Ok - so I'm nearly 45yo, 110kg on a good week and of reasonable to good fitness (but it's fair to say it's been a long time since I can claim a 6-pack!)

I currently ride a 7'3" 7S SuperFish XL (poly) and I'm pretty happy with it.

I ride mostly 1-4ft beachies, mostly metro and Lano, with the odd trip down south...

Looking to treat myself to a new board and have been looking at a few 'big boys' SB's - but when I look at the volume stats, most fall well short of the 53l of the above - and I don't want to loose too much of the paddling benefit - seeing as I have to compete with 45kg 16yo's fuelled up on Mother and Mars bars!!

What are you bigger boys riding?? And would a shift to epoxy really make that much difference (never ridden an epoxy).

Cheers - GPA