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That's what it's all about. Finding the board you love.

I've been very happy with my Shadow. And my Ghost. Not so with Phantom and Pyzalien, although Pyzalien 2 gets positive feedback. I bought the Red Tiger. It's a technical board. Ridden it in a wide variety of conditions now, and had some good surfs on it. Wouldn't recommend it for your average punter, though. Head the High Line might be worth a look. Cheers.

Is there one you think is ideally suited as a daily driver?

​@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms More good wave boards than daily driver...Skeleton Key with Sweet Spot step up...can't remember the daily drivers😉

The Mid6 was the first mid-length that really caught my eye. Seemed like the one for me until the Mid6 Mini came out. Unfortunately, Harley Engleby only does FCS to sell his model of fins and I'm a Futures guy, so that's one less sale.

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms I completely understand I'm a FCS guy so I won't buying a firewire board now

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms maybe the s boss then ?? It looks pretty nice . To many mid lengths are just for cruising even the model that DHD do maybe worth a look as well ??

Apparently the Boss Up isn't as high performance as the Mid6. Seems to sit between the CI M23 and the Mid.

Glad it was useful. There are some boards in the video you might like to consider. And obviously others I never covered off on, like the Lost Full Strength for example.

Yea, I've noticed the Easy Rider dims. Good option for more volume for shorter boards. Cheers.

Cheers. Good to hear another positive on the Nautilus in small waves.

Thanks for the info. Glad you found the Al Merrick works for you. Yes, both Mid Strength and M23 look like good boards. Interesting your comment on Mini Moe. Worth noting. Cheers.

Hi,I had a 7' seaside and beyond and never really gelled with it. I then purchased a 6'8 big Barron and found it a lot more fun but likes a fatter wave as there is very little rocker.Recently I bought a Chili 7' full strength and love it I have only ridden it in larger waves but can highly recommend

@user-vl2su1uj4o Trial and error can be expensive, right. Glad you got to the board that works for you. Interested to know how you find the Chilli Full Strength when you get it out in small waves.

@@user-vl2su1uj4o I agree with you big baron likes large walls. Before Big Baron i was interest in the full strenght even before the annoncement. If you ride the full little was give us a feedback.

Good to have a shaper chime in. I did notice that they were all around the 40l mark. Wasn't looking at the volume when I picked these boards, but the length. For a bigger guy wanting more volume at this length, or somebody wanting just more volume, that's a good tip.

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms you hit the nail on the head staying with a set length. Focusing on performance for the waves you experience day in, day out. For sure you would have noticed the differences in rocker and rails shapers. Great video, nice work 👏

@@john2097 Thanks

I have now. Looks good.

Sounds like you found a good one.

Was conscious I'd left Lost off but they are hard boards to get hold of here for a look. Fins setups so important.

Looks like a really interesting board. Can't get them here so I can't handle, and I've never seen one. Not a mid-length as such. That extended vee seems to find favour with some shapers, Chris Christenson being one. Not much of a twin finner, myself. Remember being out at Uluwatu in the early eighties with Jim Banks. He was destroying it and riding twin fins then, too, from memory.

Many thanks for your thoughts. Appreciate it's off-topic to your video. I thought you would have some insight with your experience, so thanks again.

Be intereseted to know how your research turns out for you.

I have a revolution and it's fast and turns well but it's a short board for me at 6 6. The Christenson Flat Tracker 2 has a similar lower stringer but not nearly as scooped.

@@blinksurf many thanks for your thoughts.

That's another one I could have taken a look at. Everybody's making them now. I guess even Kelly's coming to accept he's growing old. :-)

I demoed a Boss Up and really enjoyed the board too. I tested the helium construction and it is super responsive! Also like the KS-1 quads with this board too.

I had a Seaside for a short while. It was Helium and felt good. Imagine the Boss Up would go well. Looks like it's the replacement for the hole left by the Mid6, maybe more like the Mid6 Mini.

Album Warp Twin is a new board to me. Not a twin fin fan but it looks interesting. How does it go in solid 6ft surf?

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms yea warp twin I meant goes great I say solid 6 overhead will work great i rode on a 6 to 8 foot day at a point break but a heavier beach break may not be to ideal here in ca I did surf 4 to 6 blacks and it worked great though

@@Iowa-dy2mi Sounds like a good board for you across the range.

