COLE ROAD TRIPPER SURFBOARD UPGRADE
COLE ROAD TRIPPER SURFBOARD FULL
COLE ROAD TRIPPER SURFBOARD PRO

This is the second most popular question: “I’m just starting out. Should I Get a Foam Surfboard or a Hard-Topped Surfboard?

COLE ROAD TRIPPER SURFBOARD PRO

Pictured: Pro Surfer Tyler Stanaland’s Catch Surf quiver includes an 8′ Log (far right).

COLE ROAD TRIPPER SURFBOARD UPGRADE

You can carry this board under one arm (or overhead if you’re here because you saw Endless Summer), you can move quickly across the water with your feeble strokes (trust me, they weak), and you can maybe, mayyybe stand up (if you’re lucky), and not fall off immediately, with a long wide board.Ī bit pricier than the Wavestorm, with a bit of an upgrade in durability and performance, the Log by Catch Surf ticks all the boxes for a true beginner surfboard (long, wide, and covered in foam). In order to paddle with any sort of vigor and mobility, you will need a long, wide board.Ī surfboard in the 8-to-9-foot range is typically 22-24 inches in width, which is the perfect general size for beginners, and the kind of board you’ll find on this list (for the most part). This will keep you stable possible while you find balance. In order to stand up for the very first time, you need a wide board. In order to catch small, weak waves, which beginners should start on, you typically need a longer board. They want a long, wide board with a rounded nose and a rounded tail.

Their length typically hovers around six feet, unless the surf is very large, and then the boards are long and narrow with a sharp, pointed nose.īeginners want the exact opposite. They tear through head-high waves and come out of hollow tubes with ease, making it look a simple bike ride. If you’ve watched a professional surfing event you’ve seen lean, low-center-of-gravity athletes crouched over small, thin boards. And yes, that puts the board in the realm of “longboard” or “funboard.” No, that’s not what the pros typically use. “I’m just starting out, what size surfboard should I get?” This question is the one most surf shop employees roll their eyes at, and the one you probably asked at some point. The Used Surfboard What Size Surfboard Should a Beginner Get? Sure, they have a layer of foam on top, but with hand-sanded rails and Futures fin boxes, they really toe the line between hard and soft surfboard.īest Beginner Hard-Top/Fiberglass Surfboards This board will be introduced into our 2010 catalog as one of our most versatile designs yet.Calling the JJF by Pyzel line of boards “soft-tops” does them a disservice. We also tested it as a quad in addition to the tri set up, and had great feed back on the all around performance of the board with both fin configurations. To make the board even more versatile, and to loosen it up a bit in smaller surf, we ended up increased the tail width and put a bit more kick in the tail. Soon after, some of our team riders began experimenting with the board in small to medium surf, and found the board to be very drivey and fast. We originally designed this board as a step up board for bigger surf, and the results were great.

COLE ROAD TRIPPER SURFBOARD FULL

This X10 was inspired by Kelly Slater’s short, full nose, step up, that he rode in this years Pipe masters.

Cole road tripper surfboard