Thanks for your insight Chris, I know its an impossible question with so many variables but really appreciate your thoughts!
Prj, hope that Hell *cough* you have clears up soon! Thanks as well all!
I'll take my mate for a trip to the Firewire demo shop next flat spell!
54yy, 6', 87kg. 5'10 sweet p, 6'2" Potatonator, 6'6" spit, & 6'6" Hellfire All in FST
So Chris would that be the board you would recommend based on this thread or would that be the one board you would have based on your surf preferences. If you could have just one board for you would it be the Alternator and why?
Just curious.
Brent
6'0" Spitfire RF (Futures) / 6'2" Spitfire FST (FCS) / 6'1" El Fuego FST (FCS) / 6'2" Hellfire FST (Futures) / Alternator 6'4" FST (FCS) / 6'10 ADDvance RF (FCS) /
42 years young / 6'3" 180 lbs
Stuff I owned and sold: 5'6" Sweet Potato (FCS) (Sold) / 6'0" DOM (FCS) (Sold) / 6'2" DOM (FCS) (Sold) /
I think I would go for the Hellfire on this one
165cms 89Kgs dry...working on that at the moment...but not working!!! :)
Potato 5'2" /Vanguard 5'6"/Potatonator 5'8"/ Spitfire 5'8" / Quadraflex 6'0" / Flexflight 9'0"
Fins: Elevons, Solus, Controlllers, Jordy,AM2,
Yeah Alternator most likely. Its the most well rounded shape and a majority of days you can grovel with it, its just more work. Then when its decent, you are covered. nothing worse than good waves and a hybrid.....
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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Yeah I figured that is what you would say.
6'0" Spitfire RF (Futures) / 6'2" Spitfire FST (FCS) / 6'1" El Fuego FST (FCS) / 6'2" Hellfire FST (Futures) / Alternator 6'4" FST (FCS) / 6'10 ADDvance RF (FCS) /
42 years young / 6'3" 180 lbs
Stuff I owned and sold: 5'6" Sweet Potato (FCS) (Sold) / 6'0" DOM (FCS) (Sold) / 6'2" DOM (FCS) (Sold) /
But it varies from person to person, age to age, region to region...
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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This is my first post so take it easy on me. I just got the 5'11" Activator FST and am loving it. I rode a 5'10" Futura for 6 years before but recently put on over 25lbs for hockey and needed to go bigger. I was looking for a board I could ride almost everyday with more volume and drive. I have rode it from around knee to a foot overhead and it is working really well. I have the Mayhem quad fins and the board is so fast. Also rode it with the K3s but like the quad is fun for the small summer surf.
Other than the Activator I would lean towards a Hellrazor for a single board quiver to have a better board on the high performance days. I think the next board I will add is a 6'1" Hellrazor. I am hoping to demo one this fall when the NW swells start to fill in.
5'11" - 175 lbs - 25 years old
5'6" Potatonator w/ GMP 5 Quad+ Nubster
6'1" Hellrazor w/K2.1 and K3
Previous Boards: 5'11" Activator (Too Big) - 6'0" Futura (Traded for HZ) - All FST
Activator is a good all arounder... I am stoking on it, surfed 3 plus hours yesterday.. everything else is shelfed this summer until it gets over head plus again.
6'-6" (198cm) tall Giraffe, 197 pounds (89kg) Heavy, 50 years young, 37 years surfing 3 days a week avg
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")
Yeah the Activator is probably a one board quiver that you can surf more often. If you are thinking of a 1 board quiver for better waves, then yeah, the Hellrazor is a great option. You just want to look at the conditions that you are most frequently in and try to address those conditions with your board choice!!
how much more weight do you see your self gaining on the 175lbs?
Thanks for the support and stoked to have you on the forum
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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Hey All, use my Firewire email, [email protected] for emergency issues, not my forum inbox. However, please avoid contacting me directly with questions on choosing a board, just use the glorious forum. Cheers!
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