First Firewire and first shortboard, another size query!

[YellowSurfBus]

I took a 6'0" Spitfire for a demo today after work. It was about head high on the sets, pretty lumpy and fat until it jacked up and dumped on the shore. So not ideal conditions to try out a new board. I got into a few waves but messed up the take off every time. First impressions are that the board paddles well and I can get it into waves. In clean conditions I think I would have had a better surf. I'm tempted to say it's a tad too short for me though. I have the board again for tomorrow so will have another crack at it. The surf isn't going to be anything special tomorrow either though. I may try and demo it again at the weekend when it go's offshore.

[prjwebb]

Head for Porthmeor in the morning and I reckon you'll be in for a decent one tomorrow. I hear it was ok there today.

[YellowSurfBus]

That's where I surfed bud. It was bang on high tide when I got in though so not ideal! I've got work all week so only have an hour or so after work until it gets dark.

[prjwebb]

Ah that'll be why then. I think it was better earlier. I'm stuck in work all week too. The weekend forecast looks fun at the moment, hopefully it won't change like it always seems to these days.

[YellowSurfBus]

Fingers crossed! It's about time we had a few days of swell and good winds!

[prjwebb]

For sure. Worst year ever so far.

[Chris]

the winds have not been friendly huh? That is what Mark was saying...

[prjwebb]

Yeah constant onshores, very few actual groundswells so pretty much every time it's actually been offshore its been tiny or flat.
Because of the constant onshores a lot of sand has blown up the beaches so banks have been shitty too.

[YellowSurfBus]

Ye useless year, bring on more travelling!

Had a bit more success at Porthmeor today on the 600. Got to my feet on a few waves, messed up a few as well though. I'm putting this partly down to lack of fitness (surfed 6 times since April, thought I was fitter than I actually am!) and partly being on a board 8" shorter than I'm used to. With my lack of fitness I was surprised how well the board paddled, really impressed with that.

So I can paddle it and get into waves, but it felt super twitchy when I was up on my feet. Pretty sure I would get used to that fairly quickly with some good waves.

I'm still pretty torn between a 600 and 602 though, and still think that maybe a Dominator would be better for me. Maybe slightly less responsive to make a for a better transition from a big board?