Anyone know anything about surfboards/body boards/boogie boards?

Cleo · 2011-08-11, 01:31 PM

Broward country seems pretty safe as far as sharks go. I worry more about getting hit by a car or stung by a jellyfish than be bitten by a shark.

dunc · 2011-08-11, 06:50 PM

How about a Paddle Board - although I think these are quite hard to carry around aswell.

The longer and thicker and wider the board, the more stable they are and easier to paddle...

I found this on ebay:

This one is probably too small:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Quiet-Flight-Use...item43a8d96c73

This is probably the style you want... but not at this price:
http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Bud-Gardner-Su...item48322bedc3

This one is again probably too small...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bic-Surfboard-73...item2c5e8651fc

This is probably ideal, as its softtop, bouyant, long, wide, thick.. in fact its perfect:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Triple-X-Sup...faultDomain_0&hash=item3f0bf9e85f

On another note... I might start importing surfboards into Florida... they are well expensive over there

Cleo · 2011-08-11, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunc

How about a Paddle Board - although I think these are quite hard to carry around aswell.
This is probably ideal, as its softtop, bouyant, long, wide, thick.. in fact its perfect:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Triple-X-Sup...faultDomain_0&hash=item3f0bf9e85f

Yeah paddle boards are as big as my kayak. Actually even more bulky.
http://rtmkayaks.com/products/sit-on-top/tempo

That one looks like what I had in mind as all I want to do is lay on it and paddle around using my fins and hands although at 8 feet it seems longer than I would want but maybe it needs to be that long in order to float with me on it, not sure. What's up with the soft top? I've seen that on a few boards. Is that something that I would want?

One of the problems we have to we have to use a trailer to bring our kayaks and not every place has trailer parking plus some places charge us ridiculous fees for the extra axile. We can't use roof racks because both of our cars have all glass tops but we should be able to fit up to about 8 foot of board inside of the car.

dunc · 2011-08-11, 08:37 PM

They probably do those soft top boards in smaller sizes also.

Soft top is just more comfy and will give you grip plus you won't have to keep putting wax on (surfboards are fiberglassed, add water and its like ice, so you put wax on to make it sticky).

2011-08-11, 01:31 PM	#1
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Broward country seems pretty safe as far as sharks go. I worry more about getting hit by a car or stung by a jellyfish than be bitten by a shark. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2011-08-11, 06:50 PM	#2
dunc You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 658	How about a Paddle Board - although I think these are quite hard to carry around aswell. The longer and thicker and wider the board, the more stable they are and easier to paddle... I found this on ebay: This one is probably too small: http://cgi.ebay.com/Quiet-Flight-Use...item43a8d96c73 This is probably the style you want... but not at this price: http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Bud-Gardner-Su...item48322bedc3 This one is again probably too small... http://cgi.ebay.com/Bic-Surfboard-73...item2c5e8651fc This is probably ideal, as its softtop, bouyant, long, wide, thick.. in fact its perfect: http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Triple-X-Sup...faultDomain_0&hash=item3f0bf9e85f On another note... I might start importing surfboards into Florida... they are well expensive over there __________________ Good, Cheap Wordpress Themes

2011-08-11, 08:37 PM	#4
dunc You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 658	They probably do those soft top boards in smaller sizes also. Soft top is just more comfy and will give you grip plus you won't have to keep putting wax on (surfboards are fiberglassed, add water and its like ice, so you put wax on to make it sticky). __________________ Good, Cheap Wordpress Themes