![]() ![]() I do prefer the Jerry Lopez over the wavestorm. The inexpensive foam boards have symmetrical fins, which are flimsy and feel slow. I have had a lot of fun on the Catchsurf 9’ Plank, great fit for my height/weight. Surf simply has a volume calculator which is handy.įor my height and weight, an 8’ board does not feel like a longboard, not enough rail for my taste. Stewart Redline 11 has a good reference for height & weight. Look for a board with volume equal to your weight, or more. For your height, look for at least 23.5” wide. I surf rather than sup when it gets crowded, or if it gets too choppy. BTW, there are lots of videos on YouTube which the above designers tell you why they chose Thunderbolt Technologies for their line of boards. If you want a technical detail video of a Thunderbolt built board, then the video below will show it. And Thunderbolt boards are highly durable unlike a PU (poly) board. Some of the top surfers have designed longboards like CJ Nelson, Harley Ingleby, Taylor Jensen, Ben Skinner, Kai Sallas, Tom Mann and they have all went with Thunderbolt Technologies for the stiffness for their line of boards model wise. Fin placement in the large center fin box is also crucial. The correct fin shape and size can turn a "sow's ear into a silk purse" and the wrong fin shape and size will turn a "silk purse into a sow's ear" if you get my drift. I chose a Flying Diamonds "Involvement" fin model and I have both a 9.0 and a (9.5). And as a bonus, since one liter of saltwater weighs 2.25 pounds, this means 78.8 times 2.25 equals 177.3 pounds so when I'm standing on my Parallax and the water is not choppy, since I weigh 148 pounds, I can stand on my longboard and it does not sink below the water.ĬJ designed fins for his models of longboards which are Nose Rider, Power Flex, Cali Pivot, Parallax, Involvement, Classic Pivot and Performance Center under the Flying Diamonds brand. I chose my single fin 9'3" Parallax in Red construction with it's 78.8 liters of volume because it would be best for my height, weight and the waves I would normally encounter. The "Silver" is basically a stiffness to emulate the old "logs" feeling back in the 60's, but unlike traditional logs, be fast. The Black is much stiffer than the Red construction. The "Black" is for larger persons (weight wise) surfing large powerful waves like chest high to overhead. The "Red" is designed for smaller surfers (weight wise) like myself surfing small to medium waves. I found Thunderbolt Technologies where Thunderbolt has three degrees of stiffness. Since I'm 5'8 in height and my weight is 148 pounds, since I normally encounter wave heights in my message above, I needed a board with enough "flex" (stiffness) and "spring" in it to generate a fast speed from the waves I regularly surf at my weight. When it comes to the Parallax model, there are "now" four lengths. My Parallax longboard was shaped by Ryan Engle. These are fast boards with lots of volume in them which is tricky to do in their given lengths. They are the Outlier, Parallax and Neo Classic. And he designed three of these boards to do just that. I think this design change was promoted by CJ Nelson. But I changed my mind when I found there is a third type of board.Ī board that can be trimmed (steered) from the middle of the board where one does not have to turn the board by having one of their back feet on the left or right rail or stepping back on the board and putting the back foot over the fin. ![]() Since I do not do any nose riding, I "initially" wanted a high performance longboard. Most longboards are either high performance boards with multiple fin boxes or single fin nose rider boards. Waves from 1 1/2' to 4' in height (on me, from knee to chest high).Ģ) The board would have to be fast for my weight and the waves I would encounter.ģ) The board would have enough flex (stiffness) and (spring) to accomplish what I wanted in the first two above criteria and it would also have enough volume in it so I could surf these types of waves without any problems.Ĥ) And the last missing detail is the correct fin size and shape. When I decided to get a prone surfing longboard, I had set out some criteria for it.ġ) A longboard which would work will with my weight of (as of right now) 148 pounds where the waves I would normally encounter. ![]()
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