It’s funny….i usually surf boards around 8’0 with a lot of volume. I picked up a 7’6 Channel Islands M-23 and was worried about it being too short. It ended up being easier to catch waves than the 8’0. My wave count doubled. I’m thinking the M-23 has a better design. Love that board. I’ll never let it go.
Some years back I built cad models of every asp surfer in the top 25's board dimensions and compared them to their body weights. Their board volume to weight ratios varied from 6.9 to 6.3. 6.6 being the mean or average value of all guys on tour. Dividing your body weight by this number- (6.6) gives you the average liters per a pro surfboard. enjoy!
Yeah noel talks about how it's around 6 as a starting point for advanced surfers. Obviously the pros can get by with even less, although I've noticed they've been ridin more volume recently
@@Gosurfbasis right on- I made this comment under one of Noel’s posts a few years back, glad the info has disseminated for people to finally make informed board choices- everyone used to just eye them and say,” Yeah that should float me.”
As usual, gold knowledge from @surf_n_show. Just asked him for a content regarding getting rid of skate wiggling on the surfboard. I skate half pipes well, compressing extending but on waves the result is front leg wiggling 😐
I'm like you have been on a mission since 2006 finding that magic board and I found a few the first was the Al Metric retro quad in 2009 then in 2012 I found the Eric Arakawa stubby then in 2016 I found the coil industries m13 high performance fish rode that the longest literally for 4 and 1/2 years until I came across the firewire cymatic during COVID which I fell in love with in Bushman flow model with keel twinfins last year ....... In my opinion the best board thus far ever that is a lot coming for me
This was fun to watch. I personally feel like trying as many boards as possible has really helped me to figure different pieces of the puzzle… that said I am not really a high performance guy, so my boards are mostly fish and I’m looking for that trade off between feeling and performance within that context. I got the white tiger after demoing it and seeing Noels review - it’s super sick and so different from the fish.
@@Gosurfbasis definitely but since I’m super used to wide, swallow tail keel fish it is super high performance for me. I mostly don’t get shortboard style waves at my local breaks so I picked it so that I could learn the thruster but still use it on softer days when I’m in the mood.
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It’s funny….i usually surf boards around 8’0 with a lot of volume.
I picked up a 7’6 Channel Islands M-23 and was worried about it being too short. It ended up being easier to catch waves than the 8’0. My wave count doubled. I’m thinking the M-23 has a better design.
Love that board. I’ll never let it go.
Eric Arakawa was saying the same thing on our recent podcast. Volume isn’t the be all and end all to catching waves.
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New subs from Spain.❤
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Some years back I built cad models of every asp surfer in the top 25's board dimensions and compared them to their body weights. Their board volume to weight ratios varied from 6.9 to 6.3. 6.6 being the mean or average value of all guys on tour. Dividing your body weight by this number- (6.6) gives you the average liters per a pro surfboard. enjoy!
Yeah noel talks about how it's around 6 as a starting point for advanced surfers. Obviously the pros can get by with even less, although I've noticed they've been ridin more volume recently
@@Gosurfbasis right on- I made this comment under one of Noel’s posts a few years back, glad the info has disseminated for people to finally make informed board choices- everyone used to just eye them and say,” Yeah that should float me.”
As usual, gold knowledge from @surf_n_show. Just asked him for a content regarding getting rid of skate wiggling on the surfboard. I skate half pipes well, compressing extending but on waves the result is front leg wiggling 😐
yeah it's not exactly 1 for 1, but teaches you some principles
I'm like you have been on a mission since 2006 finding that magic board and I found a few the first was the Al Metric retro quad in 2009 then in 2012 I found the Eric Arakawa stubby then in 2016 I found the coil industries m13 high performance fish rode that the longest literally for 4 and 1/2 years until I came across the firewire cymatic during COVID which I fell in love with in Bushman flow model with keel twinfins last year ....... In my opinion the best board thus far ever that is a lot coming for me
yeah noel loves his twin fins sounds like an epic journey
Totally agree with Noel. I like my groveler with LESS volume than my standard shortboard. Love your interviews! Keep em coming amigo! 😊
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This Guy is a legend. Cheers
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Phenomenal interview. Thank you! Thank you Noel!
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Noel is the best! 🙌🏼
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Love my Dominator II. Got it after watching Noel's review on it a couple years ago. Favorite board in my quiver hands down!
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This is a fantastic video.....learnt a lot......good to hear more in depth stuff from Noel.....🙌🤙
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Excellent podcast!!!!👏👏👏
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we love Noel. So many nuggets
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Good interview , thanks
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GREEEAAAT SHOW GUUUYYYS!! SUPER AWESOME!!
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This was fun to watch. I personally feel like trying as many boards as possible has really helped me to figure different pieces of the puzzle… that said I am not really a high performance guy, so my boards are mostly fish and I’m looking for that trade off between feeling and performance within that context. I got the white tiger after demoing it and seeing Noels review - it’s super sick and so different from the fish.
Nice! Yeah the white tiger looks more like a small wave performance board but that's awesome you're loving it
@@Gosurfbasis definitely but since I’m super used to wide, swallow tail keel fish it is super high performance for me. I mostly don’t get shortboard style waves at my local breaks so I picked it so that I could learn the thruster but still use it on softer days when I’m in the mood.
Love listening to Noel! :)
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Great video, Noel is the man!
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Keep doing what ya doing my man@@Gosurfbasis
5:10 the volume for the dims he gave would be about 25 liters
legend Noel!
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Hey Mate - my 1st time - really enjoyed it - SW OZ
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Does Chris Groh surf?
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Key words: compression and extend.
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Cohort II review?
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My boards are 18 wide😅
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Wow. I remember hearing Rob Machado make the say the same thing about surf contest. Lots of politics and bias.