Hey, i need some advice on a light wind surfboard. I am 85kg use a lithium 14 and union 11 and 8. Looking to be out in the 10-15knot range. I have a old board i dont use and was wondering if its suitable? Will it get destroyed? I might be blind but whats the liters of the board?

it will be fine for a while, has a fair bit of length so should get you going.

Thats a massive board and you wont get planning better on anything else!

Length is not the key.Think of a skimboard, they go in nothing and are perfectly flat.
So and try find something flat and wide.

Firewire Baked Potato, North Nugget, Cabrinha Secret Weapon, Naish Mutant.There's a tonne of options.

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JBFletch said...
Length is not the key.Think of a skimboard, they go in nothing and are perfectly flat.
So and try find something flat and wide.

Firewire Baked Potato, North Nugget, Cabrinha Secret Weapon, Naish Mutant.There's a tonne of options.

I am saving for a firewire sweet potato but wanted to know if this will hold up in the meantime.

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Duff15 said..
Hey, i need some advice on a light wind surfboard. I am 85kg use a lithium 14 and union 11 and 8. Looking to be out in the 10-15knot range. I have a old board i dont use and was wondering if its suitable? Will it get destroyed? I might be blind but whats the liters of the board?

Litreage: Try going to Firewire website and finding a similar sized board and work it out from there, at a guess that would be less than 40 litres because its pretty thin. You can get heaps more litres by having a thicker board. I have a Vanguard 6' and that is 40 litres.

Don't worry if they say its too big, start on it practice gybes and then work towards something smaller, you wont destroy it if you don't run it into sandbanks or do big jumps, but you will get some new depressions on the deck after a while.

PS. How old is the board, Michael Anthony shaped me my first custom surfboard over 23 years ago!!

The ideal LW board is fat, wide and flat (in that order).
You need volume to get going, the more volume, the less drag and the easier you pick up speed (and therefore apparent wind).

I have a skim board and although it is wide and flat, it's not a LW board. There is a common misconception that wide and flat is all you need. A skim board has not much flotation so it's not meant to be a LW board. I use mine in 15-20 knots.
Anything around the 12 knots I use my fat fish. It's got 40L of volume, is wide and not too heavy. So makes the ideal LW board.

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HighzaKite said...

Duff15 said..
Hey, i need some advice on a light wind surfboard. I am 85kg use a lithium 14 and union 11 and 8. Looking to be out in the 10-15knot range. I have a old board i dont use and was wondering if its suitable? Will it get destroyed? I might be blind but whats the liters of the board?

Litreage: Try going to Firewire website and finding a similar sized board and work it out from there, at a guess that would be less than 40 litres because its pretty thin. You can get heaps more litres by having a thicker board. I have a Vanguard 6' and that is 40 litres.

Don't worry if they say its too big, start on it practice gybes and then work towards something smaller, you wont destroy it if you don't run it into sandbanks or do big jumps, but you will get some new depressions on the deck after a while.

PS. How old is the board, Michael Anthony shaped me my first custom surfboard over 23 years ago!!

The board is about 4 years old. He makes good boards

Yeah just use that board its plenty wide enough and it looks like its got pretty low rocker so should get going really easily and you may as well put it to good use,get it out there

That board looks perfect for light wind.

best way to find out ...?
give it a go.