Quiver

Okay so i got a Dom and a Hellfire and like the rest of you guys absolutely love Firewire boards. In a ideal world i would like to build a 3 board quiver. Basically i want the most versatile set of boards to cover waves from 1-2ft (don't go if smaller) up to solid 5ft (rarely gets bigger where i live). I am in the upper intermediate to advanced catogory and much prefer power surfing on the rail to the new school stuff. The waves i surf range from mushy and crumbly beachbreaks, fairly powerful beachies to nice reefs and points.

So far my Dom has served me great at the lower end and i have had so much fun on it on small days. At the moment I don't see how if i went to something like a potatonator i could have any more fun as it goes great at the bottom end. My Hellfire is great for average to good surf although i do feel like there is something missing on occasions. When its good its great but i think i could do with something a little more refined. Growing up on thrusters i feel the need to go back to basics and feel like i am missing out some refinement. I am definatley not looking for a glass slipper and have always liked my boards with a touch more volume than normal. I think something like a flexfire would be too refined and i want a set of boards that work for me without me having to make them work if you know what i mean. I did have a 600 Alternator at one point but i because i wanted more of an allrounder i swapped it for the Hellfire.

Ideally i am looking for HP to add my existing quiver but that might create a lot overlap so i would consider reluctantly replacing boards if it gave me more depth.

So given all that would your choice be?

I'd say the 6'0" thinner Michel for a pure shortboard or the 6'2" round tail Alternator if you want a bit of a step up.

Yeah, MB sounds the ticket if you don't want to go back to the Alt.

Agreed there with the 6'0"MB

Yeah the MB looks great, not sure about the 6'0 thinner version though. Not much volume in that or am i just too used to hybrids now?

Thicker is worth a look too, gives you a couple of different options on a stock model which is definitely a good thing. What are you weighing in at? I think the thinner 6'0" would still pack more foam than a typical shortboard in that 6'0" - 6'2" size range.

more refinment sell the hellfire and get a razor.. picking mine up tomorrow

prj i'm 12st 6 give or take or (80kg) and used to ride a 6'3 as my go to back in the day. your probaly right on the MB just would need to get used to it. kdropin yeah thats an idea but i really like the HF not sure i could part with her! I think given the waves i surf the HF is maybe more of an alrounder but then again i haven't surfed the HR. I think for a 2board quiver that would be great option.

was just saying you already have a dom so don't necessarily need an all arounder.. i go spud to dom to now razor as the waves get better..

don't let the hybrid revolution pull the blinders and by having a volume calculator we ARE NOT saying you should only ride 1 volume. I personally ride about 27-28 in my HP boards and get up to 31 in my hybrids... Then I actually have 31 in my 602 Alternator round tail so I can get in early anywhere...

Cheers!!