Something I have been pondering reading others posts and thinking of what I use.
Short Detail: What size is your large wave board compared to your small board, your weight, size sails you use with it, main conditions you use it in, fin cobinations.
Long Detail: My Small board Flywave 85, Large Nuevo 101, all sails 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.6 and I'm 81Kg's. I tend to use the 101 anywhere to around 20knts which is when I can comfortably be on a 5.0 with my 85, also if it's gusty I find the 101 easier (less tiring) and comfortably use a 4.5. I find the 101 harder to use in larger bumpy waves, I tend to loose rail engaugment and start bouncing. I don't tend to care about jumping with it, when I do it doesn't feel comfortable. I like how sharp I can turn the Nuevo in the bottom turn and how easy it rail to rail tranistions. I play with 16's and 17's for top turn grip and narrower cord fins make a huge difference in glide/up wind performance. Do I need to change the board-No, am I looking at other boards-all the time:). I tend to think what I want in a larger wave board is different than what I want in a smaller wave and would a smaller wave board that didn't work for me actually work for me as a larger wave board? I had a V2 Nano as my small wave board and on the wave it was amazing, I just couldn't get it to the wave. I was either on the limit of being overpowered or slogging to get upwind, now I know this is all technique based as I happened to be out at Avalon when Ben was out and he clearly didn't have an issue. He even gave me some tips which I pratciced and continue to practice but I loose speed and fall off the plan on smaller boards. Every time I think of that board I think 'What would it be like as my large board, 102?'. Has anyone found a small board they couldn't get on with but love as a large board?
I think your issue is just the Nuevo is a loose board so everything you love about it becomes a handful at top end.
Bring it in, we will bung another box in to make a trailer setup and you will be grinning
Or get a quad, use bigger mains and smaller fronts to get the twinny feel u love and then use a normal fin set when its getting outa shape at top end
20 liters float is nice, but also quite a lot to keep a wide twinny behaving in the bottom turn at it's top end. I keep them in the 0-10l float or neg. Trailer fin can indeed help..but then..i just love the way they take you on that typical skittish, seeking ride. Gotta to let them free withing a certain range.
There's volume, and then length, max and ofo widths, etc. 70kg I have a 105L board which I use with a 23cm. That's for the soft and light.
But now I use 86L 59cm max. I find zero added benefit when using 4.7 as max sail. I like a minimum of reactivity.
Select to expand quoteManuel7 said..
There's volume, and then length, max and ofo widths, etc.
Indeed!
At 75kg my lightwind waveboard is a Patrik tww 83. It design as a trailer, with twin box quite far appart. I use it in twin, with mfc ls 160 almost at the back of boxes. It s very stable and floaty, like a 90l actually. It s also very efficient in gliding and planning which a big advantage in float n ride since you can catch the wave earlier and even with an approximative placement on the shoulder rather than on the Pic. Sure it s not the tightest carving board but you can't have it all.
Interestingly mys small board is a pyramid 86 (2016-17). It was t mean to be but it feels so much smaller and it s so power hungry that I only use it when I m planning confortably on 4.7. It turn very tightly with a nice grip. I guess it will make more sense to have it in 77 rather than 86. Especially with 4.2 and 3.7.
I'm 72 kg. TLDR - my big wave board is smaller (less litres) than the middle board.
A big board for lighter onshore conditions at home is a 85 litres thruster, 57.5 cm wide, with a bit wider tail area, but still performs super well for my weight when the conditions are not too powerful.
For waves I have a 2.5 board quiver. The .5 is not really a wave board but the Quatro Power 115 serves me well in light conditions (6.3 or even 6.8). My biggest waveboard is a Quatro Cube 106, with my 92 kilos, it's a brilliant board from 6.3 down to 5.2. When it gets windy I will use my Goya custom 4 94.
Over here in the Netherlands we don't really get shlog and ride. The Northsea is a mess with a bit of wind so you have to keep moving or get eaten, hence the big gear.
