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    Yeah, but at the same time as you said, you're 90kg on a 5'10" and if someone 72kg is on a 5'10" it's going to be a bit of a boat, especially give his shorty's dims. I'd put him on a 5'6" too.
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    hes on the cusp really...i'm technically too heavy for it...and i have to be on my game everyday...nev wont get off his 5'10 at the same height/weight as jimmy..but his normal board is a little more than jimmy's..in lesser waves, the tiny bit of extra area/foam may suit..lets tag chris in here..he's currently wrestling with the front foot bog dilemma..!!....youre gunna love either though jimmy...ok...going down to a crankin' point on my under volumed hellfire.....back later
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    SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
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    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

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    Great thanks agian for your help guys I will let you know how I get on.

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    Does Nev still jump online on this forum
    Looking forward to hearing more insights from the ginger ninja

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    ha contradiction is ok, it shows that everyone here is crazy...

    but no good feedback on the board. I think the Hellfire is a good example of a board that can feel different to different surfers. By this I mean if you ride chippy shortboards normally in powerful surf and grab a hellfire for groveling days, then its going to FEEL like a groveler. If, however you ride fishy or higher volume board, think mid lengths like the Addvance, then stepping on a Hellfire will give you the freedom of a shortboard.

    More so than a lot of boards, the Hellfire can serve many different purposes to many different surfers, but its essentially all about relativity (previous/current quiver relativity).
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    Hi guys I have decided to go with the Hellfire 5'8 now my only question is Rapidfire or FST? My Spitfire is Rapidfire which I love but is this suitable for the Hellfire?

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    absolutely jimmy, lovin' my 5'10 rf hf..!!..if you work well with the rapidfire flex which differs subtlety from fst then go for it...i'm a rapidfire man..
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    6ft..90ish kg..35+ years surfing

    WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD,*WHERE'S MY VANGUARD.... ETC
    IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
    IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED,
    IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT,
    IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE,
    IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE

    SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
    MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

    youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant

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