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GPA said...

At 34yo and after having nearly a year off after breaking my back and losing a lot of fitness and strength I went for a custom 8ft hybrid thingy... before that I had been surfing 6'8" performance SB.

At 45yo and a lot heavier I surf a 7'3" big blokes fish and a 9'1" HP McT Fireball Evo. Both let me onto fat waves... the fish has 53lt and the LB 66lt volume.

Depends upon how you want to surf the wave you want to surf... I still like to chuck the fish around a bit - but enjoy the LB on the smaller days.

As has been said many times - whatever keeps you catching waves and makes you smile.

How much do you weigh fella?

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62mac said...

Hi mate and welcome,some may say get a 8 footer,no problem but you will be sitting on your own between the longboarders and the shortboarders closer to shore imo.

Go for a 901 HP your still young

I'll sit out there with you Howie. I've got an 8 footer.

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Simondo said...

GPA said...

At 34yo and after having nearly a year off after breaking my back and losing a lot of fitness and strength I went for a custom 8ft hybrid thingy... before that I had been surfing 6'8" performance SB.

At 45yo and a lot heavier I surf a 7'3" big blokes fish and a 9'1" HP McT Fireball Evo. Both let me onto fat waves... the fish has 53lt and the LB 66lt volume.

Depends upon how you want to surf the wave you want to surf... I still like to chuck the fish around a bit - but enjoy the LB on the smaller days.

As has been said many times - whatever keeps you catching waves and makes you smile.

GPA is obct's little brother !! That's pretty much what obct would have said!.

You're right, it is what I would have said.

At my age there's only one thing better than still being able to catch a wave and that's having the ability to produce an acceptably textured stool on a daily basis that will not irritate my arse hole for the rest of the day

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Howie66 said...

Hey all..

Well the time has come I think ive decided I need to switch from a shortboard to a longboard.. mostly due to my age.. Im 31.. but I cant paddle a shortboard for hours I end like I used to be able to lol..

What sort of longboard would you recomend? ive been riding a 6'2" and just lately been riding my 6'4" fish to ease into the transition haha

Cheers

Howie

Start off on the 10ft Naish Mana and buy a good paddle.

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Scotty88 said...

Howie66 said...

Hey all..

Well the time has come I think ive decided I need to switch from a shortboard to a longboard.. mostly due to my age.. Im 31.. but I cant paddle a shortboard for hours I end like I used to be able to lol..

What sort of longboard would you recomend? ive been riding a 6'2" and just lately been riding my 6'4" fish to ease into the transition haha

Cheers

Howie

Start off on the 10ft Naish Mana and buy a good paddle.

Yeah good choice Scotty lets get into some SUP talk while Mac is having his VIP bash I would suggest PSH 9,11 Hull Ripper myself

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boofy said...

Scotty88 said...

Howie66 said...

Hey all..

Well the time has come I think ive decided I need to switch from a shortboard to a longboard.. mostly due to my age.. Im 31.. but I cant paddle a shortboard for hours I end like I used to be able to lol..

What sort of longboard would you recomend? ive been riding a 6'2" and just lately been riding my 6'4" fish to ease into the transition haha

Cheers

Howie

Start off on the 10ft Naish Mana and buy a good paddle.

Yeah good choice Scotty lets get into some SUP talk while Mac is having his VIP bash I would suggest PSH 9,11 Hull Ripper myself

Yeh boofy, Love the PSH range myself. How long do you reckon we're got til mac's back ? VIP event + staffies I reckon a couple of hrs.

This is mine love it Mac could be back any minute no VIP event tonight I think he loves his bingo ( sorry for hijack Howie )

You blokes DO know he's gonna peel skin slowly slowly for months don't you

Late Late edit: and he's back you is pork chops

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obct said...

Simondo said...

GPA said...

At 34yo and after having nearly a year off after breaking my back and losing a lot of fitness and strength I went for a custom 8ft hybrid thingy... before that I had been surfing 6'8" performance SB.

At 45yo and a lot heavier I surf a 7'3" big blokes fish and a 9'1" HP McT Fireball Evo. Both let me onto fat waves... the fish has 53lt and the LB 66lt volume.

Depends upon how you want to surf the wave you want to surf... I still like to chuck the fish around a bit - but enjoy the LB on the smaller days.

As has been said many times - whatever keeps you catching waves and makes you smile.

GPA is obct's little brother !! That's pretty much what obct would have said!.

You're right, it is what I would have said.

At my age there's only one thing better than still being able to catch a wave and that's having the ability to produce an acceptably textured stool on a daily basis that will not irritate my arse hole for the rest of the day

An "acceptably textured stool", I had no idea there was a rating system for stools

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

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obct said...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

Gold !

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obct said...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

I can't have a beer with you mate , I'm only ever going to spit it out laughing so bloody hard , funny fella true

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towball said...

Hope you invited board culture

62mac said...

Well that's pretty much me done today have a nice night

I'm hosting a VIP bash at work

Noway mate,those boys cant drink
Ended up an ok night not as many as we would get in the door but the weather here is crap

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kadil said...

62mac said...

Hi mate and welcome,some may say get a 8 footer,no problem but you will be sitting on your own between the longboarders and the shortboarders closer to shore imo.

Go for a 901 HP your still young

I'll sit out there with you Howie. I've got an 8 footer.

