Planning a trip to mentawais next year and just wondering is there any difference between the board you would ride normally compared to a board you would ride in indo

My indo boards are usually a few inches longer than what I surf here and tend to have a rounder tail.

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subasurf said...

My indo boards are usually a few inches longer than what I surf here and tend to have a rounder tail.

I rode a 6,5 round pin most of the time I was there, it was perfect.

Take a 901 HP Longboard and show those shortboarders how its done

longboarders are becoming a bit of a pest with their ability to catch waves outback. Numbers at my local have quadripled in last few years. I wont even mention those guys who stad up and flap a paddle grrrr..... Def take your home faves plus a semi gun ( no not to shoot longboarders and SUPs)

take as many as you can fit in a bag..nothing sucks more than running out of boards on a surfing holiday......at least have a one gun along as well...generally you don't need to worry about generating speed on the waves over there , more about controlling it!
my shortest board is 6'4 (90+kgs)
the last time i took the 6'4 , 2 x 6'6, 1 x 6'8, and a 7'0 and used them all ....!

+ 1

Also the waves are so much cleaner, as a general rule, when the size is on (compared to the east coast anyway) with no-where near as much water moving - so you do not need as much volume as you do over here to get in to them.

Round / pin tails are the go!

this is my indo gun - which just happens to be for sale in the buy and sell section (sorry about the shameless promotion )

^^ Funny, I saw that one nearly rang you, bank account is a bit low so I didnt

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swalkington said...

this is my indo gun - which just happens to be for sale in the buy and sell section (sorry about the shameless promotion )

how heavy kg surfer you think would that board take?

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doggie said...

^^ Funny, I saw that one nearly rang you, bank account is a bit low so I didnt

Here is one for you Doggie

www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Surfing/~bi7tr/2011-Al-Byrne--6-9.aspx?search=ciPx8HCDtYL8xA4ZvPQUuA%3d%3d

^^^^^^
It is 7'2" x 19 1/4" x 2 1/2".

Was perfect indo gun for me and at the time I was about 90kg and am 6 foot 2 inches tall (I have now blown out to 97 kg but thats a different story - 2 kids will do it ).

I will let it go for $200 if anyone interested (50 bucks off from buy and sell section price). I rode it in G-land about as big as it gets back in the day and it flew,...so fast.

I don't have opportunity to surf indo any more so I have no use for it now.

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Ted the Kiwi said...

doggie said...

^^ Funny, I saw that one nearly rang you, bank account is a bit low so I didnt

Here is one for you Doggie

www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Surfing/~bi7tr/2011-Al-Byrne--6-9.aspx?search=ciPx8HCDtYL8xA4ZvPQUuA%3d%3d

Had a look at that last night, no channels tho.

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doggie said...
Had a look at that last night, no channels tho.

then you can use it in less perfect waves as well - may get even more use out of it.

gotta love the channels [}:)]

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Ted the Kiwi said...

doggie said...
Had a look at that last night, no channels tho.

then you can use it in less perfect waves as well - may get even more use out of it.

Yea I know but if Im surfing something biggish in my old age not that keen 8ft onshore ect. I thought it was strange that it didnt have them, alltho I have a few of his without them.

channells are a bit of a funny thing ,you either love 'em or hate 'em

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Prawnhead said...

channells are a bit of a funny thing ,you either love 'em or hate 'em

Before I ordered mine heaps of people said that I wouldnt like it, and they are hard to surf. I love surfing mine, heaps of drive ect
In clean waves they are hard to beat imo. But each to their own at the end of the day.

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doggie said...

Prawnhead said...

channells are a bit of a funny thing ,you either love 'em or hate 'em

Before I ordered mine heaps of people said that I wouldnt like it, and they are hard to surf. I love surfing mine, heaps of drive ect
In clean waves they are hard to beat imo. But each to their own at the end of the day.

Go to agree with that. Took a channel bottom Murray Bourton Pipedream over to Indo in 86 & 87 and the thing went unreal

not much good over here in Sydney for it, the thing loved sucky waves and clean faces = Indo

yeah I agree. I went through a period of mid channels many moons ago and they just hated any chop what so ever. The boards with tail channels that I have used over the yrs have only liked it when its nice n smooth. My big board doesn't have them for that reason. If I lived over there / visited more often I would love to have one in the quiver.

think...small... medium...large one of each (because the overweight slug is vicious nowdays) been going to indo since 1975...never been without a gun...ride em sometimes...some times bring em home unused...but when I use them I allways get guys saying "I wish I had your board today"...you save for months to go.... spend big money, and can sit on the boat and say to yourself...f#*k..Ive bought knifes to a gunfight...I left this one in Bali so I dont have to carry it next time

cheers for the info. got two good boards, ones only a few months old. Riding a 6'0,2 1/4,18' & 6'2,19,2 1/4 with channels. But hereing your info i just might have to get myself a newy. Thanks for previous posts too regarding new boards for the new year