Surfers of NS

the only time ive seen hull overhead its blown to bits, if theres swell running check out somewhere else, nantasket cant really hold anything once its over chest high or so
 
yeah man I got mine 4 months ago and almost never ride my loaded tan tien or my skateboard anymore.

I figure once this breaks (if it ever does) I can just get a piece of oak and cut it to the same shape.
 
i surfed a jetty there once on my way south to santa cruz. it wasnt very memorable, i wouldnt even have remembered if i didnt log all my sessions from that trip
 
usually surf on martha's vineyard in the summer, all the up-island spots - squibby, bells, painted house, abels...i go to school in Maine so iv surfed higgins, popham and reed a few times this past fall. I'm by no means an expert just getting into it over the past couple years, i have a 6'0 NSP fish, pretty doope little board.
 
Those penny boards pump so easily. You can really work the tail and generate speed quite nicely. If it doesn't snow on the east coast soon I'm gonna have to pick up a winter wetsuit/hood+boots+gloves and surf instead.
 
I surf long sands, i'm not good enough to hit short sands when the waves are huge there (only time you can really surf it is when its a storm and the beach is closed).
 
Any central jersey kids? And anybody ride a twin fin retro fish, something like this?
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Looking to pick one up, I think I'm gonna go to a shop tomorrow and ask around. But how do they ride. I'm looking for something short and pivot-y. That or one of those disc/biscuit shaped boards.
 
I would get a more modern shape if I was you. I have a modern twin fin fish and it is pretty fun. I would rather have a biscut for small waves though
 
if its the loose feeling you want, thats all in the tail and fins, and if the board floats you well enough, itll pivot wherever you want it to if its set up as a quad or a twinny. the middle fin is what gives you stability in a juicy wave, but you dont need one for anything under head high. then again, if youre good enough you can ride any setup in any wave type, but im speaking for most people, not some world class surfer.

but back to the question at hand, twinnys like these are gonna be fun in mushy waves under a few feet overhead, but once it gets about that big i hope you have something for a better wave so you dont have to turtle the board through whitewash. a full nose will get you some paddle power, and a full tail will get you into the wave.

i worked at a shop for years and have repped a few surf companies, i love answering questions about surfing even though yours wasnt directed at me haha. hope this helps.
 
This. But if I did the most local place would be Tofino. Also my friend who has autism went surfing for the first time last year and he was a natural at it, it was so sick to watch.
 
Yeah I was in the shop today. Talked to the owner, who's shaped quite a few boards himself. He said that a more retro style fish with keel fins will just want to go down the line while something a bit more modern shaped with a smaller fin base will turn a bit more. They had a nice 5'9" modern looking twin fin. I'd have to sell my current board though, cause new boards are expensive. Or wait for a used one to show.

That, or he suggested I switch fins. He recommended this one set which was basically two modern twin fins with a small trailer, and run that as opposed to the current standard thruster with a larger center fin. Which I'm considering, cause if that will loosen it up and make it turn better, I could just swap fins if the surf gets bigger.

And if I sold this board and bought another I was definitely willing to sacrifice some bigger wave performance for small wave performance since I surf smaller surf the majority of the time.
 
i surf super heavy off my back foot, and im not sure if youre familiar with FCS fin models but i run m7s with a tiny tiny trailer as a thruster always no matter the conditions. i think you just need to get used to something and just make it yours. but agreed with the owner, fins make a huge difference, sometimes you can save yourself the $600 bucks and spend 50 or so on a new set of fins and make it feel like your riding somehting completely different.
 
Finally got a chance to try this summer, it was fuckin' awesome. My first wave was probably my greatest experience in the past five years. I don't want to get really into it and risk getting put off by the "scene". That sort of happened with skiing for me. But yeah surfing is great.
 
Don't even worry about the scene. I've been at it for a few years and I don't really pay attention to anything. All I do is watch the asp contests online from time to time. And since I know very few surfers there really is no "scene" for me.

And I think I'm just gonna try that fin setup. 70$ or whatever those fins cost is better then whatever another board will cost.
 
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