The shorter the board, the easier it will fit into bigger waves, but the harder it will be to catch smaller ones.

What are you riding at the moment?

Craig Leggat You'd be better off emailing OMBE directly, I'd think.

People are likely to jump into this thread with recommendations of their favourite board, or, at least what they're riding at the moment, but that may not be what's going to be good for you.

Go to local shops and chat to them (be honest about your skill level), then hire a few different boards and see how you get on with them.

You want something that you feel reasonably comfortable on, but is also a bit challenging so you've got room to advance.

Also, when you're in the line up, chat to other Surfers and ask them about their boards, what they're like, what's good and bad about them etc.

Some may offer to swap boards for a few waves so you can experiment and see how you get on.

Ali Lexa In the app look under Browse and scroll down to Feedback on your Surfing.

Cath Gito I had to log out and back in to the app to get it to work, but it's ok now.

Thanks 👍

Thanks, that's great, but the November and December ones are asking me to subscribe...?

The Carver Triton range are a great choice, they're about 2/3 the cost of the top of the line models, although I swapped the stock 78a street wheels for a set of 95a Park wheels that are more suitable for concrete bowls etc.

I wouldn't worry about the type of deck to start with, the more important thing is the axle to axle Wheelbase, because the standard "wheelbase" just measures between the inner deck screw holes, but that doesn't take into account the different types of trucks.

To get an approximate idea of what you need, draw a line on the ground and stand with your feet on it at 45 degrees.

Pivot your back foot on the heel by 90 degrees, then pivot it by 90 degrees on the toe.

Stack on the front foot and compress and extend a few times, letting the back foot move a bit if necessary until it feels right, and measure the distance.

Your front foot should be just behind the front axle and your back foot a little behind the rear axle.

Hope that helps 👍

Cath Gito  FYI I've just had the "page full of HTML after posting a reply" error again, so it seems it's not been fixed 🙁

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