his footage is making me want to get mine out too. Between getting a new Banjo and a Manta last year it's been sitting in the garage a lot but I think it's time to dust it off.
Yeah, I also did it to spite Deforest, as he keeps asking/talking about it for years now. I'm pretty sure I showed him! LOL.
I don't know how he can consider himself Tomo's #1 Fan without one of these gems in his all-Tomo quiver... Incomplete!
I stumbled onto MR twin + trailer a couple years ago and haven't used anything else since. Before that I was using purple Reactors.