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Old 05-03-2007, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by miamijose View Post
I definitely want to get into this and buy a board soon, but it would be nice to demo different boards. I just went yesterday to island watersports and they have the Laird and Mickey Munoz for sale, both 12' boards, I'm only 130pounds so i'm hoping i don't need a board that big.
I'm not an expert but it seems like lighter folks can get away with boards around 11 ft. and perhaps a bit narrower. Part of it involves the type of standup you want to do. Lacking lots of big waves in Miami most of the time, that removes opportunity for more intense surfing. I see where even heavier guys are going to boards as short as 9 ft. for paddling into larger waves. Where cruising and maintaining momentum are important in lighter conditions longer, wider and thicker help that the smaller sportier stuff. Perhaps you can demo some boards. I will try to put the word out and see if some demo sessions can be put together.
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