rodriguez said..boardbumps said..
Lacey you just have to remember that everthing in surfing is a cycle/circle.
We are, well here on this forum, are at the opposite side of the circle.
After being part of the wave ski revolution in the early 80's, the wind surf revolution at the same time, later the longboard evolution, then kite boarding and now SUP designs. Surf SUP designs will move back to a more "conventional" shape eventually.
You just have to remember that, All shapes work, only some work better than others.
One of the things that I really like about surf design is the complete freedom of design choice.
Especially when you use EPS and epoxy as your not constrained by a 6'0 PU blank.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
In the late 70's early 80's you didn't paddle boards so much as swim with them under your chest, unless you were 65-70 kg surf fit ie; surf everyday, it got old real quick.
Everyone just went too small,ruined some surfers,it's not fun catching 6 waves in an hour and bogging down on a wave you would scoot around on a board with more volume and length. I think we could be seeing a similar thing with the evolution of sup's, it's going to be interesting to see where we end up.
Yes , i agree with you, Rodriguez, personally i did surf with 5'11" water to my tits while sitting on the board
but it was so good to stick under the lip...
But SUP got basically a lot of volume and surface, it's just a matter of rider's skill to push the enveloppe .
I'm definitely too old to do it myself,
