Well, I broke my hand on Thursday in an incident completely unrelated to boarding. I've never been a big fan of wake surfing but looks like that's all I'm gonna be able to do for the next 6 weeks or so.
My current skill level is that I can get up with a rope and toss it or drop in from the platform and ride pretty much indefinitely but have not really tried any tricks as my board is a real surf style (As in an ocean surf board). The board seems to track way too well for any funny business on a boat wave. I've ridden a Slingshot and Hyperlite board too and neither seemed any faster or looser than my current board. I've ridden a 56" Byerly Hazard briefly and, although the board was quite small for me it seemed a lot more fun than what I've been riding.
So, I want a skim surf board to hopefully have a bit more fun with surfing. As I'm not that enthusiastic about it I'm not going to drop $500-800+ on a surf board. I'd like to spend nothing and certainly can't spend more than $300ish. What options are out there that would be suitable for my size and budget?
Would a used 54" XXX be too small for me?
How are these Surf Glide (Maybe Mica brand?) and Surf 321 boards that I'm seeing on ebay? Those boards can be had for around $220 shipped new. All that I see on ebay are only 52" though and don't have traction matts on them.
Last edited by Jeff; 06-14-2014 at 5:32 PM.
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