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

« on: September 14, 2017, 09:24:36 PM »

Thanks for the replies guys! So with your help I've decided to keep the learning curve, well... just that, a curve, by stepping down in size by increments. I'll stay on surfboard shape, rather than an ironing board shape, cos it's what I know. When I see pros riding the latter as their go to board, I'll consider changing.

@NorthJerzSurfer , do you find your hypernut not as agile in beach break conditions? I'm guessing you prefer it for fatter waves because it keeps up speed through longer carves? Is it not as "slashy "?

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

« on: September 12, 2017, 09:45:30 AM »

Thanks anonsurfer, I hadn't heard of guild factor before. So at my current GF of 1,36 l/kg, would it be a quicker progression to a GF of 1.1, by doing it in two stages as you indicated (1.2 then 1.1), or raise kook status to the max by jumping straight to GF=1.1? I'm no spring chicken, but still a very fit 52 year old.

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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.