sweet p limit

[suncoastslop]

Hey just wondering what the largest surf you sweet p guys have been out in that the board has still performed well in?

[JaM71]

Hi Suncoastslop, Remember the swell over easter? I surfed mine on high tide beachies a couple of those days which would have been head high plus. I frothed about it in a post on here somewhere. It was so much fun and i seriously believe that on one backhand wave i went the fastest i have ever been on a surfboard in my life. I use futures controller fins which are a big fin and would have helped that day for sure.

[suncoastslop]

Jam71 yup i remember, remember watching it on coastalwatch from work....spewing, good info though is it a complete pig in any thing other then high tide or is it still manageable ?

[A.Vern]

I rode a RP 6'2" in 8 foot Beacons north of San Diego. It was a demo and I thought it was going to be a complete disaster as I had never ridden such a weird little thing in a good sized swell.

The board was amazing. Never lost an edge, never slid out and the speed, my god the speed!!!

I had so much speed and rail to rail control that I could literally go anywhere on the wave I wanted. Huge figure 8 round houses were a breeze and when doing a floater I had so much drive I shot out of the water and flew farther than I have since I was a 14 year old light weight.

Of coarse the 6'2" is too big for the little stuff it was created for, but it was a great board for that day.

[tre]

agreed with above, you can ride it in pretty good sized surf (head high plus), but it is probably too fast.

[JaM71]

Suncoastslop, as the guys mentioned they don't spin out but they absolutely fly which could be an issue i guess. There is plenty of rail line so you can jam them forcefully. I prefer mine in fatter waves but others may differ.

[iggy]

Agreed here, on fatter waves this board excels. The steeper it gets the trickier. The flatter rocker and thicker tail makes it quite challenging on vertical surfing

[Chris]

yeah well said everyone. I tend to put my potato on the shelf if its consistently over chest high...

[kdropin]

yeah stomach and under for me

[kdropin]

last day i was out with potato.. wish i surfed the dom but didn't want to go back to truck.. razor i think wouldve worked too

http://www.surfli.com/ca/CA.html

[cuttlefish]

Head high and above on point waves.
Autumn here is a good time to find the limits.

[iggy]

last day i was out with potato.. wish i surfed the dom but didn't want to go back to truck.. razor i think wouldve worked too

http://www.surfli.com/ca/CA.html
Looks like potato material 100%. Fun !!

[kdropin]

Looks like potato material 100%. Fun !!
was fun and was able to catch everything.. the sets were def. shortboardable though

[cuttlefish]

That looks bloody frigid!
I'd want no part of that.
I kid you not one of the locals was saying to me "It's looks a bit cold out there" as I'd worn a 1mm top to stop the stiff Southerly that was blowing but the water is still 24C.
Thank the powers that be I'm able to surf in boardshorts most of the year.

[prjwebb]

Still enjoying my hooded 5/4 here. Actually regressed back to boots yesterday because air was down to 6C. I thought it was supposed to be warming up by now? Water still only 11C at best.

[kdropin]

That looks bloody frigid!
I'd want no part of that.
I kid you not one of the locals was saying to me "It's looks a bit cold out there" as I'd worn a 1mm top to stop the stiff Southerly that was blowing but the water is still 24C.
Thank the powers that be I'm able to surf in boardshorts most of the year.
i was dying in my 5/4 that day..too hot with no wind... with the rubber however is why i volume up a bit and the fact that are waves are in the 8sec period range

[onshoreandmessy]

Still enjoying my hooded 5/4 here. Actually regressed back to boots yesterday because air was down to 6C. I thought it was supposed to be warming up by now? Water still only 11C at best.

5/4 - you madman!!! still in my 6/5/4 hooded!!! my new ripsurl ebomb pro 4/3 has been sat here for a month now, i cant wait to get it on!

[iggy]

Got my 4/3 out today for the first time. Outiside temp 8C water temp probably13C or so. Feels good to shave a few extra weight!

[prjwebb]

Ah man. I can't believe you're ahead of me. It'll still really cold here. This time last year I was putting a 4/3 on with no boots or gloves or hood but yesterday I surfed in a 5/4mm with 5mm boots and a hood. Wasn't getting too warm either.

[iggy]

Weather is crazy, it snowed here 3 days ago!!!!. And the week before that it was 25C

[prjwebb]

Jet stream is all over the place

[Slowman]

Sydney winters only require a 2/3 steamer, sometimes only a 2/2 but I guess if I had to I would. My first trip to California in 1984 (also the Olympics) I took a board and went surfing Trestles, and San Onofre with just board shorts, It was just bearable, even Mexico (just over the border at Rosarito) was cold but once I went north I got as far as Morro Bay and had to buy a 4/5. I don't think the water temperature in Norcal changes much in winter, it seems the air temps come down to match the water's.

Anyway with these new super light fast drying neoprenes how much does a steamer weigh these days? I'm thinking the new fast drying ones wouldn't hold much water when wet anyway.

[surferireland]

Ive had the potato out in double head high fat reef break on the west of ireland, its a real easy big left of a wave - and after half an hour I went in and got my dominator. The take offs on such a short wide board are quite hairy, all your turns at this size are high speed and the fat brute needs too much nursing. You will have fun and go faster than you would imagine possible but wipe out more. Picture attached647

[prjwebb]

beautiful wave mind!

[Danga]

Would defenatly rather the Dom over the SP on those waves.

[iggy]

Hellfire!!

[surferireland]

The wave is quite fat after the take off, this suits the family friendly spitfire, its where that board excels