Hey guys,
I have a 14 year old son who is a tidy surfer on my 7' 6. He is a strong lad and growing fast like all teenagers, he wants to learn how to ride a log properly with nose riding and cross stepping so I want to get him a real Longboard at 9' plus.
I've found a 9'4 X 22 5/8 X 3 for a good price. Would that be too big you think?
Cheers
Ben
Hell yeah, way way wayyyyyyyyy too big unless he's riding mediterranean boat ripples...personally I see surfboards as tools to ride waves & see the longboard as a very handy part of the quiver when surfing small/powerless waves or surfing waves dominated by longboards/sups and having to compete...and noseriding is kinda gay unless there's not really much else to do coz the wave is so small & gutless (seen exceptions though lol ; ).
If I had a 14 year old son who was not a beginner surfer I would be nurturing him towards not being a kook, I mean towards shortboards unless I lived somewhere like the mediterranean.
Select to expand quoteMickPC said..
Hell yeah, way way wayyyyyyyyy too big unless he's riding mediterranean boat ripples...personally I see surfboards as tools to ride waves & see the longboard as a very handy part of the quiver when surfing small/powerless waves or surfing waves dominated by longboards/sups and having to compete...and noseriding is kinda gay unless there's not really much else to do coz the wave is so small & gutless (seen exceptions though lol ; ).
If I had a 14 year old son who was not a beginner surfer I would be nurturing him towards not being a kook, I mean towards shortboards unless I lived somewhere like the mediterranean.
I've got to disagree with that post.
I see longboarding for strong powerful surfers who have skill to burn and anybody else for that matter, anybody can throw a shortboard around.It takes great skill to ride one in bigger conditions as well.
At 14 and growing like a weed 9.4 is not too big for him.infact it will speed his learning ten folds. Benjix mentioned his son is strong and at the average height of a 14 year old 9.4 is not too long and the other dimensions are perfect.
Mick you have done a fine job in bagging a wax company that I happen to know the owner of and in this post you bag longboarding in general.
Let me say there is nothing gay about noseriding,its a art,its a skill and for you to mention (its gay) is not mature. I've let your lockdown rubbish slide but I felt you needed correction here 
Benjix take advise from a longboarder not a shortboarder
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..MickPC said..
Hell yeah, way way wayyyyyyyyy too big unless he's riding mediterranean boat ripples...personally I see surfboards as tools to ride waves & see the longboard as a very handy part of the quiver when surfing small/powerless waves or surfing waves dominated by longboards/sups and having to compete...and noseriding is kinda gay unless there's not really much else to do coz the wave is so small & gutless (seen exceptions though lol ; ).
If I had a 14 year old son who was not a beginner surfer I would be nurturing him towards not being a kook, I mean towards shortboards unless I lived somewhere like the mediterranean.
I've got to disagree with that post.
I see longboarding for strong powerful surfers who have skill to burn and anybody else for that matter, anybody can throw a shortboard around.It takes great skill to ride one in bigger conditions as well.
At 14 and growing like a weed 9.4 is not too big for him.infact it will speed his learning ten folds. Benjix mentioned his son is strong and at the average height of a 14 year old 9.4 is not too long and the other dimensions are perfect.
Mick you have done a fine job in bagging a wax company that I happen to know the owner of and in this post you bag longboarding in general.
Let me say there is nothing gay about noseriding,its a art,its a skill and for you to mention (its gay) is not mature. I've let your lockdown rubbish slide but I felt you needed correction here
Benjix take advise from a longboarder not a shortboarder
I'd be dissapointed if you didn't Mac It was a bit of a sh1t stir comment, thats why I said I've seen exceptions 
It gets really boring when you watch comp & they're all too focussed on nose riding rather than mixing it up. I guess its the way the comps judged thats to blame for that.
Tell your wax maker m8 his cold wax is still too hard for the SW. That explains a lot if he's in Qld.
The crux of the question "He wants to learn to ride a log properly...." It's his choice on what he wants to do as a surfer, no one else's.
A 9'4" sounds pretty good to me, it's what I learned on at the age of 50 and I went longer from there, not shorter. Admittedly, I was a fair bit heavier, and not as strong back then, but the 9'4" manageable, paddled well and it's still in my garage as a larger day choice.
Get him on it, if he doesn't like it he can always sell it on.
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..MickPC said..
Hell yeah, way way wayyyyyyyyy too big unless he's riding mediterranean boat ripples...personally I see surfboards as tools to ride waves & see the longboard as a very handy part of the quiver when surfing small/powerless waves or surfing waves dominated by longboards/sups and having to compete...and noseriding is kinda gay unless there's not really much else to do coz the wave is so small & gutless (seen exceptions though lol ; ).
If I had a 14 year old son who was not a beginner surfer I would be nurturing him towards not being a kook, I mean towards shortboards unless I lived somewhere like the mediterranean.
I've got to disagree with that post.
I see longboarding for strong powerful surfers who have skill to burn and anybody else for that matter, anybody can throw a shortboard around.It takes great skill to ride one in bigger conditions as well.
At 14 and growing like a weed 9.4 is not too big for him.infact it will speed his learning ten folds. Benjix mentioned his son is strong and at the average height of a 14 year old 9.4 is not too long and the other dimensions are perfect.
Mick you have done a fine job in bagging a wax company that I happen to know the owner of and in this post you bag longboarding in general.
Let me say there is nothing gay about noseriding,its a art,its a skill and for you to mention (its gay) is not mature. I've let your lockdown rubbish slide but I felt you needed correction here
Benjix take advise from a longboarder not a shortboarder
Plus 1. So long as the rocker/shape lends itself to noseriding, go for it, Benjix. (Check out this family on Insty too... they got Will started young-ish -- on pretty big boards, I think.... and look how well that turned out!) 
Have a look at tosh Tudor or Joel's insta. The kid has a lot of style for a teenager and a few ideas in what boards he started on to know.
Thanks for the great replies
My first response to MickPC was sarcastic because he was acting like a flog.
To everyone else I appreciate your input and the links
Cheers
Are all Aussie 14 year olds the same size?
Me, Cal USA born, 4'7" and 77 lbs.
My best bud, 5'11" and 190 lbs. We walked to school together every day in junior high.
His Dad, around 6'5" and 270 lbs.
My Dad, 5'6" and 143 lbs.
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