Shortboard Stoke!

[EastEndWahine]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!   I FINALLY got some fun waves on my shortboard!!!  It's a 6' white natures shapes, great board.  I've kinda had it for a while but didn't ride it too much because I would get frustrated.

Today was perfect, light crowd, smallish 2-3 foot shorebreak-ish wave perfect for a shortboard.  I took it out thinking hey, I"ll just paddle around and if I get a wave, great.  If not, ok.  So I paddled for a bunch and missed (I'm used to a 7'8" super floaty funboard). Finally one set up perfectly and I dropped into this great backside wave.  Then the next wave I got was a nice right...dropped down, rode it for a bit then as it closed out I did my best approximation of an off the lip (it probably looked nothing like that, but it felt great lol) and turned into towards shore.

I was so happy I practically sprinted back to my car    Now I've got my confidence, so my goal this summer is to really get this shortboard dialed.

[SeaCliff]

Sweet!! Great stuff EastEnd... 

[little_nasty]

thanks for sharing the stoke!

[rontarded]

congrats! Shortboards are a wonderful thing!

[EastEndWahine]

Thanks guys...I had ridden it before, but this time something just clicked and felt right.  Still have a long way to go though!  It's a bummer that the current wave forecast is pretty much nil

[theusername]

no worries, it'll still be there when we do get surf. sounds like you had a great session!

[elkisthebachelor]

I like the short boards.  And the short boards are starting to like me.  Although, I've still never ridden a thruster - - only singles and twins.  I think I'm going to stick with that approach for awhile.

[Dual Psychlonic Action]

Yeah Short board stoke for sure, I had a fun week before the trip to SD on my quad & hurt my knee so I took my 6'0 fishy on the trip. It couldnt have been a better board to bring with me. Very forgiving on an injured knee. cant wait to get on that Quad again tho.

[rontarded]

Although, I've still never ridden a thruster - - only singles and twins.

1+2=3

[elkisthebachelor]

Although, I've still never ridden a thruster - - only singles and twins.

1+2=3

So if I ride a twin with my left foot, and a single with my right foot I'll be getting the same performance dynamics as riding one thruster with both feet?  Weird.  I would have never guessed that.

[frricK]

Although, I've still never ridden a thruster - - only singles and twins.

1+2=3

So if I ride a twin with my left foot, and a single with my right foot I'll be getting the same performance dynamics as riding one thruster with both feet?  Weird.  I would have never guessed that.

Oh my god I think you just invented a new sport!!!!!!!!!!!   

[rontarded]

This will make for better video than the elk upside down with the lip video!

[elkisthebachelor]

This will make for better video than the elk upside down with the lip video!

That wasn't me, that was Jeff Anthony.  I was standing next to Psycho while he was filming it.  It was, however, the same day that I got hung up on the sticks by my crotch.  Yeah, fun.