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watch the 604 alt if you are not heavy and/or powerful....it still catches me with too much foam in serious sections sometimes...thats at 90kg+...the planshape and rocker do a great job here...a moderate volume will go a long way....if i wanted to tear up on it, i would have 6'0...to make it a bit easier i would have a 6'2...i got the 6'4 for when i was 95+ and wanted to give my back an easy ride...if i hammer it, it still goes nuts though..!!!
the hellfire is not really like the spit..yes, it was born of its loins, but thats all...(this assumes you ride it as small as possible) you would not ride a spit in real waves in place of your full comp board...the hellfire though, i have ridden everyday since its birth...and i DO NOT ride hybrids......i have only ridden a full HP 2 or 3 times since...and i ride good waves...keep the HF and HR in your mix
Amen to that core!
Great, just when i had my mind made up! Aaagggghhhh!
ha...sorry mate....what are you stuck with now????..we will see if we can confuse you more..!!
jajajaja Core being Core!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by core personal training
Crazylegs let us know what is troubling your sleep at this point
haha! well, I was decided on the 6'0 Spitfire (ordered) and the 6'2 Hellfire. Now I think I would like something more 'like a shortboard' for when I step up and was thinking about the 6'2 Alternator. Now Core is saying he swears by the HF and thats great as a HP board....
Thing is, im hardly in the upper echelon of surfers on the water and if the Hellfire is still HP to a degree but still easier and more forgiving than the Alternator for example, then it does seem like a very good option.
But...I will get back into the swing of things (havent surfed regularly for 5 years, prob 3 times in past 2! Living in WA I am a very competent windsurfer in the waves though) I would like something that will push me and really rip on the good days. Thats where I think of the ALternator.
Newcastle will rarely be over 8' so that will probably be the biggest surf I would be out in.....
Discuss...
ok, so, unless your busting for the hperf now, i would tune in to the spit...see what's what...volume, shape, likes-dislikes..etc...then you'll know how to scale up the other boards...plus if you get back in regularly, you may improve enough to not need as much board in the others...
Yeah, thats pretty sound advice and is what I will probably do for now anyways...unless I give into temptation! When you say I may not need as much board in the others I presume you are on about going down in size? 6' Alt or HF maybe...
just thinking if you get back up to speed you may find you "outgrow" the spit in a 6'0...if that is the case, then scaling up the others off it will throw them all out of whack...it will be great for getting you back in the swing of it...as you get your game back you will know if its still fine or a bit too much foam...if thats the case then you may end up on a 6'0 hf and 6'2 alt or similar in a hellrazor