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Gear Talk / Naish 8'3"... What's next?

« on: September 12, 2017, 05:57:14 AM »

Hi all! I've been riding a Naish Hokua 8'3", 100 liter for the last year and am now looking for a smaller, possibly faster, definitely looser board. As I live in East London, South Africa, I don't have the option of demo on any new boards. From the reading I've done, it appears that the short Raptor/Hypernut/Papenoo shapes seem quite popular? I seldom surf larger than 5ft waves and conditions here are usually typical beach break waves.

So my question is, should I step down to a smaller surfboard shape or an even smaller Papenoo shape to get to the next level of faster, harder and more vertical turns? Or, at 73kg, am I already on my optimal board?

Please forgive the rather broad spectrum question, but I honestly don't get exposure to new products here, and out of town vendors just convince you to buy what they have.