proformance in good surf

[prjwebb]

I thought they called them trunks in the states?!? Ha trunks here usually refers to speedos.

[Slowman]

I could be wrong but I've never heard it used on the mainland or Hawaii...might just never have come up.

[prjwebb]

Is it an Aussie thing then? Maybe my wires are crossed??

[indodreaming]

I could be wrong but I've never heard it used on the mainland or Hawaii...might just never have come up.

Not an Aussie thing, we call them board shorts, or shorts or boardies.

Always thought was an American thing, even in Kelly slater black and white he says trunks at one point.

[Slowman]

My grandparents used to say swimming trunks! And whole lot of other words that no one seems to use today. I guess anyone into boxing wouldn't have trouble.

[hawaii_boi]

thanks for the info and vid hi boi hows that 5''8 spitfire? i wanna get one of those too... one day

nsjoel, i only use it when it's 3ft+ (HAYN). It is fast and responsive! It feels like my rail is more in the water as compared to Dom or Pnator. Since I only surf town now, my Sweet Spud gets all the attention haha :D I definitely recommend the spit though. Timmy Reyes likes it too... http://vimeo.com/53023658 Hellfire is another good board to look at.

[nsjoel808]

haha na, idk anything but what i have grown up with.... we trunk it everyday! unless its N wind then might wear a top. hiboi have you got to ride a smaller 5'0 or 5'1? im wondering how they would handle. I plan on getting a 6'1 or 5'11 razor, spit 5'6, then 5'1 baked by end of spring. sound right?

[hawaii_boi]

@everyone, I usually say "trunks" when speaking to someone not from Hawaii haha. Other than that, it's called boardshorts in the 808 state! :D

@ nsjoel808, sorry, just saw this post now. I think the Firewire Forum admins need to make it easier to alert someone of a new post to a thread (e.g., when a username is mentioned, an email is sent).

Anyways, I rode the 5'3 baked and it was super fun. It still was enough volume. My sweet is 5'4 and floats me real good. I went into Rip Curl Ala Moana the other week and the 5'1 looked sick. You are right that the size difference between the 5'1 and 5'3 is huge. I want to get the 5'1 but i'm worried I won't be able use it on the days I need to grovel. Also, I'm kinda set on the volume ranges of 30L to 32L. If you get a chance to ride the 5'1, let me know how it is!

ALOHA!!