For the last 6 months or thereabouts I have been gradually 'getting over' SUP surfing.

I have a 9'3 Woody Jack and while this is not in the smallest range it is a High Performance thruster high rockered, deep concave thing. The board goes amazing to be honest, very light. Point is it surfs like a shortboard, it led me back to my shortboards and now I ride them more than anything as instead of pretending to be a shortboard I find the real thing far more rewarding.

This morning however I borrowed 'Big Red'. Big Red is 12' x 30' x 5 or 6 or something. There was nobody even out at Alley it was that bad, rainy, onshore, 1 foot. So me and big red went for a paddle. This is the most fun I have had on SUP for ages. Walking up and down, trimming, gliding, catching waves that arent even waves. It was all over again the reason I started on SUP in the first place.

Comfirmed what I have been thinking. If I want to surf like a shortboard than that's what I will ride.

I'm going back up in size. It's more fun!