Good morning all, Just recently I picked up an elcheapo 8'0 mini mal / mid length thing to get me into a few little peelers while I'm pushing the kids in.
Despite the board being a bit of a pig with terrible fins after a handful of sessions on the thing I'm hooked on the ease of catching waves and have been having a ball in conditions that would have usually only warranted a swim.
I've been surfing for 40 years and had a heap of different boards but never anything over a 7'0 and haven't paid much attention to the different styles of longboards around.
I'm pretty keen to pass the pop out down to my daughter and get my hands on a good quality board around the 8'0-8'6 mark and was hoping some of you more knowledgeable folks can offer some advice on which brands / shapes I should be looking at. I'm looking for a wave catching machine that'll still turn in the pocket if I can manage it.
I had a bit of a look over the Mactavish site and like the look of the Fireball Evo 2 but that's as far as I've gotten and a bit bamboozled by all the different shapes around. I'm living in Perth but don't mind paying delivery to get the right equipment.
Any advice would be much appreciated, whether it be boards to look at or keep away from.
Thanks

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mitchbat said..
Good morning all, Just recently I picked up an elcheapo 8'0 mini mal / mid length thing to get me into a few little peelers while I'm pushing the kids in.
Despite the board being a bit of a pig with terrible fins after a handful of sessions on the thing I'm hooked on the ease of catching waves and have been having a ball in conditions that would have usually only warranted a swim.
I've been surfing for 40 years and had a heap of different boards but never anything over a 7'0 and haven't paid much attention to the different styles of longboards around.
I'm pretty keen to pass the pop out down to my daughter and get my hands on a good quality board around the 8'0-8'6 mark and was hoping some of you more knowledgeable folks can offer some advice on which brands / shapes I should be looking at. I'm looking for a wave catching machine that'll still turn in the pocket if I can manage it.
I had a bit of a look over the Mactavish site and like the look of the Fireball Evo 2 but that's as far as I've gotten and a bit bamboozled by all the different shapes around. I'm living in Perth but don't mind paying delivery to get the right equipment.
Any advice would be much appreciated, whether it be boards to look at or keep away from.
Thanks

Talk to your local shaper, let him know what you have been surfing and what sort of breaks but also where you are wanting to go with the board...

Local knowledge and refinement goes a long way...

You might also find being an SB guy going to a longer board you might want to go shorter and wider, like a big fish or Simmons as these will allow you to surf more like the SB, more vertical but still give you the paddle/easy wave catching... I recently had a 6ft Simmons, thing just cought anything and really wanted to go HP... but i'm a glider guy, wasn't my thing but my sb mates who had tried it were literally fighting over it when I went to sell her, could be an idea.

Best of luck.

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AndyrooMac said..

mitchbat said..
Good morning all, Just recently I picked up an elcheapo 8'0 mini mal / mid length thing to get me into a few little peelers while I'm pushing the kids in.
Despite the board being a bit of a pig with terrible fins after a handful of sessions on the thing I'm hooked on the ease of catching waves and have been having a ball in conditions that would have usually only warranted a swim.
I've been surfing for 40 years and had a heap of different boards but never anything over a 7'0 and haven't paid much attention to the different styles of longboards around.
I'm pretty keen to pass the pop out down to my daughter and get my hands on a good quality board around the 8'0-8'6 mark and was hoping some of you more knowledgeable folks can offer some advice on which brands / shapes I should be looking at. I'm looking for a wave catching machine that'll still turn in the pocket if I can manage it.
I had a bit of a look over the Mactavish site and like the look of the Fireball Evo 2 but that's as far as I've gotten and a bit bamboozled by all the different shapes around. I'm living in Perth but don't mind paying delivery to get the right equipment.
Any advice would be much appreciated, whether it be boards to look at or keep away from.
Thanks

Talk to your local shaper, let him know what you have been surfing and what sort of breaks but also where you are wanting to go with the board...

Local knowledge and refinement goes a long way...

