Please excuse the noobness once again, but I am interested to know if anyone else on the forum has a superfish XL (as I do). I am a geek so was expecting to see more youtube video's and articles than I can actually find.
Apparently they sell like hotcakes, but they must all get bought by noobs that never actually get wet or they don't have friends with cameras? A couple of video's plus marketing materials is all I can find on the net.
Now with that rant over, what I would like to see is what I can hope to actually do with this board when I get better? I don't mean carving or triple backflips, but it would be nice to see someone trimming along a slow right-hander gracefully to inspire me.
What sort of conditions should I be looking for to surf in?
If I surf a session in low tide I can take some green waves that quickly turn white and ride it straight to the shore. Can do that about 20 to 30 times in a session. (Noosa and Coolum)
Been out twice at high tide, caught no waves and just got thrashed trying to paddle out or get back. (Moffats & Currimundi)
Sunny coast is closest beaches for me. I keep going back to Noosa because I have had good sessions there but it is a long drive and just don't know any better.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Go straight to greenmount the super fish loves that, I know cos I surfed one there 
Your right you will never see a pro on one,I believe asea has one
Hmm Noosa nice in winter mid week on a school day.Love the place but how many weeks pass without any surf.
Get yourself over to the SB section mate. You don't need to deal with the pensioners over here 
. Jokes aside, the guys here are going to give you very valuable advice so take it all in. As a 'noob' too, my one advice really is: Keep it simple and just get out there!
. Jokes aside, the guys here are going to give you very valuable advice so take it all in. As a 'noob' too, my one advice really is: Keep it simple and just get out there!
weather its grand,p-ssing down south wind and swell = less people its looking good Chrispy and I are heading south as the quickie pro is on at ours,enjoy 8 foot who cares but it belongs in here
Haha looks like Macs made a bid for you. Don't worry, we'll get ya one day on a shorty
Sorry to hijack your thread but speaking about boards Mac, how does a single fin ride like? Found a cheapy of the 'longer range' and am curious. May grab it just to see how it rides.
Kadil,
I have the 7S SuperFish XL in 7'3" running as a quad - and I love it. I'm a big bloke and 45yo and surf less often than I would like. I've had plenty of boards between 5'10" to 9'1" and this is my everyday go-to board for 90% of conditions.
I generally surf fast beach breaks and have no trouble with steep waves. Get your feet right and this is a fast board as it has a lot of surface area and not a lot of rocker front or back. It comes off the bottom and off the top (of the wave) no problem, and being a fish, is good for pumping through the flat/fat sections.
I like it so much that despite several new 'big bloke' fish type boards now being available I am going to get a SF XL II in Epoxy once I get the dosh together. I doubt you'll find any in the second hand racks... and it's not just the old fat blokes getting them - I see quite a few young crew with them in smaller sizes.
Having said that, they are not a high performance board - but they do everything I need a board to do in the conditions I surf most...
PS - I've ridden this in 1ft beachies and a couple of hairy days down south that were a bit too big for my comfort - this board will handle well over head high.
If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to try and answer them.
back to the 8 ' xl, I got one for a travel board, take it out in everything you can, mess around with the fin set up quad to thruster, you will get many years of enjoyment out of it and you will also find out what you can't do with it when you start charging some steeper drops. Thats part of the adventure
How heavy are you GPA
I'm thinking of getting the 703 but I'm 97kgs and thought I might be a bit heavy
I'm thinking of getting the 703 but I'm 97kgs and thought I might be a bit heavy
- 97kg would be perfect. From memory the 7'3" has 53lt volume - and 3" in the guts of the board.
I'm thinking of getting the 703 but I'm 97kgs and thought I might be a bit heavy - 97kg would be perfect. From memory the 7'3" has 53lt volume - and 3" in the guts of the board.
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Anyone reckon they could do this on an 8' SF XL?
Well, obviously it won't be as loose (agile) as that 6'0" in the vid, but I still throw my 7'3" SFXL around on the right wave. For what it's worth, I also used to ride an 8ft mini-mal and could also get that around OK. Just need to get your back foot over the fin area and drive the board into a turn - sort of prepare to turn by lining it up in your mind and making it happen. You cannot flick an 8'0" board around - it just won't work and will look stupid. You need to use the momentum of the wave...
And you should be able to duck-dive it - it's all about positioning on the board, using your weight to advantage and timing... and not forgetting that you need to go into the duck-dive with some momentum...
Keep going and it'll just come together and then you'll be stoked.
My little tip with the duckdiving dude is as your pushing your board down over the wave, try to push it as far forward as you can. Aerodynamically (I could be wrong) the nose of the board is like a thruster so you're really 'piercing' through the wave. Thats what I've found. And if you're finding yourself getting thrown back, you're not pushing down hard enough or paddling into the wave with enough momentum ( I learnt the hard way )
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ok the 7'3'' 7s or the 8' 7s weighing in at 100kgs don't know which way to go need suggestions
