newquay surfboards
What surfboard should i get?
i have been surfing for 3-4weeks and am pretty confident.I am 16 weigh about 70KG and am 6ft tall. Ive surfed foam and half foam and wanna buy a short hardboard for a trip to Newquay in the summer. what size/type etc. should i get?Thanks
Desn’t anybody ever read the resolved questions???This question has been asked enough times before, but there is really only one true answer. Also, no matter how ‘confident’ you feel, at 3 to 4 weeks of surfing, you are very, very much a beginner.
This question comes up a lot on YA Surfing, and it is impossible to answer it accurately on-line. Although I am sure you will get lots of “advice” the real BEST ANSWER is to go to a good local surf shop and discuss your skill level, your size (weight is very important, height is fairly irrelevant) and local wave conditions with the folks there. they will give you much better info than ANYBODY out here in cyberspace. When you are finally ready, you should really think about buying a decent board, and avoiding popouts , and boards made in sweat shops in China, unless that’s just all you can afford. And don’t forget, there are always used boards for sale in every surf shop. After 42 years of surfing, I still get my surfboard buying advice at good local shops in the places where I surf.
And, I know there are lots of nice kids who want to share information with you on line. But don’t take the advice from youngsters, who may know even less than you do about surfing, a surfboard is a big investment. But, at 17 years old, , I am sure you are old enough and mature enough to read through the BS that lots of people throw at you on line.
Anybody, on-line, who gives specific advice on what size board someone should buy is foolish. Anyone who takes that advice is more foolish.Good luck!
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Boards made in far eastern sweats shops:
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