My 2 wave boards are 78l and 92l. I was chasing a lighter wind board. If I go for something like 100l is that going to make much of a difference over my 92l or should I go bigger? My biggest sail is 5m and prefer to sail bigger board and smaller sail.

I'll say it depends upon your priority - wave performance or getting planing? The bigger ones will be great for the latter but hard to bury a rail on good waves.
Initial thoughts only .. Could really depend upon other stuff too

what are your current rides and where is most sailing happening

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Mark _australia said..
I'll say it depends upon your priority - wave performance or getting planing? The bigger ones will be great for the latter but hard to bury a rail on good waves.
Initial thoughts only .. Could really depend upon other stuff too

what are your current rides and where is most sailing happening

Lano, Mettams at the moment. I reckon early planing would be a priority. It would be good to be able to get out on marginal days. U been sailing much?

What do you weigh ,92 already pretty big.
3 boards is alot to cart around.
But if you want turns a proper wave board is always best choice.Simmer flywave would be my pick as they are efficient to plane.

Weight in kg plus 10 L seems to be standard advice for advanced skills. If you're a plunker like me, nothing wrong with adding a few safety liters for when the wind is too light to waterstart and you have to uphaul.

Forgot to add that wide thin shapes are better for slogging than narrow thick shapes. Narrow thick shapes feel corky and harder to balance on.

It depends on the shapes of both the 92 and 100. They can feel and sail smaller or bigger than they are.

You also may have to compromise on the ratio planning/turning.

It's a question most have ask themselves and others for advise, you really need to know what you want to do and what the conditions are. Many moons ago (2008) I went a 109FSW as my large board (I was around 80kg) my partner had a 93 Kode. Both did the job for me at the time, light wind open carving turns on smaller waves. The 109 better to uphaul and in really light winds, the 93 better if you had at least 12knots. A few winters with bigger waves and gusty winds I wanted a more dedicated wave board for tighter turns, I ended up with a Nuevo 101 which I still use (I'm now 86kgs) and technique is the only limiting factor, 12knots and over again. I'll still pull out the old FSW for light wind and small wave day. I find the larger volume and slightly longer board more comfortable to float around on than an edgy shorter board. At one point the only time I wasn't riding the Nuevo was if I wanted to jump. My normal wave board has gone from 80l to 85l in that same time frame.

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Mark _australia said..
I'll say it depends upon your priority - wave performance or getting planing? The bigger ones will be great for the latter but hard to bury a rail on good waves.
Initial thoughts only .. Could really depend upon other stuff too

what are your current rides and where is most sailing happening

Lano, Mettams at the moment. I reckon early planing would be a priority. It would be good to be able to get out on marginal days. U been sailing much?

sorry missed this. you want a fast rockered wave board then it's Tabou DaBomb 104 for you

Maybe Quatro Cube

plenty else around that's too FSW which satisfies your early planing but wave riding will piss you off ..or big n turny wave boards abound - but not at all early planing

got out stuff all until last week and that was wowwww finally
have a Kode109 thruster u can try if you want

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Mark _australia said..

Zed said..

Mark _australia said..
I'll say it depends upon your priority - wave performance or getting planing? The bigger ones will be great for the latter but hard to bury a rail on good waves.
Initial thoughts only .. Could really depend upon other stuff too

what are your current rides and where is most sailing happening

Lano, Mettams at the moment. I reckon early planing would be a priority. It would be good to be able to get out on marginal days. U been sailing much?

sorry missed this. you want a fast rockered wave board then it's Tabou DaBomb 104 for you

Maybe Quatro Cube

plenty else around that's too FSW which satisfies your early planing but wave riding will piss you off ..or big n turny wave boards abound - but not at all early planing

got out stuff all until last week and that was wowwww finally
have a Kode109 thruster u can try if you want

Yeah that would be cool :)