boarder paul said..

Any full time longboarders have one in there quivwr, I'm thinking a great style of board for the older longboarder as a bigger day alternative but at 7+ ft it's still a big board

Simondo has a cracker mate ask him,but imo they are wall art unless your a super cool cat like Simondo

I was amazed how great my shortboard felt the other day. Apart from Bali in Jan, I've only ridden a shortboard twice this year & it was my other one. I have a board which is 6'4 x 21.5 x 2.5, 38L with a little rocker/little tail kick, quad fins & it absolutely flies. There are some nice hybrid boards to choose from these days. If your looking for a board for bigger waves, just go short & wide. How wide depends how hollow your local bigger waves are

Yea true, I'm also thinking mctavish sumo as a bigger day alternative to the mals say 6"8 6"10

Fark that you can get a nice 6'10 x 20 x 2 1/2 that will float you at the ton easy....I was riding 6'2 x 21 x 3 at 112kgs

asea said..

Tux said..

Fark that you can get a nice 6'10 x 20 x 2 1/2 that will float you at the ton easy....I was riding 6'2 x 21 x 3 at 112kgs

Tux you are probably 20 years younger

Nah you'll piss it in Godfather .... and probably smash out a dozen drop knees in the blink of a Prez's eye

Simondo said...
At a guess BP, you might be better suited to a modern Tracker Equivalent, which is the Sumo... The Rincon '68 from McTavish is also a modern Tracker, but it never really became a model... Ring up the shop, and ask Bob for a Rincon '68, 2+1...

I think the sumo would be a bitch in bigger waves with that wide nose...it just looks like it will catch....grom man time to guide him down the speed shape way....

If I was forced to go down the McTavish path for bigger waves,I would go a big arse bob sled or carver

boarder paul said..

Yep bobsled is nice, just too vertical for me

Too what?

Macaha said..

boarder paul said..

Yep bobsled is nice, just too vertical for me

Too what?

in this clip here the bobsled does not look like a vertical board at all - yes the waves are not ideal but I could think of many diff boards that would be more well suited. If you are after something for the bigger days then I am inclined to say that the Bobsled is not the one you want.

www.dailymotion.com/video/xezeqz