sure would love the pnator to come up on the compare chart on the website...want to see that nose and tail before i order one from somewhere
sure would love the pnator to come up on the compare chart on the website...want to see that nose and tail before i order one from somewhere
Couldnt agree more..its holding me off pulling the trigger on one.Originally Posted by kbsurfer
Yeah, I got tired of waiting, posted twice trying to find out when it was going up on the compare boards program but no joy so just went into the local firewire shop with a tape measure & measured one up!
54yy, 6', 87kg. 5'10 sweet p, 6'2" Potatonator, 6'6" spit, & 6'6" Hellfire All in FST
sorry guys. priorities i guess...
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I've got a 6'4" eps/high tech, round tailed hybrid from an Aussie shaper that has been sorely neglected since I got my potatonator.
Took it for a paddle in some 1-1.5' clean waves this morning.
This board is made as a grovellor.
I purposely left my potatonator at home.
Tried riding the board with Indo controllers in it.
2 waves and decided it sucked. Wide tailed quads are the match for these fins.
Plain and simple.
Put the regular quad fins back in it and went to get some more waves.
Kicking myself the whole time..."Why Oh why did I not bring the potatonator"?
Instead of getting short little rides with bogged turns and getting turned into a kook I would have been zipping around on the easy planing potatonator.
Lesson learned.
Don't leave home without the potatonator.
It's that good.
Last edited by cuttlefish; 06-25-2012 at 07:28 PM.
Hi there guys
I've just ordered a 6'2 P'nator FST yesterday. I'm 89kg's. I'm in two minds as to whether I should have got the 6'2 or 6'0. Please help, any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!! I noticed a few guys on this thread who are between 85kg's-100kg's riding anywhere between 5'8' to 6'2 P'nator's.
I'm 36, had two ops in the last 12 month's and am now nearly fully recovered enough to hit the water again (was previously surfing a hybrid 6'4 x 21 x 2 3/4 - avg. board). I intend on surfing fortnightly. Used to surf a few times a week years ago. I'm 89kg's but should drop to my normal weight of 80kgs in the next 12 months. I want the board to have the most amount of volume possible without feeling corky so I can get in to the wave nice and early. Have I done the right thing in ordering the 6'2 or should I change it to the 6'0???? The guy at the store recommended go smaller but given what I've just mentioned and that I've been out for so long I went the 6'2. Decisions, decisions, I have a headache now!
Cheers
Last edited by anthvico; 06-28-2012 at 12:01 AM.
For a thirty something and at 89kgs (and dropping) its a lot of board but..you arent totally surf fit right? Go easy on yourself and if after a couple of months the 6'2 is too big sell it and buy a smaller one. The risk you have with going too small for where you are is that you will struggle and hate it. They hold their value pretty well so may only be a couple of hundred change over. Good luck with the continue recovery.
Hi
The 6'2 would not bee too big to turn aggressively or inhibit or to catch waves easily? I'm leaning towards 6'2 just cause I've been out of the water for so long, but at the same time want to be able to grow in to it as I have surfer a lot in the past.
Cheers
I'm only a few kgs heavier at 92 kgs but the 6'2" has me floating at lower ribs when level underneath me so It's not too much floatation.
The board paddles into waves really well.
Riding it yesterday in solid 4-5' waves when the point was sectioning and thought a couple of times I could have used some more rail when trying to get round sections that had the lip hitting the board.
Moved to my favourite section of the point and with the peaky swell it was on for a big bottom turn and pump along the wall into big roundhouse cutbacks which the potatonator does so well and the shorter rail was perfect.
So it depends upon the type of waves you surf.
Like FW-Fan says you can easily trade it in or sell it when you drop the weight and feel you want to go shorter.
The easier you can paddle and the more waves you catch then the more you want to go surfing and the fitter you get.
Self-fulfilling prophecy.
ok, thanks for the advice. I should get it in a week so I'll report back. Now to find some fins for it! cheers
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