As some of you know, it was my birthday last weekend. (Thanks for the wishes) I got to go out on Sunday while being a little hazy from Saturday night/Sunday morning partying. Anyways conditions were good and it was about 4-5 foot and it became quite apparent that my 8 footer and 9 footer arent the right boards for those waves. I got hammered and got out but would have been a bit easier on something a bit shorter. What would you guys reccomend. Thinking about the 6'8- 7 foot range that I can duck dive but still has volume as I am a crap surfer. Thinking something along the lines of a Bear Fat Arse Wombat or Miller Waterskate, those types of boards, any suggestions??

Save yourself grief,get on the phone and ask Steve Del Rosso,he knows his sh1t oh if you didn't already know Clearwater Surfboards.

On a limited budget and hoping to pick up something "pre loved". But I would loooove a CW

Bee Bop a Lu Laaaa a wham bam yeahhhhhh .... oh tuuti fruuti

I can vouch for Grant Miller as I've had around half a dozen boards off him over the years. He shapes boards for people all over the place. He's got a website and you can phone him. Sounds like I'm pimping here but he's also a good mate and probably amongst the most decent straight forward bloke to deal with.

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thePup said..

Bee Bop a Lu Laaaa a wham bam yeahhhhhh .... oh tuuti fruuti

Just made my day right there.

oh maybe a 7 foot scorpion ?

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McHenry said..

thePup said..

Bee Bop a Lu Laaaa a wham bam yeahhhhhh .... oh tuuti fruuti

Just made my day right there.

Yep have to agree . Soooo much good advice right there

Hey bro I have a 7 x 21 x 3 blown up shortie that I was gonna list...let me know if your interested and I will wing you some photo's over the weekend....its too much board for me these days but was my go too when I was fat and not surfing so much

McHenry, you are not nearly drunk enough, nor is it late enough at night for you to be making these important decisions.

I am hoping to do a McHenry on a board in the next couple of weeks for everyone enjoyment...

Speaking of Grant Miller, there's a cracker of a quote on his website: "He is lucky who, in the full tide of life, has experienced a measure of the active environment that he most desires. There is much to be said for a philosophy which aims at living a full life while the opportunity offers. There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experiences of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived."
Eric Shipton, Upon that Mountain.