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UNDERSTANDING WAVE CONDITIONS: This is vital as a surfer in order to make sure you on the right equipment as they are categorised. Much like golf clubs has various lofts suitable for various shots, so to does surfboards have rocker that suits various wave curves. There are 5 various surfing conditions available.
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In between swell the conditions are usually very small and requires SPEED GENERATING through width and flotation in the 0-2ft range.
Responsive and fast SPEED GENERATING boards maximises your surfing in sub par 0-4ft conditions.
All round equipment in all levels of ability is designed to have a balanced mix of speed generate and speed control for a daily choice in 2-6ft STANDARD CONDITIONS.
When your standard boards start losing control in improved 4-8ft conditions we will switch over to equipment designed for a blend of performance and SPEED CONTROL.
When conditions start maxing out in the 8ft+ size, we use boards that are designed ultimate SPEED CONTROL while maintaining stability in heavy situations. Find out more when ordering your next board.
WHAT IS VOLUME? The volume of your board is a measurement of the total amount of space that your board occupies. If your board were a perfect cube, then a simple length x width x height calculation would be all we’d need. However, as your board is full of curves and concaves, the whole thing is a little more complicated. In the past, the only way of knowing, was to dunk your board in a bath, and see how much water was displaced and this is why we normally measure surfboard volume in Cubic Litres rather than Cubic Inches.
WHY IS VOLUME IMPORTANT? Volume matters because it gives us a realistic idea of how big our boards are. Ever since the “Retro Revolution” of the early 2000’s, people have been riding an increasingly diverse range of surfboards, and now the standard 3 dimensions (length, width and thickness) don’t give us enough information to decide if a board will work for us or not, and you can shape 3 boards with the same dimensions, that look and surf very differently.
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* Remember to ad average 4kg’s to your body weight to compensate for a water retention when surfing in a wetsuit.
