I got myself a 10 footer and its a complete fun machine , because I have been on her so much the few surfs Ive had on my short sup have felt weird .Balance and paddling not the problem but on a wave just feel like a complete unco kook.
Anyone else get this ?

You need some time to adapt when changing gear. In my experience, the more you switch gear the easier it becomes, be it long/short SUPing, foil / non foil, prone / sup, etc...It depends on the day, but I need at least 3 waves to get back in tune with the board of the day.

You need some time to adapt when changing gear. In my experience, the more you switch gear the easier it becomes, be it long/short SUPing, foil / non foil, prone / sup, etc...It depends on the day, but I need at least 3 waves to get back in tune with the board of the day.

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paperboy said..
.........on a wave just feel like a complete unco kook.
Anyone else get this ?

Every time I try to surf

When the world went all shortboard in the late 60's, I was just getting good at noseriding.
I chased "short" with everyone else, but after a few years I missed noseriding, so I got another longboard.

Every time I got back on the shorty, it felt like a potato chip.... woosy, no carve blah.
SO... I brought both boards, every session.

20 min on one..... then swap

Pretty soon I had developed a "chip" in my head for each board.
Even the waves looked different when I swapped boards in the same session.

Worth mentioning..... in low power waves,
I find that my boards with less surface area, give up too much speed to perform properly.

Yes.... that is a Greg Noll, Micky Dora "Black Cat"

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supthecreek said..
When the world went all shortboard in the late 60's, I was just getting good at noseriding.
I chased "short" with everyone else, but after a few years I missed noseriding, so I got another longboard.

Every time I got back on the shorty, it felt like a potato chip.... woosy, no carve blah.
SO... I brought both boards, every session.

20 min on one..... then swap

Pretty soon I had developed a "chip" in my head for each board.
Even the waves looked different when I swapped boards in the same session.

Worth mentioning..... in low power waves,
I find that my boards with less surface area, give up too much speed to perform properly.

Yes.... that is a Greg Noll, Micky Dora "Black Cat"

Far out Creeky - classic photo man. From what I've ever read, Greg 'da Bull' Noll and Micky Dora only did a limited run of those boards.
Mate - where is it now?
That thing's a piece of surfing history (and probably worth a mint!)

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MangoDingo said..

supthecreek said..
When the world went all shortboard in the late 60's, I was just getting good at noseriding.
I chased "short" with everyone else, but after a few years I missed noseriding, so I got another longboard.

Every time I got back on the shorty, it felt like a potato chip.... woosy, no carve blah.
SO... I brought both boards, every session.

20 min on one..... then swap

Pretty soon I had developed a "chip" in my head for each board.
Even the waves looked different when I swapped boards in the same session.

Worth mentioning..... in low power waves,
I find that my boards with less surface area, give up too much speed to perform properly.

Yes.... that is a Greg Noll, Micky Dora "Black Cat"

Far out Creeky - classic photo man. From what I've ever read, Greg 'da Bull' Noll and Micky Dora only did a limited run of those boards.
Mate - where is it now?
That thing's a piece of surfing history (and probably worth a mint!)

ha ha.... yup, about $6,000 USD last time I checked.
I let it go for probably $60 when I found a perfect Hawaii Noserider that I like better