Hello All,
Need some advice with buying first Board.
Rider Profile: Beginner, 200 lbs.
Wind Conditions: Minnesota Lakes, Average wind (maybe 14-19mph mostly)..lot of you might consider this LightWind.
Water conditions: Since it is lake and we are talking not so high winds, I am guessing we can assume that "chop" in the water is less/negligible. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Kite: 12m Slingshot Rally
So based on this, I was thinking of following options:
Liquid Force Libre (it is a door-stylel; and also almost zero-rocker). Can't decide between 2 available sizes: 150x45 and 160x50.
Liquid Force Overdrive (normal shape with a little bit more rocker than the completely flat Libre). Size I am considering: 148x45.
From what I understood, the only downside of going with door-style boards is the inability to deal with chop. But since I am not talking of those conditions, I was guessing I can ignore it. In that case, if I go with Libre, then 2 questions? :
1. Is 160x50 too much?
2. if yes, and I go with Libre 150x45, is it not almost the same size as the Overdrive 148x45? In that case, should I rather not go with Overdrive so that it can continue to be my go-to board even past progression stage. Since I heard people say width matters more than length.
All help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.