Doggie maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Billboard is right and not often can or will I admit that,a fact is a fact!
Oh - my choice for board is probably a Takayama Tuflite Scorpion 7'4 - would have said the 8'4 Scorpion but don't think they are doing them anymore.
The current answer to that is 6'10" Hull
Easier to get out when it gets a bit bigger around the beaches