I'm looking to purchase my first long board. I currently own a 6'2" P'Nator and 6'6" AddVance. As you can tell, I like my boards extra beefy. I've never ridden a long board before, but I'm finally admitting to myself that they have way more fun in VA Beach, VA on a normal 2ft day than I do. My shop has the TJ Everyday. I just want to make sure that's a good Long board to start off with. I plan on getting a Spitfire for those hollow OBX days as well. Looking forward to snaking my friends after this LB purchase :) I appreciate your advice.

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I'm looking at purchasing a Quadfish at my local shop. The dimensions are 5'10" x 21" x 2 7/8" 42.1L. Is this board considered the Quadfish Retro because of the extra volume? I see a lot of mention of the Quadfish HP vs. the Retro on the furum, but I don't see that verbage on the Quadfish page except for the foils comparison and buyers chart. I appreciate your feed back. I'm just trying to get the dims right for my size, 5'11" 190lbs. Thanks!

I'm 29, 5'11" and 185 lbs, intermediate ability. I bought a 6'6" AddVance last summer after not surfing that much as I used to within the last 2 years. I found it to be a wave catching machine. It completely made me excited about surfing again. My abilities came back pretty quickly because I was catching so many waves. I'm looking to advance to something with more freedom and duck-dive ability on those bigger days, and still super fun on the small. I live in Virginia Beach, so it's usually mushy and small. But, when it's good, it's good here and in the outer banks, and I found the 6'6" AddVance to be too much board, especially when you are duck-dving all day. My local shop has a 6'0" Potatonator. The volume calculator says a 5'10 would be best. Am I going to notice a big difference between the two? I love the paddling power of my AddVance. It's amazing! I had a 6'1" Flyer before my AddVance and caught no waves. I don't want to make that mistake again, but I also don't want to over shoot on the volume. I appreciate your advice!

FireWire's are the best boards out there, and all my friends are customers. I'm one for life. Thanks!