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Rossall said..
Rick what's the main differences between the Steeze and the Shorty ????

Phil

Everything

I surfed my 9'5 Steeze like a longboard with slow, carving turns.... I liked it for mellow style surfing.
The Shorty is much snappier and loose.... faster.

They look similar, but IMO they are very different boards

Hi greatsup

Been on the road from Florida to Cape Cod all week, visiting SUPsters, so I was offline for a while.

It's true that Twin's are designed quite differently from the Ghost Up, but for some reason it simply works really well with a pair of Twin Fins in small to medium surf.
When it gets juicier, I add a 3.6" center and move up to a 4.5" center when it gets overhead.

I have quite a bit of footage of the Ghost Up in gutless Florida surf and only a few days of head high with more juice since I didn't get my Ghost Ups until I was on my way to Florida last Fall.
Since it is designed to handle more serious surf, I didn't want to publish only videos of it in waist high weakers.... so I wait for some New England juice.
Casso has some great footage of him ripping on his Ghost Up in some good surf.

Here are some links to Florida waves
Small and gutless with Ghost Up running 6" twin Fins.... doesn't do much other than show how it snaps around in tiny's


Nice OH session but only Hat Cam video.... I included some 3' clean SoloShot clips as well to show a bit more of the Ghost Up


I apologize for my lack of serious Ghost Up video's but the surf has been lackluster since I got them

My cheap set of fiberglass Twin Fins from AliBaba ... around $25 USD 5 years ago

London said..
Hi obiJohn.

Can you tell me how much you weigh ?


I currently ride. 9’”3 smik hipster twin 153 litres and I’m about 98kg in wetsuit. Intermediate skill, surf about 2x a month in 1-3 fairly mushy surf.

thinking of moving to ghost and trying to decide if to go 9’1 which is 150
litres. Or to go with 9’3 ghost ?
any advice ?

Hi London

We talked a while ago, so I have all your stats.
My question would be, are you more comfortable now on your Hipster Twin, or still having issues in chop?

If you are comfortable and you want to drop down in size, the 9'1 Ghost has good volume and widths for an intermediate SUPster.
If you are looking for more stability a that you can turn from the middle, then I would go 9'3 Ghost.

All these boards have good stability and volume.
Comfort is relative..... some people never like to fall over, then there's me,,, I fall all the time but it doesn't bother me, so I ride the 8'5 Ghost and 8'8 Ghost at 78 years old. The more time I spend on a board, the less I fall because our bodies adapt quite quickly to increased demand.

Please ask any specific questions or issues you would like to discuss.

Peace
Rick Weeks

thegreatsup said..
Hey Rick. Did you have anymore feedback on the Up vs the creek?


I was looking at a smaller wave agile board like the hipster twin, or twin pro- but an 8’1 Up has landed in my country which I’m now debating.
Casso said he prefers the Up even in smaller junkier waves? Which surprised me, but has me intrigued.
I also have a Smik spitfire pintail 8’2 at 107l, so the 98l 8’1 Up should be a bit more refined and agile?

Thanks for contacting me via text... it was good talking Ghosts!
The Creek has always been a super solid board in all surf.... handles size and juice with ease,
These days I prefer the way the Ghosts surf... easy, fast and snappy.

Having never ridden any SMIK, I can't compare them to the Ghosts.

The Ghost Up is a great one board quiver.... although it was designed to handle size and power, it turns out to be a great small wave board as well.
I ride it as a Twin Fin when the waves are smaller or fatter, Twin with 3.6" Trailer fin if medium juice and Thruster when it's game on.
Today was nice clean surf, so I went thruster but the tide was filling in so I should have gone Twins because the waves got fat as the sun came up.

Love all the detailed feedback on your Ghost John, thank you!

I ride all my Ghosts and Ghost Up's with 6" Twins as front sides and 3.6" center (4.5" in more juice)

Because my hamstrings are always subject to pulling or tearing, I gave up putting the nose over a wave when paddling out.
I simply ride up the face that is hiding under the foam and simply pop through the back as I rise up the face.
Now I only do this on smaller waves or soft waves, but it works very well and doesn't set me back much as I pass the wave.

The pic below is a very small wave, but it shows the nose slipping under the foam and popping out the back

AI Casso is making news! Pretty cool Drew.... and the grip looks like a winner 🤗