Anyone able to switch from a longboard to a shortboard in the same session. Buggered If I can, I have tried but it just feels odd and I cant seem to paddle, like my body doesnt adjust.

I know people who can and would love to but it takes me a few sessions on the shorter board to get used to it again. I am about to start back on my "shortboard" a 7'2 with plenty of meat. Gonna be hard to do but will be leaving the Fireball at home for a few sessions.

Thats a LB for me

In saying that, if I go from my 6,3 to my 6,5 or visa visa it takes some adjustment even where I lie on the board ect.

My biggest is 6,8 and my smallest is 6,2 and I wouldnt go from one to another to often

I'm not able to ride the shorty anymore but the transition from the sup to the longboard is something that I find tricky still if I change on the same day or the next day. On the sup you can really turn late and lazy and just reach out with the paddle to stop yourself falling in and to assist in dragging the board through the turn whereas if I try the same thing later that day on the mal - SPLASH What I am now doing on a mal that I never did previously is to use my arms more when I turn, which gives me so much more balance and I actually feel like I am surfing better and more fluidly (is that a word). Actually come to mention it - thats what I used to notice jumping from mal to shorty - I used to use my arms more on the shorty - I think to assist with balance and to create a bit of swing when turning. The other big thing I noticed from mal to shorty was that I had a tendency to stand way too upright and centred on the shortboard and found myself having to make adjustments with my stance when setting up turns which quite often upset the flow of the board and I would either bog or overbalance the board and just fall forward Its funny - on a shortboard and a sup I am very much a front foot surfer but on a mal - backfoot maybe I am just a little retarded (sorry if that word offends anyone - sorry sup'ers )

Hmmmm if Doggie cant go from a 6'8 to a 6'2 I dont feel not bieng able to go from a 9'6 to a 7'2 ha ha.

I do enjoy the 7'2 I have, it picks up speed easily and paddles really well once i get used to it.

I really want to get a 7' single fin with plenty of meat in it, the poor old fireball would gather dust rather quickly if I did though.

I think,billboard is switching codes,posting way to much in the sup room to call himself a proner

Is that right mac,keep up the good detective work,BB swings both ways interesting.

yep - me too...

I can go from my 7.2 7S (3" thick) to my 9.1 fireball day after day (surf conditions permitting), but if I surf the 9.1 more than 3 or 4 times in a row then try and go back to the 7.2, I find it quite awkward - and unless the surf is very forgiving, then I usually find I surf pretty ordinary and it'll take me at least two surfs to sort myself out.

I usually do ok changing to the 9.1 - but I noticed last time that I nosed a few waves because I had the paddle position of a short board...

NB: I only surf the 9.1 on small days; 1-1.5ft

Piece of cake,

I have no problems whatsoever switching from my 10' to my 9'6"

Had my second surf on the 7'2 this morning. Was not too bad, caught a few pushy fattish waves, definately needed to adjust how I went about it. Noticed I had to be right in the pocket of the peak to be pushed onto them.

Once up it was fun taking off at speed and bieng a lot more manoeverable. Also timing my burst of paddling and kepping my head low to help get onto them and then lifting my head up just before helped a lot. I have a couple more days left of this little experiment and will go back to the mal. Its been good but I have realised just how much I enjoy the longboard watching other people take off on theres. It seems unless you get really long perfect bigger sets its all over real quick on the "shortboard" (7'2 isnt really a shortboard is it )

All the same its good to be able to try different things when I feel and now i know all I need is a couple of sessions and its do-able to switch codes when its gonna be big. I still love the challenge of taking on the bigger stuff on the mal as well so the inner debate is not over by a long shot [}:)]

Going from long to short always seems more difficult than going up in size. Its probably best to ride a shorter board more often. It will definately make a better paddler out of you. Going from short to long can stuff your timing because you have to slow it down and cross step ect. The guys that do regularly are normally pretty talented surfers.