Hi all,
Looking for some advice re your favourite mushy/choppy beach break boards.
I have a Naish Hokua 9'5 which I love in clean waves. I am a very experienced surfer on shortboards and mals. But i'm relatively new to SUP surfing. I am 50 years old and about 85kg. I like to avoid crowds, which means I do a lot of my surfing on beach breaks, often after the wind has come up.
So anyway... i think the Hokua is the right board for me most of the time but I have had less than 10 surfs on it and it has been pretty glassy. I still struggle a bit with stability when the wind comes up. Perhaps that's just a matter of more time on the water in those conditions? Hope so - that's the inexpensive answer.
Still I'd like some opinions on the best board for choppy, small-to-medium beach break waves. I don't really mind what length – and yes, i know that wider often means more stable. I'd like it to be reasonably quick once it's on a wave. What do you reckon? What's your own favourite board for choppy surf -- and what do you recommend for a geezer like me?
Thanks heaps.
Cheers, Dave