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms I was not either until I rode that one with nvs fins whiner before I had was raging bull js schooner now I’m looking forward to asims like the bon dia

Cheers. Yes, it's very idiosyncratic, and therefore not for everyone. I'm still of two minds about it ,but I've had some great surfs on it, and some not so great. If you've got your foot right at the back in as you say a wide stance, it becomes very loose and twitchy, which is where it works best in my view. Very different though to just standing up and plonking your feet down like you can do with a lot of boards.

Thanks, And great additional info for thought for those into construction innovation.

Thanks. P2 was on my long list but wanted to keep it to one Pyzel and the Mini Ghost won out. A lot of people ride the P2 here as well as the Phantom. Cheers.

Good to know. The Puddle Jumper had been mentioned to me once, but I didn't consider. Interested to hear that it works well for you across the range. PU or EPS?

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms ua-cam.com/video/fdpkpyhKOrs/v-deo.html it was in Costa Rica.

I wasn't aware of that one. What an interesting board. What's it like in 6ft waves?

@@martinb-t2m in NZ I’m happy with my Pyzel Shadow and Ghost on bigger days. I took both to Fiji and found the Shadow didn’t respond well while the Ghost did.

If it’s a hollow wave I would go mini ghost. Sweet for punchy smaller barrels. I wouldn’t ride it on waves any bigger than 8ft though.

@@ElChapo-gz6lo Yea, not really a daily driver. 8ft! What length mini ghost do you ride?

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms5”8 round tail with big ass fins. I really only take it out when it’s steep and hollow. I don’t think I’d consider it a daily driver but it’s a barrel machine when conditions are right!

@@ElChapo-gz6lo Outperforming itself. Well done!

@@edawg654 Ha! Never had the joy of surfing there. 😆

Cheers, Rich. Glad you're finding the board that suits. Yea, 6'0 is still a touch long in small surf, which is why grovellers have their place.

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms I swapped it out for my 5'8 Seaside 35.4L and had a blast. Far more suitable 🤙🏼🌊

Hi, I asked Jef your question. Here was his reply: To my recollection, I only took one board to hawaii, but I did have two boards from Lyman surfboards in total! I thought the owner Jim Lyman had made them both, but it is definitely possible someone else shaped them! I can say positively, I never had four boards!

I'd agree that they need support but unlike the old days, most of today's surfers wouldn't even know who the local shapers are. When I was growing up and surfing,we always used to surf with the shapers, so they knew us and could shape based off their knowledge of our surfing and the local breaks. Also, see my reply to the other comment on this. Certainly around here, the local shapers dropped the ball a bit on marketing and are only now scrambling to catch up via social media against the onslaught of mass manufacturing. I had a chat about the dire situation for local shapers with one two days ago. Even those surfing shapers have to decide which way to go. Look at Dylan Longbottom for example.

@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms thank you for your response and all valid points. I'm based near Durban, South Africa, my sister lives in Raglan. We are new to the area and recently went to our local shaper for some repairs. They live in the thick bush, have no phone signal, family run business for 60 years. They specialize in EPS, something I've never been into. After seeing the quality of work they do in an old barn, I walked out of there, knowing I need to order a 2 board quiver. All the locals riding them like one big happy family. Very cool. They have never marketed themselves, and I believe just keeping their head above water with custom orders. Their only problem is their boards are so well built, they last longer than your mass-produced EPS boards. Kee up your videos, lots of us really enjoy them.

@@joespeakman5742 Thanks for the feedback. Glad you found a shaper that works for you. Hope your sister is enjoying Raglan. Wonderful place and waves.

It's an argument that loses power in the face of surfboard manufacturer marketing, yet all the boards ridden by professional surfers are nearly exclusively custom made by their brand's shaper/s.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've got an RNF96 at 6'00" and 37l, which is a fun surfboard for summer waves. I possibly went a little heavy on the volume there. I did look at other JS boards with the Easyrider dimensions. Will take a look. Cheers.

In synch. Be interested in your thoughts on the Red Tiger if you ever went there.

