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Has anyone ridden this board in bigger surf. I'm 6ft and...
By jim December 3, 2012
Has anyone ridden this board in bigger surf. I'm 6ft and a 155 pounds and in the market for a board that can handle head to double over head conditions. Is this the board for that or is more of a beginner board.
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By alr5597038 March 5, 2013
I've got the three of the 7'0"s and one of the 7'6"s. I keep a 7'0" in Hawaii and California at the homes of friends and one of them with me. The other 7'6" is also in Hawaii. I travel and love the 7'0" for overhead waves when traveling and here at home in Florida during winter and hurricane swells. It's a great, responsive shape and the board will float you fine and do anything you want it to do at head-high and above. I find the 7'6" to be more of a hybrid: part fun-board, part "glider" big-wave board. I've ridden it on the North Shore when it's big and small and in town, too. I find it less responsive and more of a cruiser. It'll hold in on the big drops but you can't really snap it around like the 7'0". That being said, after a few days of big waves I'll get a bit tired/lazy and take it out because it'll catch waves so much easier. FYI, I also own other Ultraflex Surftechs and they flex like PU boards but hold up like regular epoxy. The volume of the 7'0" is 42 ltrs and the 7'6" is 47 ltrs (but feels like more). I'm 6'1" and weigh 195 lbs, 53 years old. Were I younger and as light as you are, I wouldn't bother with the 7'6" but if you want to ride big waves, you'll have fun on either one, bro.
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