You might also find being an SB guy going to a longer board you might want to go shorter and wider, like a big fish or Simmons as these will allow you to surf more like the SB, more vertical but still give you the paddle/easy wave catching... I recently had a 6ft Simmons, thing just cought anything and really wanted to go HP... but i'm a glider guy, wasn't my thing but my sb mates who had tried it were literally fighting over it when I went to sell her, could be an idea.

Best of luck.

Thanks mate. Most of the local shops are staffed by teens selling all the standard GSI brands hence I'm looking for pointers here.
For the record I have a 5'11 simmons also a 6'6 greedy beaver that fit the bill but like yourself it's the extra glide I'm after.
Cheers

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mitchbat said..

AndyrooMac said..

mitchbat said..
Good morning all, Just recently I picked up an elcheapo 8'0 mini mal / mid length thing to get me into a few little peelers while I'm pushing the kids in.
Despite the board being a bit of a pig with terrible fins after a handful of sessions on the thing I'm hooked on the ease of catching waves and have been having a ball in conditions that would have usually only warranted a swim.
I've been surfing for 40 years and had a heap of different boards but never anything over a 7'0 and haven't paid much attention to the different styles of longboards around.
I'm pretty keen to pass the pop out down to my daughter and get my hands on a good quality board around the 8'0-8'6 mark and was hoping some of you more knowledgeable folks can offer some advice on which brands / shapes I should be looking at. I'm looking for a wave catching machine that'll still turn in the pocket if I can manage it.
I had a bit of a look over the Mactavish site and like the look of the Fireball Evo 2 but that's as far as I've gotten and a bit bamboozled by all the different shapes around. I'm living in Perth but don't mind paying delivery to get the right equipment.
Any advice would be much appreciated, whether it be boards to look at or keep away from.
Thanks

Talk to your local shaper, let him know what you have been surfing and what sort of breaks but also where you are wanting to go with the board...

Local knowledge and refinement goes a long way...

You might also find being an SB guy going to a longer board you might want to go shorter and wider, like a big fish or Simmons as these will allow you to surf more like the SB, more vertical but still give you the paddle/easy wave catching... I recently had a 6ft Simmons, thing just cought anything and really wanted to go HP... but i'm a glider guy, wasn't my thing but my sb mates who had tried it were literally fighting over it when I went to sell her, could be an idea.

Best of luck.

Thanks mate. Most of the local shops are staffed by teens selling all the standard GSI brands hence I'm looking for pointers here.
For the record I have a 5'11 simmons also a 6'6 greedy beaver that fit the bill but like yourself it's the extra glide I'm after.
Cheers

Ahh, fair enough... There's some great shapers over there for sure...

I'm a big fan of egg style boards myself but I make my own so can't really help you there but I know guys that own age highly recommended Christensen Flat Tracker 2 or Huntsman, CJ Nelson Outlier or Vouch big fish... I'm sure there's a bunch more to add to that list.

Other option is to wait for a Ryan Lovelace, LoveMachine 7'10" ThickLizzy unreal boards but probably still 6 months away.

Check out the Midlength Room, there's a ton of great info in there.

Mitch, Dave at Katana does a Fireball shape he has a spare for trying out, I am getting a blank off him soon for a Paulownia build I am not a long board rider but the shape had curves.

Simple 9.6 x 23 x 3 Mctavish evo, you can thank me later

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Macaha said..
Simple 9.6 x 23 x 3 Mctavish evo, you can thank me later

Yep that looks like the one.

Mitch, if your after a good quality board in WA that isn't a white thruster I would strongly recommend looking into Moonshine surfboards in Vasse. He's on Insta, facey, has a website but not a whole lot of info on there.

I don't have one, he doesn't pay me or give me free boards, I've never even met him. Just seen and felt a couple of his boards and in my opinion the go to for alt hand made boards in WA.

soul board store and Yahoo also may be viable options but I don't as much about them as I'm pretty sure my next stick will be a Moonshine.

There are plenty of shapers on the east coast that will provide a beautiful board and I have quite a few from Beau young, Jye Byrnes, Eagle sword but these days your looking at $150-250 in postage which blows the budget out pretty quick

Thanks all for the advice. Plenty of good for thought there

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