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I got a Slater Design Helium Gamma a few years back and it's the best board I've ridden in my life and the quality is incredible. I mostly surf Indo and it goes incredibly well from chest to double over head.

It's getting old and I'm getting more and more scared that I will snap it. Since they don't produce it anymore, what board feels most similar to it? Does anyone know why they stopped producing it?

Hello fellow kooks. Ive saved up some cash and am thinking of taking time off work for a few months between July and November this year to travel around Aus.

I'm not asking for specific spots, but would love some guidance for someone that just has a longboard (and goofy footer) and maybe has done a trip like this before, as usually most advice on this sub is catered to shortboarders.

Im based in NSW but don't mind the cold waters down south and am open to WA.

Positioning was incredibly difficult for me. Wave was a little weak, but mostly it was that the power source was super precise.

How do you guys turn your boards so fast when positioning to paddle into a waves. When i go from either sitting or paddling i feel like im always turning so much slower than everyone else. Takes me like 2 seconds to turn 180 but i see some guys just full whipping it in like half a second. If im sitting on my board i always scoot back before turning but i still feel way too slow.

Hi

I have an ingrown toenail on my big toe and I’m realizing my current rip curl booties are making it worse.

Any recs on large toe box booties (3mm or less thickness)?

Thank you,

My toenail

Headed to DaNang/MyKhe area mid-February for six weeks followed by a month in Siargao Philippines. I really don’t want to lug a bag full of boards around for three months so I’m debating between taking one (7’0” Christenson Nautilus) or just buying something in each place then selling before I leave. I’m 6’1”/200lbs and 62 yo so not looking for a 5-8 puddle jumper but hoping someone can advise. Can I expect to find a big guy fish or mid-length (new or used) for a decent price?

Since I had no practice or lessons in between I think picking up surfing is what made me hang more loose and paint better. I always wanted to be able to paint waves and clouds and now feel like it might actually be possible even for someone as uncreative and artistically challenged as me. Cheers!

Is this why people surfskate? I'm cold and bored.

Currently have various shortboards but all of them are a few years old now, theres a dfr, semi pro, FireWire nano ect. Would a newly released shape outperform them or has design not moved on that much?

I’m curious about this Derrick Disney roe fish model. He describes it as a model for bigger guys (which I’m not) but I do feel old and lacking the skill to properly enjoy one of his regular sized twinzer fish. Wondering if the roe would ride more like a proper long fish or if it would be a handful since it’s a big guy’s board.

Anyone ever try one?

This has always kind of annoyed me when I see some dork on Instagram commenting like “hurrr durrr 4/3 with a hood in SoCal, pussy” and I wonder

When you see someone on the internet talking shit to people that use more neoprene than them, what do you assume?

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hello i am new to surfing. i have a 7’6 quad fish board and its great but found it doesnt work for the waves near where i live. which kind of wave would it be best suited for?

We have spent abt 2 hours surfing, how cooked is the bro?

Hey,

I need some advice i got a Lost Quiver Killer 6'2 37l carbon wrap and im thinking to add a 2nd board, i have gain some pounds im 6'1 211lbs 💪, i've seem some reviews from board shop and surf n show. The question i have is whats the best choice of board to add with a quiver killer

Thanks

Watch out for a shady guy wearing black sweatpants and a black hoodie. He watches you suit up and then lingers until you go out. He used a screwdriver to break my lock and then took my phone and credit cards, leaving the wallet behind.

He went on a shopping spree buying gift cards. $2,500 dollars worth and apparently NOBODY bothers to ask for ID.

THIS HAPPENED IN THE NOORTH SMALL LOT.

Im on vacation with my girlfriend in San francisco right now (January) and looking to get some surfing in. Anyone have good recommendations for good spot to surf as a first time traveler.

I’m originally from New York and have been surfing for around 5 years and willing to go anywhere in the area.

63 year old longboard surfer (only been surfing 5 yrs) advised to have total knee replacement. Currently my knee doesn't bother me much surfing (except for getting my board to/from the water and pulling thick neoprene on and off), but wondering what recovery was like for anyone and how soon you were able to get back on your board and pop up? (Fyi I'm small, surf goofy, and getting right knee replaced)

Surfers with intermediate skill levels are just better at grocery shopping. We know how to read the flow of the store, weaving through crowded aisles like navigating a busy lineup. I never get stuck behind slow shoppers because I’m always scanning 3+ carts ahead, finding the perfect path to the shortest line.

I don’t panic-buy — I grab only what I need, like catching the best set wave and leaving the scraps for everyone else. Produce? I feel it, I don’t just grab it. Timing, instinct, and precision — it’s what separates us from the landlocked amateurs.

That said, surfers can be a little too chill and forget the one thing we actually went in for. Do you think you’re a superior grocery shopper as an intermediate+ surfer?

So I walk into the rip curl shop, drop $180 Aus on the new ripcurl mirage SPF 50 surf suit, paddle out at our local over Xmas in three foot plus, and the back zip comes down when duck diving.

Does any chicks out there with a small waist and broad water person shoulders know a type of surf suit with a clip closure over the zip, that is also a back zip. The front zips get flushing. I'm assuming it might need a bit of neoprene down the back.

I am getting over surf gear for women not being built for purpose.

Em

Surfing noobie here! But we rented this board and somehow damaged it (not sure how) now they want to make us pay, but we don’t want to get ripped off. What would you pay for this? Any help is appreciated, we’re in Sri Lanka btw. :) ♥️

Thanks and I hope good waves find you!