I had a sweet potato and traded a guy in the water for a go on a mccoy nugget, the nugget felt like it was made lead - fine once you built up speed - but I was pretty disgusted at how crap it felt - back on the sweet potato it was business as usual. The nugget did appear to be heavily glassed but at quite a cost to the responsiveness.
THE NEW FLEET
BAKED POTATO WRF 5'9
SUB SCORCHER FST 6'2
ALTERNATOR FST 6'6
36 YR - 5'10 & 90KG
PREVIOUS FW BOARDS
5'10 SWEET POTATO,
5'10 POTATONATOR,
6'0 FST SPITFIRE,
5'10 & 6'02 DOM -
5'04 SWEET POTATO -
6'04 FLEXFIRE
What did the guy say about your sweet potato?
"Where can I buy one"?
49 yrs, 6'1", 92kgs. Surfing many moons grasshopper and I like plenty of foam. Potatonator 6'4" FST- Stretch or DVS quad fins, CI twin + trailer fin.
He was pretty quiet as he had been raving about this nugget, which I handed back to him then proceed to wipe my hands clean I felt soiled by the experience.
THE NEW FLEET
BAKED POTATO WRF 5'9
SUB SCORCHER FST 6'2
ALTERNATOR FST 6'6
36 YR - 5'10 & 90KG
PREVIOUS FW BOARDS
5'10 SWEET POTATO,
5'10 POTATONATOR,
6'0 FST SPITFIRE,
5'10 & 6'02 DOM -
5'04 SWEET POTATO -
6'04 FLEXFIRE
ben,
I'm 5'8, 165 lbs and live in new smyrna beach florida. i think the 5'3 BP is probably a bit big for you, especially if your HPSB is in the range of a 5'10 ALT. i have a 5'2 SP and it feels like a SUP to me on some days. also, since getting a 5'4 Potatonator, i almost never ride the SP anymore because I can surf almost every day on the 5'4 PN, from shin high to head high. if you're considering the PN, I highly recommend it, I've got 6 boards in my quiver right now and I surf the PN >90% of the time here in florida, it maintains a high performance feel even on really small days. can't say enough good things about the potatonator, makes all those 1-2 ft days feel like good waves. but if you are set on the bake potato, I'd go for the 5'1 if I were you, it will float you much better than you think. i tell people who ask about the SP or the PN to get one 2 inches smaller than they think they should.
173cm/5'8" 73kg/162lbs. 5'8 hellfire FST, 5'2 SP RF, 5'10 lost Stealth in FST, 5'4 potatonator FST, 5'4 Vanguard
Hi Tre, whats your step up board at the moment?
THE NEW FLEET
BAKED POTATO WRF 5'9
SUB SCORCHER FST 6'2
ALTERNATOR FST 6'6
36 YR - 5'10 & 90KG
PREVIOUS FW BOARDS
5'10 SWEET POTATO,
5'10 POTATONATOR,
6'0 FST SPITFIRE,
5'10 & 6'02 DOM -
5'04 SWEET POTATO -
6'04 FLEXFIRE
Live in Florida so no step up board required. I guess if we did get some overhead hurricane swell I'd ride my 5'8 hellfire or 5'10 fst stealth. rode that board in all conditions when I lived in San Francisco. Surfed it in Up to about 2x overhead, not crazy about surfing much bigger waves than that.
173cm/5'8" 73kg/162lbs. 5'8 hellfire FST, 5'2 SP RF, 5'10 lost Stealth in FST, 5'4 potatonator FST, 5'4 Vanguard
ha! yeah but PR is right there!!! step ups needed there for sure. Atlantic HI when the north swells pump through...
6'0 - 175lbs - 29yrs - SoCal -
503 TG Baked Potato - 506 RF Potatonator - 506 WRF Vanguard - 510 FST Unibrow - 600 FST Michel Bourez - 600 FST Alternator - 602 FST Alternator Round - 603 FST Artillery
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