sarc wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:58 amI think a very wide board like the Nugget will make it much harder to waterstart and carve.
After 3 sessions when you can stand on the board, width won't really matter.
I say buy a $100 used surfboard and ride it til it breaks (maybe a season, maybe less). By then you will now what kind of board you want. Cheers!
The stability of wider boards is nice when learning to gybe though, I agree that carves can be more difficult. I still ride my old beat to hell, slingshot dialer just have better set of fins on it. Super stabile as I'm always trying new things with it. Wider boards can get a little hairy in rough water, so you have to control board speed.BigZ wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:56 am
sarc wrote: ↑Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:58 amI think a very wide board like the Nugget will make it much harder to waterstart and carve.
After 3 sessions when you can stand on the board, width won't really matter.
I say buy a $100 used surfboard and ride it til it breaks (maybe a season, maybe less). By then you will now what kind of board you want. Cheers!
More surface area, more width, harder rails (not likely to change inside of a single model offering) are better to start out with as they help you get upwind better. If you go small, you will likely feel lied to about the "surfboards are great for light wind" ideology that some of us have the experience to caution against.
This is the way to go Rob, if you want to have fun on a strapless board that you don't have to baby the Shinnster is the ticket. The Shinnster is super smooth and very forgiving and while it's not the easiest board in the world to learn jibes on it's not hard to learn them on either. Another big plus of the Shinnster is it rides fantastic backwards if you wax the nose, this is both fun really helpful if you are learning and need to change directions in a hurry but don't want to risk falling on a jibe/tack (close out wave, another kiter, etc). The Shinnster eats chop very well and does not ding. The Launch Pad is a great pad but a bit expensive I've had to glue mine a few times as it peels very easy.Rob_85 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:47 pmI’ve been doing more research and the Shinn Shinnster looks like a good option to get into strapless riding. Easy plane, good lighwind, good in chop (lots of chop at my local sites). Think it will be a bit more hard wearing than a traditional surfboard also, also good whilst learning! Not seen a bad review of it.
No offense but this is bad advice.Onda wrote: Don´t get the Shinnster. I´ve had the Paipo from BRM (nearly identical board). It is very special to ride and more for the experienced wave rider.
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