The more I try to surf the more I am seeing how important board selection is to the whole process. I have been bouncing around from board to board over the last month trying to narrow down the best board for me. I already purchased a 6’6’’ fish and an 8’0’’ funboard. These two purchases were definitely a learning experience because of their impulse nature. I did not do my due diligence in researching a wide variety of boards and ended up making bad choices.
After the previous board choice debacles I decided to dive into the process of selecting a surfboard deep and try to not make a miss-informed choice. I scoured the internet searching for articles on longboards. I borrowed a few boards from different friends to try out in the water to get a good feel for how they paddle. I even took out a demo board from a local surf shop. After all this I have narrowed it down to a board that is about 9’2’’ with a thruster fin configuration and is wide in the middle and the nose. I am leaning towards a Takayama board. Now it’s just a matter of saving up enough money to purchase the board! Hopefully I should have my new board in about a week.
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