Has anyone been to the Maldives before
If so what boards would you recommend
I've heard it's not really that heavy so would it be a case of throwing in a performance hybrid and a standard shorty
Has anyone been to the Maldives before
If so what boards would you recommend
I've heard it's not really that heavy so would it be a case of throwing in a performance hybrid and a standard shorty
That's what I'd personally take. It can get bigger but most days those boards would have you covered.
yeah agreed. baby Indo...though it can pump. I too think you have it nailed there. If I were going I'd have my Flexfire and Hellfire or Alternator I think....
but Alt and hellfire would be good....as would many others...
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503 TG Baked Potato - 506 RF Potatonator - 506 WRF Vanguard - 510 FST Unibrow - 600 FST Michel Bourez - 600 FST Alternator - 602 FST Alternator Round - 603 FST Artillery
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How do you think that Bourez model that you have would ride over there Chris
From what I've read and heard about the MB model it'd be a great board for Maldives on medium sized days. Depends how you like your boards because it would usually be ridden a little shorter than your standard shorty, but sounds like it has that little extra foam to make it super fun to surf, plenty of rocker to fit in those hollow faces and short enough to surf nicely in the pocket.
Chris will give you a better report I"m sure seeing as he's surfed the board a bunch, but I thick it'd be a good one.
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Yeah good option. the thing about the Michel is it has the rocker to handle any wave, thick or thin, slopey or pitching. You do, however, ride it a bit shorter than your normal shortboard so you have a bit less rail. My go to Michel is 510 and anything 1.5x overhead or bigger, I like a little more rail because my maneuvers are longer etc....
Its SO FUN in head high pitchy waves. I love it at beach breaks and hollow surf because its short and rockered and gets in easy and can jam a pitching lip in a jiffy!
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503 TG Baked Potato - 506 RF Potatonator - 506 WRF Vanguard - 510 FST Unibrow - 600 FST Michel Bourez - 600 FST Alternator - 602 FST Alternator Round - 603 FST Artillery
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I have a trip to the maldives planned. Was going to pack a 6'10 Alt(old specs) and a 6'4 spit. Should be an ok quiver?
Was also wondering if anyone would know aprox. weight including travel case?
completely depends on the case and how much you pack around it. I would count on somewhere near 50 lbs though...
6'0 - 175lbs - 29yrs - SoCal -
503 TG Baked Potato - 506 RF Potatonator - 506 WRF Vanguard - 510 FST Unibrow - 600 FST Michel Bourez - 600 FST Alternator - 602 FST Alternator Round - 603 FST Artillery
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You might try to sell them while you are there, (I hear, boards arent cheap there) that'll save some shipping money and get a new FW quiver...
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Quiver::: 6-3 Activator RF / 6-4 Dominator RF / 6-4 Hellfire FST / 6-6 Quadra Five FST / 6-8 Rawson Hyperskate II / 6-9 Northern Alliance pintail / 37" Great Wave C-7 Carver
Fins::: Futures AM-2 fronts (4.79"), V2F4 quad rears (3.75") Rusty quad rears (3.85") Stamps quad rears (4.0")
My FCS triple coffin with a 6'0 spitfire, 6'2 hellfire and 6'8 AF2 (Aloha) packed (w/legropes) weighed in at 13.5kg (~30lb!). So 2 boards in an FCS double coffin provided you don't throw a bunch of extra stuff in there would be around the 10kg mark I'd say. Rip Curl also make some light board bags and they look sturdy enough too. My FCS has everything you need so there is no need to pack any extra padding...and that helps keep things light and keeps you out of excess luggage territory.
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5'8 RF Vanguard 32.2L FCS H3 quad
6'0 FST Dominator 34.8L FCS PC SF4 quad + stabiliser
6'0 FST Spitfire 34.9L FCS PC R2 quad + stabiliser
6'2 FST Jacknife 33.3L FCS PC quad front/rear TC Redlines/TC Aqualines
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6'4 FST Alternator 34.?L FCS PG7
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