Thanks, Howly and ML. I appreciate the advice.
I doubt he was messing with you… 6'3 x 23" strikes me as too much board for a proper fish
Yeah, he was actually pretty cool and seemed to be earnest in his advice. But I couldn’t find anything online with anything close to those kind of dims for a fish and I’m too ignorant about boards to know if he was joking about those or not.
going short will fit better in the wave
Which was the point of his advice. He thought the egg was too long to get into the waves that day and thought I needed to go shorter but still keep some float.
I'd also go tri or quad or even better 5 fin boxes. Avoid the twin fish for now
Ok, good to know. I was looking at twin set-ups online
If you want to move to a shortboard
I hadn’t really considered it before now as I figured they were more about performance and required a higher-level skill than I currently have. The board you sent in that link looked pretty good, though. I might have to rethink things.
What it comes down to is having an idea what type of surfing you want to focus on
Id say get both, log for summer and small days, and egg and fish or shortboard for all else in between
Really, right now my goals are set on just becoming a competent surfer. Not gonna lie, I like the ease and glide of a longboard, but I also want to be proficient doing carves, turns, and trimming down the line with speed. Not that the two are mutually exclusive, but I’d rather have the best tool for the job. Same I guess goes for small days in the summer as well. So, I guess it’s settled. I’ll need to pick up both types and fill out that quiver