I'm currently toying between the Red Tiger and Phantom for upcoming summer waves. Phantom winning at the moment for the order... the Red Tiger seems to be a complicated board to ride. Back foot, etc.. whereas I am front footed and surf with my back foot forward of the tailpad, then only shift it back for carving turns or jamming in the pocket. I would love your thoughts on the difference between the two. I have watched all your vids and know that you didn't really favor the Phantom because of its wider nose profile. I was thinking of ordering thinner thickness dims because of this, and also because its rails might be thick like the Shadow, whereas I want a Ghost type of rail .. it's been the last piece of the puzzle before ordering. I was about to speak to the surfshop about the rail differences, but I would love your feedback if you may. Thanks for all your vids, they have been super helpful in ordering my Pyzels. I was riding a whole range of DHDs before but found them unsuited to west coast waves whereas the Pyzels excell. I have a Paddliac, Ghost, and Shadow and couldn't be happier. Best boards I've ever owned by far as a quiver. I hope the Phantom completes the quiver, and I'll be covered from A to Z for the first time in my life!

@@anthonythomas4541 The Phantom is a very popular board, with a lot of people using it as a Daily Driver. It didn't suit me as a Daily Driver for the reasons I outlined. But that's just me. I have grown into the Red Tiger and will keep mine but for summer surf I ride a Lost RNF96 at 6'00" and 37l. Being epoxy it carries that sense of a little more volume, which I find a little bit too much at times, but I also figure I'll age into it. And I do have fun on it. The board I really loved for summer was the Chilli BV2, but with the stock dimensions I had to go with a 6'2", which I felt was too long for summer waves. I didn't try playing with the dimensions to get more volume at 6'00", but I still entertain the idea. It also had the problem of being a weak board as I creased it at Raglan in relatively small surf--another downside for me.

Thanks heaps for your feedback. Food for thought. I'll look into the RNF96 and Chilli boards and expand my thinking. Cheers 👍

@@flamesurfboards9337 woohoo!

A little bit more than fun for me. :-)

I'm 65.

It was. If you want to see some stills, checkout my Facebook page under the same handle.

He told me a lot of people used to keep an eye on where he sat. And he quite liked to lead them astray every once and awhile. 🙂

Hey, Zane. Same here.Nga mihi.

Too true.

I have a set of exercises I do for my neck when I'm having problems with it. I don't like to take medicines of any kind unless absolutely necessary, but that's a good tip to take a short course of anti-inflammatory. Thanks.

Had days when there were 12 of us, 6 of us and three of us left out. Not all classic but Cloudbreak at 1 - 2ft still fun.

Glad you enjoyed it.

We struck it lucky. Swell and light winds for a week. A little more serious than it looks.

Thanks. Didn't hear anything further on the eye injury but the guy who helped him said it looked bad. Hopefully not as bad as it looked. Somebody else did their knee while I was out there on the same day.

Ghost XL was perfect for me at Cloudbreak in sizey waves set up as a quad. Red Tiger worked well there when it was small, and had good surfs on RT at 4 - 6ft Wilkes. Needed the speed there.

Surfed with Jarred Hancox a couple of days. Was staying at the same place.

@@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms haha I was gonna drop that name...

I'm a Tara boy myself. :-) Just don't live there now.

@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms chur. JP who shapes Creative Energy surfboards is on way over to link up with RodMan. Could be some good in depth board chat...

All the Fijian surfers I saw were coaches at either Tavarua or Namotu. They didn't seem to be in need of anything, but understand where you are coming from re those who aren't.

It's been an interesting ride with that board. Just came back from Fiji and it went great in 6' Wilkes Pass, and small Swimming Pools and Cloudbreak. Was good to have the speed at Wilkes. Beginning to wonder if Pyzel should narrow the tail for stock RT boards like he's done for JJF.

@tui_ruwhiu_wavecomms the stock boards are pretty good in my opinion. You got the XL dimensions I thought. Why I commented that I stay away from XL/easy rider dims, even as a Fat man scoop dad of 2. The mechanics of the board are designed specifically. As soon as ya widen and thicken, it's not the same board.

I think I would, too.

Too true bro. Out here, broken boards, stripped leg ropes, torn out leg rope plugs and lots of reef burns. And some serious injuries. You need a few spares.

Did u pack solar rez and maybe some fiberglass cloth for repairs?

Solar rez and ding tape. Already fixed a couple of people's boards with the ding tape.

Glad it was helpful.

Rounded pins go well up here.

You're welcome.