ptben wrote:Thinking of adding a larger surfboard to my quiver and looking at something 6'2" to 6'4" in size as I'm 6'2" and around 95kgs. I have a 5'10" LF Quad which works great in big winds but not so great in anything around 10m weather or less. Reading around says that bigger surfboards only work where you have a decent wave to surf rather wind driven swell but I'm wondering what people think.
So far I've only found the F-One Surf SL in the right sizes.
There is more to it than length. The width and thickness in addition to rocker and tail shape..rail line...etc.
So for lightwind board fish shapes are pretty common, but the problem for a traditional fish (super wide tail) is that they do not hold a very wide range of power and wind, which is especially problematic on big kites IMO. Fish board have very flat rocker which is good, but once the hips are too low the boards tend to flatten out if there is power and / or speed.
So: I've been using the 6'0'' naish fish that has a slimmer tail, and channels that helps dig in once the power is a little higher. It also has a quad which bites a little better than the traditional fish twins.. This seems to work very well. Other tail shapes works well too..like wide pin tails, gives the rides a little more smooth bottom turns.
..point is also look at other parameters than length....