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beached57
beached57
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25 Aug 2026 8:04pm
i've got dents/marks all over my Omen board but it's still going strong after 4 years. i even somehow managed to crack through the nose (hitting it on concrete while washing it after each session) but with some cosmetic repair job it still shows no sign of harm.💪
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beached57
beached57
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149 posts
20 Aug 2026 8:39pm
i've had midlengths and bars of soap. i've found there isn't much difference in getting up in lighter winds between them. sure, the bars of soap stick a bit more, but if there's not enough wind to get up on the bar of soap, i'm also not getting up on the midlength. the one board factor i dislike most is thickness. i've sold all my over 6' boards and maintain my Omen 72L 5'9" Flux for the lighter stuff and Appletree DW Prone 57L for stronger stuff (which you could likely prone with). I'm 90 kgs.
beached57
beached57
149 posts
149 posts
26 Jul 2026 8:26pm
i've had a 7'2" board and a 6'2" board both around the 100l range...sold them both. i'm a winger only, no PW for me. i find these long boards do nothing for me in terms of getting up in lighter winds. and i hate the way they track. my 'big' board is now the Omen 5'7", 72l and i feel i get up easier on that than i did on those bigger ones.
beached57
beached57
149 posts
149 posts
12 Jul 2026 1:34am


Youngbreezy said..
Foil drives are for old boys with cash to burn that are too old and unfit to prone/ sup in the surf or downwind.

Now I don’t criticise these old boys for doing it. A lot of the time they are having an absolute blast when they wouldn’t be able to otherwise.

And yes the majority of them are absolute dogs with zero surf/foil etiquette or recognition of the fact they’re on a motorised craft and are legally required to stay away from non motorised water users. Most of them have the funds available to fight the court case when they do eventually decapitate someone anyway so abiding by laws, etiquette or respect for the fellow human being is not high on their list but at least their having fun and good on them, thats all I’m saying!



sounds like you're the one who needs an attitude adjustment, or maybe it's just your youth shining through. you're correct in that I've seen fellow FDers go where they shouldn't, but those come in all ages, and in all disciplines. if they're doing bad at 25, they'll probably still be doing bad at 70. i've seen great proners doing great things on the FD. I could go on, but the bottom line is maybe a little less stereotyping and a bit more tolerance can go a long way.
beached57
beached57
149 posts
149 posts
10 Jul 2026 1:10am
i don't think the FD promises the world to anyone. i think the advantage of the FD is that it can work when nothing else will, e.g., not enough wind for any wind sports, not enough wave for interesting surfing. it certainly has got me on the water when nothing else would, and for that reason, it is a benefit to me. but there are also days when even the FD cannot turn nothing into something.