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Thread: Alternator 608 for South of Peru - Punta Hemosa region?

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    yeah and another good point is that a little overlap is good!!! you don't want mutually exclusive boards.
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    Good point there. So often with the first instinct to go for the Dom my thought process was "is it too big for the Dom?" and if the answer was "No" I surfed the Dom. But a lot of those waves I could have surfed the Alt, and the Alt would have been a better call. Throw in the Hellfire and you have heaps of crossover! With other financial priorities that's why I'm thinking the Dom/Alt quiver covers enough and has enough cross over, although adding a HF would be ideal.

    I'm now recalibrating my mindset. Rather than "Dom first" thinking, maybe I'll have an "Alt first" mentality and surf the Dom when the Alt wouldn't be suitable. Around that shoulder/head high mark is about the magic point, with maybe the Dom better in fatter waves of that size, and the Alt better if they are well formed ones.
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    That's my plan too Buzzy. Try to get back to a shortboard as my go to board and save the hybrids for when they are 'needed'.
    I do love riding the hybrids though.

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    Ben what kind future fins do u use for your alt? I have same size alt. do u use different fins different conditions, size etc... Mahalo, gkekoa
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