Board shapes for good small waves
Hey Udo, Loved the look of that board at first sight.
Has the looks!, very attractive and functional outline! Just looks good!
It strays from the straight-lined stubby 'fish' that is broadly known as a 'fish' thank god! Yes! Finally, a bit of dignity emerges into the name that hopefully will redefine the 'fish' as one of those that Richie has there, Well done... Cheers
Just curious about peoples opinions on boards for small waves but with good shape?
I find myself surfing 1-3 foot offshore days around here fairly often. Usually these days are decent quality in terms of shape, not super sucky but not fat. Sometimes you need a bit of paddle power to get them in the 1-2 foot range but once surfing there's no problem with speed like fat mushy waves.
I usually find the wide small wave shapes are designed more for getting speed in fat surf. The wider boards tend to feel too slow rail to rail and i have to nurse them down the face to not catch the outside rail, by the time i start to turn it too late to get up into the lip. My normal short boards are a little hard to paddle at 1-2 foot and feel a bit long to turn tight enough. Im 6'4 86kg.
Something short to fit in the transition but not too wide makes sense, wide point back to create allot of curve. What models are out there that fit this or am i on the wrong track?