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Hi everyone,
I’m in the market for two new boards and I’m hoping some of you have had experience with upgrading to a similar setup and can point me in the right direction.
I’m around 87kgs/190lbs, and ride a HA770, MA 790, 990, 5’4” 98L nugget style board and I try not to use anything over a 5m wing.
I can land gybes, tacks consistently and I’m pretty comfortable riding swell.
I’ve been looking at mid lengths between 85L and 95L, as I want this board to open up some lighter wind days, but also want to ride it in swell so don’t want to go too big, I’m ok with sacrificing some low end for better maneuverability.
I find the nugget can be difficult to get unstuck if it’s between (12-14kts), even with heavy pumping and I’m hoping the mid length would eliminate this problem.
But, I’m wondering if I could go down to a 65 or 70L mid length and be able to get up in say 12-14kts - from the research I’ve done it seems like this might be a struggle and not really worth the gain in maneuverability.
For the second board I’m thinking of going for a 48L prone board. So I can start surf foiling and when it’s nuking I can use this as my small board.
