Surfboard Size Poll

[mede]

Me: 75 kg / 165 lbs, on a 5.2 Tomo Vanguard. 100% strapless.

Other than Peter, I love the Planing Hulls
(But we both like the same kind of kites )

[PullStrings]

Just wondering what most people use as their primary surfboard size/volume.

I'm 6'0", 175 lbs, and I ride a pretty small 5'3" Cabrinha Spade. I like a smaller board when it comes to kiting. Harder to get upwind, but fun to slash around.

One board can't do it all
Winds can be light...medium or strong
I got 3 of them and generally match them to the kite size i use...wind direction...water conditions etc
Most use is 5'2" x 21" x 2 3/8" Quad.....w/17 or 12 sqm....waves anywhere from 2 ft to 4ft
Then a 5'5" x 18 1/4" x 2" Quad ....w/12 or 10 sqm....waves 3-6ft
And finally a gun shape 5"9" x 16 3/4" x 1 3/4" Tri (narrow and thin / real low volume)...w/10 or 8 or 6 sqm....waves 4-8ft

I weigh/height about same...straps adjusted quite loose...works for me

[knotwindy]

165 lbs 5’8”
FireWire Tomo Vader 4’10” for everything
70% strapless, 30% loose straps,
for me, best board ever from mush to double overhead, kite drifting to fully powered smacks
5m-9m, occasionally when waves are really good 11m
Sorry, one of those short, square boards,

[Jwoo]

5' 10" and 185 lbs. I ride a 5'1" jester for flat water, and small surf, also a 5'4" Tomo Vanguard for bigger waves. I really wish I'd have bought a 5'2" or smaller Vanguard, or better yet a Vader. 5'4" Vanguard is not as loose as I'd like it to be. 100% strapless.

[Peter_Frank]

adamj2281, I assume the idea of this poll was to see which sizes and boards different riders use, right ?

When not seeing the outline of the boards, it is almost useless.

Some of them are from manufacturers - but then we all have to look them up to know which type of board they are
Agree, I am lazy, but would be a lot easier that only ONE, the poster, shows a pic of his board(s) - instead of having each reader to google ALL posts, to see what the boards are...
And some are not production boards, thus not possible.

Pictures says A LOT more than 1000 words, especially here
A pic and a few words, says it all in fact !

I know I might sound like, or be, a grumpy old man now - but I am also interested in seeing what other riders use, sizewise, no matter if square or classic or fish or whatever boards

It would be easy for each poster to edit their post, and put up a picture of their board, or link to a picture of their production board.
Besides, EVERYBODY got pictures of their own board, thats for sure, just a suggestion to make this thread a lot better

Peter

[GTC]

I am 1'87m and 72 Kg.
My surfboard is an old Liquid Force epoxy board. Size is 5'10. Quad fin configuration

[adamj2281]

adamj2281, I assume the idea of this poll was to see which sizes and boards different riders use, right ?

When not seeing the outline of the boards, it is almost useless.

Some of them are from manufacturers - but then we all have to look them up to know which type of board they are
Agree, I am lazy, but would be a lot easier that only ONE, the poster, shows a pic of his board(s) - instead of having each reader to google ALL posts, to see what the boards are...
And some are not production boards, thus not possible.

Pictures says A LOT more than 1000 words, especially here
A pic and a few words, says it all in fact !

I know I might sound like, or be, a grumpy old man now - but I am also interested in seeing what other riders use, sizewise, no matter if square or classic or fish or whatever boards

It would be easy for each poster to edit their post, and put up a picture of their board, or link to a picture of their production board.
Besides, EVERYBODY got pictures of their own board, thats for sure, just a suggestion to make this thread a lot better

Peter

This is true, when I said volume, I figured everyone would put full details, including shape (tomo, etc.).

I was just curious because I debated what shape/size to get coming off the OR Jester/Duke lineup. I settled on a 5'3" Spade and struggled getting upwind with it, but I believe that's more a function of having to deal with chop a bit more than on the Mako lines. It's give and take, I lose the chop-eating, carving style of the OR boards, but gain a tighter, quicker slash off the wave. It allows a more direct route when bottom turning and downlooping back towards the face than the Jester/Duke, which in turn allows me to carry more speed and produce a harder slash.

[Matteo V]

5'-3 Liquid Force KiteFish(es) Quad Mod pretty much exclusively now.This board is shorter, with less rocker, less snappy (due to "V" in tail and extra weight) than I would prefer. But I broke all of my "real" kite surfboards a long time ago. That forced me to bring this board out of the "backup board" pile and learn to use it. Since I have never broken one, nor have I broken a fin (or box), there is no reason to go back to riding on egg shells.

Here is the fin layout I did on my KiteFishes:

http://www.nwkite.com/forums/post-211899.html#211899

[CaliRider]

6 foot fish. go anywhere, do anything board.

[PullStrings]

5'-3 Liquid Force KiteFish(es) Quad Mod pretty much exclusively now.This board is shorter, with less rocker, less snappy (due to "V" in tail and extra weight) than I would prefer.

Not a fan of fish tails !
My fave is diamond tail Quad 5'2" x 21" TT construction North Nugget...i always use straps and jump the heck out of it..holds up really good...fantastic board w/17 & 12 sqm
Vol 28.9 L ...i'm 77kg
Did not like the upright back fins that came with board...front ones 4 1/2" are good...so in the back i put 4" with similar swept angle as front.. much better in waves...feels better overall