Hey the 8 footer are a real fun board,I think I was one of the first few to own a 8ball

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BulldogPup said...

You blokes DO know he's gonna peel skin slowly slowly for months don't you

Late Late edit: and he's back you is pork chops

Haha I love the PSH range after my very short Naish days,boofy's board looks unreal,if I was into that paddle thing I would have one in a heart beat.Lovely board.

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62mac said...

BulldogPup said...

You blokes DO know he's gonna peel skin slowly slowly for months don't you

Late Late edit: and he's back you is pork chops

Haha I love the PSH range after my very short Naish days,boofy's board looks unreal,if I was into that paddle thing I would have one in a heart beat.Lovely board.

i had a couple of surfs on piros's psh hr 9'6 28" pro in some decent size alley a bit back. sounds normal width, but take off the chimes and your stand on a lot less

pretty technical to surf. you have to have your back foot half way on the back quad fins and make your back and forth weight movements are from there. go anywhere forward on the board-well forget it.

i got the hang of it after a few waves and well, i don't talk my self up, but my last wave wave was top to bottom all the way. rob reckoned all he could see was buckets coming of the top as he watched from behind.

small waves- leave it in the bag

Remember Howie it's not very hard going up in length but it's a lot harder going from long to short.

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obct said...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

How could you possibly know about that.
After a big night on the voka red bulls, I am not sure where I am on the scale.

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Howie66 said...

Hey all..

Well the time has come I think ive decided I need to switch from a shortboard to a longboard.. mostly due to my age.. Im 31.. but I cant paddle a shortboard for hours I end like I used to be able to lol..

What sort of longboard would you recomend? ive been riding a 6'2" and just lately been riding my 6'4" fish to ease into the transition haha

Cheers

Howie

Howie have I got a board for you what weight are you

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Scotty88 said...

obct said...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

How could you possibly know about that.
After a big night on the voka red bulls, I am not sure where I am on the scale.

Bristol stool chart is on the wall in all nurses stations in Nursing homes

And I need to sell it

^^^
Well it's not like you'd be able to "misplace" it with that paint job.

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Kagey said...

How much do you weigh fella?

About 113-115kg... Still pretty fit though... but wider around the middle

On a more serious note Howie, bottom contours can make a massive difference to the way a board paddles.

A deep (3/8") single concave from the nose going into a 1/4" double under the front foot and flat out the tail cuts like a hot knife through butter and still drives nicely, even in small surf. And if you get the rail shape right they're not skittish or sticky either.

I'm a cripple so feel free to tell me to STFU, but I've gone from riding 6'2" to 6'6" hull entry kneelos down to 5'4" to 5'10" boards with the concaves and the 5'10"s both feel too big for me. The 5'4" feels about the right volume but I screwed up with too much area in the tail, should've stretched it 2 or 3". It's all good though 'cos the revised edition will be ready next week. I'm 6ft and 107kg on a good day too.

I jumped on one of my old boards that a mate bought the other week and it was just so much harder to get into waves. Most of the stuff I surf isn't big, 1-3ft, but is quite punchy. Although there is one soft pointbreak that works off refracted swell that I surfed them on a couple of times last year and they still went really well, way better than what I used to ride.

50/50 rails for the front third, becoming progressively lower towards the tail. With the concave running about an inch in from the rail at the nose out on an angle to about 8" in front of your leading fin, so that your fins are set in the concave, giving you a nice tucked edge with lots of bite. Yet still very forgiving in the front third.

Very similar to Ronnie Goddards (Arkgee on here) chine rails but mine finish in front of the fin. It's worth exploring, has breathed new life into my surfing. Yes it will mean a custom shape, but hell man that's gotta be better than riding a lamp post.

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Howie66 said...

Hey all..

Well the time has come I think ive decided I need to switch from a shortboard to a longboard.. mostly due to my age.. Im 31.. but I cant paddle a shortboard for hours I end like I used to be able to lol..

What sort of longboard would you recomend? ive been riding a 6'2" and just lately been riding my 6'4" fish to ease into the transition haha

Cheers

Howie

Hey Howie,
As you can see sometimes a thread will go off subject. To be honest I forgot what this post was about when we started talking about a chart that identifies 7 different types of sh1ts you can do. We just tend to waffle on somtimes. It's all good and by no means nobody means to offend. And welcome to seabreeze.

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obct said...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

And now I know

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GPA said...

Kagey said...

How much do you weigh fella?

About 113-115kg... Still pretty fit though... but wider around the middle

I am discombobulated after reading this thread and I cannot remember why I asked your weight? Perhaps now I know you're a big-ger fella I can in my humble opinion suggest yup go get one of those speedy Mct 8 footers perhaps?

My brother is now in the transition too. He now has 1 x 7'0 Fun Board Quad, from Robin Mair, a custom from him, from Kauai'i (Hawai'i).

mair.surf/

He had a 6'0 Hull that he was enjoying too. An egg doble ender, 2+1 fin arrangement. But he just got himself a 7'0 Hull, and the 6'0 is up for sale!

It's the start of the journey.... !! Part way there at least!

I'm pretty sure Robin Mair will be in the country soon if he isn't already, you could make contact through Lance at Hanalei Fin Systems in NSW. I was looking at getting him to shape me a stick but I got impatient.