surfing? - Snowboarding Forum

SPAZ · 02-02-2010, 04:42 PM

hey, im thinking about taking up surfboarding when i go out to the cape this summer. my cousin lives out there and i am assuming he could teach me some stuff. i was just wondering how much a decent board will run me and how it is compared to snowboarding. thanks

stoepstyle · 02-02-2010, 06:32 PM

Surfing is like powder snowboarding where most of your turning is by weighting your rear foot. A decent board will run you around 300-500$ but I would honestly just rent. Rent a 9.5' foamie and just shred that for a while. Surfing is awesome

SPAZ · 02-02-2010, 07:24 PM

thanks! maybe i could find one on steepandcheep.

SPAZ · 02-02-2010, 07:25 PM

if anyone wants to sell one for fifty bucks toss me a bone

stoepstyle · 02-02-2010, 07:55 PM

Ha there's no way dude for 50$. I bought a longboard from 1986 a while back. It had 5 dings on each rail, the fin box was totally broken and the tail had a ton of fiberglass missing. I had a ton of fiberglass work to do.

Thats me putting in the fin box.I got it for 80$. If you find one on steep and cheap do NOT buy anything shorter than 8 feet long. Trying to learn on a shortboard is really difficult and you will not have any fun.

I hate to shit on your parade

Until you can get up, make a turn at the bottom and ride the wave down the line don't even worry about buying a board. Your gonna want to learn on an 9 foot foamie and as soon as you can ride down the line that thing will be no fun anymore and THEN you buy a board. I promise you!!

SPAZ · 02-02-2010, 08:05 PM

ok, i'll deffinatly take your advice. i wasn't sure if snow/surfboarding had many crossovers. good to know!

Sam I Am · 02-02-2010, 08:14 PM

maybe you should try a surf forum?

SPAZ · 02-02-2010, 08:16 PM

i'd rather talk here because i like this community

stoepstyle · 02-02-2010, 09:21 PM

Awesome thanks. Also you'll get less shit in the lineup if you show up on a foamie and suck instead of a brand new shortboard

Sam I Am · 02-02-2010, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stoepstyle

Awesome thanks. Also you'll get less shit in the lineup if you show up on a foamie and suck instead of a brand new shortboard

It's because they know you know you're not all that. Like they won't have to deal with another wannabe hotshot who think the world owes 'em. It can almost be expected that the person rocking humble gear is humble themself.

I think this can be applied to every sport.

02-02-2010, 04:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
SPAZ -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,818	surfing? hey, im thinking about taking up surfboarding when i go out to the cape this summer. my cousin lives out there and i am assuming he could teach me some stuff. i was just wondering how much a decent board will run me and how it is compared to snowboarding. thanks __________________ 2011 Never Summer Revolver-R 156 2011 Flux RK30's 2010 Rome Libertines

02-02-2010, 07:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
SPAZ -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,818	thanks! maybe i could find one on steepandcheep. __________________ 2011 Never Summer Revolver-R 156 2011 Flux RK30's 2010 Rome Libertines

02-02-2010, 07:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
SPAZ -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,818	if anyone wants to sell one for fifty bucks toss me a bone __________________ 2011 Never Summer Revolver-R 156 2011 Flux RK30's 2010 Rome Libertines

02-02-2010, 07:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
stoepstyle Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: in the K-town Posts: 699	Ha there's no way dude for 50$. I bought a longboard from 1986 a while back. It had 5 dings on each rail, the fin box was totally broken and the tail had a ton of fiberglass missing. I had a ton of fiberglass work to do. Thats me putting in the fin box.I got it for 80$. If you find one on steep and cheap do NOT buy anything shorter than 8 feet long. Trying to learn on a shortboard is really difficult and you will not have any fun. I hate to shit on your parade Until you can get up, make a turn at the bottom and ride the wave down the line don't even worry about buying a board. Your gonna want to learn on an 9 foot foamie and as soon as you can ride down the line that thing will be no fun anymore and THEN you buy a board. I promise you!! Last edited by stoepstyle; 02-02-2010 at 07:58 PM.

02-02-2010, 08:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
SPAZ -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,818	ok, i'll deffinatly take your advice. i wasn't sure if snow/surfboarding had many crossovers. good to know! __________________ 2011 Never Summer Revolver-R 156 2011 Flux RK30's 2010 Rome Libertines

02-02-2010, 06:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
stoepstyle Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: in the K-town Posts: 699	Surfing is like powder snowboarding where most of your turning is by weighting your rear foot. A decent board will run you around 300-500$ but I would honestly just rent. Rent a 9.5' foamie and just shred that for a while. Surfing is awesome

02-02-2010, 08:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sam I Am Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The red dot on the map says, an I quote, "You are HERE" Posts: 852	maybe you should try a surf forum? __________________ "Suicide hotline.....please hold."

02-02-2010, 08:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
SPAZ -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 1,818	i'd rather talk here because i like this community __________________ 2011 Never Summer Revolver-R 156 2011 Flux RK30's 2010 Rome Libertines

02-02-2010, 09:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
stoepstyle Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: in the K-town Posts: 699	Awesome thanks. Also you'll get less shit in the lineup if you show up on a foamie and suck instead of a brand new shortboard

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