I'd be keen to hear how the Parko fins pan out for you - Ive had my on them for a while.
At 95kg and now 86kg the Futura has been good to me. I ride it in 2ft as long as it has a bit of push up to 6ft. I now have the Potatonator for smaller days.
I know my dominator was far better in the smaller stuff when I had it but I think it made me a bit lazy!
44yrs / 86kg / 6'2" Mini Driver / 5'8" Potatonator / 6'4" Futura (sold) / 5'8" Sweet Potato (sold) / 6'1" El Fuego (sold) / 6'2" Dominator (sold)
Yeah, it's clear the Futura can handle much/most of the conditions I currently favour the Dom in. But my Dom has a touch of extra foam meaning it virtually doesn't have a bottom end. The precise preferences though will take some time to clarify.
The Parko find seem fine so far. I didn't get the carbon base ones - I got the PC version. They seemed to drive when I needed it and loose when I wanted that. Just today's waves I was tending to race sections and when you finally got a chance to roll into a good turn the waves seemed to dribble into a deep channel - you'd bring the turn around and pffffft, wave ended. Next week (no midweek surfing at this time of year for me).
Yep the reduced daylight hours in winter are a bitch. My midweek surfs are now lunchtime dashes if I can get away.Originally Posted by buzzy
Jesus is coming, look busy!
Moving forward or just spinning faster?
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
6'2 FST Hellfire 33.7L FCS PC R2 quad + stabiliser (x 2, yes 1 here, 1 there!)
6'4 FST Alternator 34.?L FCS PG7
6'7 FST Hellrazor 36.5L FCS R2 thruster
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6'5 FST Hellrazor 33.5L FCS coming
Yep, aside from skiving off work midweek surfs don't exist until at least September now.
good feedback buzzy!! Stoked the board is working for you!!
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good stuff buzzy...you'll ride it all the time when you dial it in......check chloey on small clean days if your driving from the valley to maroubra etc...i used to get great waves with no crowd...(dating a chick who lived on the cliff above helped me catch it ahead of the crowd...!!!)...that was a while ago...might be like the superbank now..!!!
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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
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
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Cool, thanks, I'll definitely check it out.
Third surf on the Futura today (I've been using the Dom and Alt mostly of late). There is no doubt that in 2 foot surf (say waist to chest high) this board loses nothing to the Dom, and is slightly more refined. It could easily become the default board put in the car when I'm not sure what conditions are like, particularly the before work early surf (not resumed until September). I'll keep you posted as I surf it more.
Agree Buzzy, the Futura is a classic, it honestly just doesn't have the shape of boards that are popular right now. Strange that the look of a board would influence sales over function!!
the surfboard world is certainly influenced by image and it certainly has trickled down into design....
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Nice 3-4 foot (1-1.5x overhead) waves today. Got one really nice barrel, but sadly no other memorable waves. It seems that around 2-4 foot (chest to 1.5x overhead) is the ideal range for the Futura. I'm still dialling it in, but I'm enjoying it.
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