I took a leap of faith and downsized from 9 foot to 7 4. As generally happens with new boards surfs been rubbish ,took it out in some nor east slop and managed to paddle into one on my feet , finally got another paddle this morning was cleanish but backwash and rippy made it hard to stand but paddled into a few , pretty pumped with how it felt on a wave looking forward to some clean conditions.
I found that standing with my feet offset a bit sorta surf stance helped with stability / was hard to find a sweet spot when standing normal sup stance
Also found myself holding the paddle well down the shaft when paddling for a wave / is maybe a shorter paddle the go for shorter surf orientated boards
Any feedback on these couple of points or paddling short boards in general much appreciated

Cheers Pat