Replace Spitfire with El Fuego?

[Erling]

I won't go back to the 5'10 Dom, as I do feel that the Sweet Potato covers the small stuff better and that the 5'10 dom felt a bit too big for me in better waves. Maybe a 5'10 Spit or a 5'8 Dom would be the right one, but it's hard to say without trying them out.

Thanks for all the reply's, but is there anyone who has tried both the 5'8 Spit and a 5'11 El F ?

And is the new El Fuegos made without the gore-tex vent ?



Hoping for some good surf this week, so I can compare the Spit and Alt. Been too long since I used my Alternator now, looking forward to try it out again :)

[Erling]

Point break, waves around chest-shoulder size. The Alternator goes great as long as the wave has got a nice wall to work with, but stalls if the wave gets soft. I missed the speed of the Spifire and Sweet Potato, had trouble getting enough speed to get around sections. So I guess the Alternator will be for the days when the waves are bigger or steeper. Not sure what I will do with the Spitfire yet, but in waves under head high or waves that have softer/flat sections the spitfire definitely goes better than the Alternator.

[Slowman]

Sell the spit and the SP and get a p-nator!

[tallkook]

Hey Erling,

First let me say that I am not a ripper, but I have the Elf and Hellfire combo and they have me covered for everything from waist high up to solid surf. I surf my Elf in just about everything and roll out the Hellfire when the waves get over 4-5 feet and good. Never surfed a Spitfire, so can't comment on that but from what I've read your current quiver looks a pretty good one. FYI my Elf does not have the vent in it. I got it earlier this year on Gold Coast in Australia. I could probably ride the next size down in both my boards but I like a bit of volume and have not regretted my decision to go a bit bigger.

If you were keen for a change I think you could swap out the Spitfire for an Elf and be very happy. It is a shape that can work in a huge variety of conditions and the flat rocker makes it very easy to paddle and catch waves. It is fast and fun. I reckon that in combo with the Hellfire they are a pretty great 2 board quiver.

Hope this helps.

[Gnubee]

I use my Elf for everything and love it. There are times when I wish it had a bit more flip to the nose, but overall it rips. IT is quite the thing tearing along right in the pocket of a wave that everybody else is calling a closeout. I can totally see a 3 board setup of a Potato, EF, and Alt being able to cover pretty much any condition I would surf in. The Potato for the super mush, the El Fuego or most days (knee to head high), and the Alternator for when it gets solid or steep. The El Fuego, from what I can gather, does grovel a bit better than the Spitfire, but does not really lag behind it in terms of sheer performance.

For a two board quiver, I'm looking at an El Fuego/Hellrazor combo. If I was forced to have only one board (especially given the waves around here) then I'd be pretty happy with just the El Fuego - even if I would have to make some adjustments for the larger or steeper days.

[aurfalien]

Yea Gnubee, I am building the same setup;

BP, EF, HR.

[Goanna]

Yea Gnubee, I am building the same setup;

BP, EF, HR.

That's one great quiver right there.

For my skills I'd have the SP/BP - EF - Futura (past true high performance shapes now!)

[aurfalien]

I will always have my Futura w/o question.

And prolly add the Vangaurd next year as well :)

[hwork50]

Gnubee and Tallkook,

What fin set-ups are you using on the ELF. I surfed mine today with the K 2.1 set-up and it went ok. For longer points I love the MRTX set-up but struggling to find something that works in beach breaks and other conditions. Just curious?

Thanks,

[tallkook]

Hey hwork50,

I almost always surf mine as a quad with Shapers Quad-E's carbon fibre fins (link below). I mucked around a bit with PC7's and SF4's but found the board really came to life with the Shapers fins. I have just put the MR fins in for my next session, but yet to get a surf in on them. Are you riding your MRTFX with a small trailer as a thruster or two small trailers as a quad or just as a twinnie??

http://www.shapersfins.com/archives/...stealth-quad-e