right well im confused a bit with all this distance board thing ive got to admit ive been looking at all the lovely boards people keep posting on here but still non the wiser. from what i can see there are two different types the flater more surfboard type and the rounder and thiner more canoe looking ones sory i have no idea what the technical names are for the different types.can any one explain what the difference is between the two.it looks like the rounder ones would be alot quicker but from what im reading it appears not.im gesing the type may be dependant on conditions,i will be looking for a board for out south coast in the uk id emagin it will be used mainly on the flater days on the open water and then mainly on rivers/harbers ect but i do intend to do some racing on it aswell and i way aprox 75kg

so can anyone explan this all a bit to to me as i am a bit new to all this distance board thing.
many thanks charlie