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Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby plummet » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:51 am

Hey bro's,

I know theres a tone of threads on light wind boards. I've been reading them.

The general feeling i get is that light wind boards work in flat water and then turn to shit it chop and swell.

I'm looking for a board that will perform well in the 10-15 knot range in small swell, chop and waves.

I have no flat water so i'll have to find a comprimise between light wind door like boards to a board that can handle the chop, swell , waves.

What do you recomend.

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby Séb » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:40 am

Cabrinha Chopstick is a good choice or do like me...I will use an Fone fish surf board 5'6" for theses conditions. Not a TT but should be fun strapless.

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby rodeoclown » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:57 am

not a lightwind specific board...but it has great low end and was born for waves
check out the Mako 165 by Ocean Rodeo

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby flyrob » Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:04 am

Seconded on the Ocean Rodeo Mako King!

I was just in Cabarete and it has weird, confused chop due to the shape of the reef. My Ocean Rodeo Mako 150 was INCREDIBLE! I lent it to a couple guys to try and they LOVED it.

I'd re-name it the Cabarete Chop Master!

The rounded shape of the board tips allow it to cut through the chop without going squirrelly and or splashing up in your face. The huge concave allows it to grip. The center weighted stance and twin fin setup allows for a LONG waterline to edge upwind.

I rode the Mako King on flat water of South Padre this spring and thought it was pretty nice for such a long board!

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby s29feb » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:21 pm

Check out one of the larger Shinn CC rocker boards - probably the Luigi II wit the cutout fins for the waves, although the apparent speed of the Monk will work really well in those conditions? In fact you won't even have to go too big as they are so efficient and are IMO the most versatile fun board you could ever ride in chop :thumb:

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby Jdizzle » Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:21 pm

s29feb wrote:Check out one of the larger Shinn CC rocker boards - probably the Luigi II wit the cutout fins for the waves, although the apparent speed of the Monk will work really well in those conditions? In fact you won't even have to go too big as they are so efficient and are IMO the most versatile fun board you could ever ride in chop :thumb:
Agreed, my Gintronic is epic in the chop and planes so early compared to anything else I've ridden! I would go for the King George for light wind. Put it this way, I will never buy another twin tip that is not made by Mr Shinn :thumb:

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby s29feb » Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:36 pm

Jdizzle wrote:
s29feb wrote:Check out one of the larger Shinn CC rocker boards - probably the Luigi II wit the cutout fins for the waves, although the apparent speed of the Monk will work really well in those conditions? In fact you won't even have to go too big as they are so efficient and are IMO the most versatile fun board you could ever ride in chop :thumb:
Agreed, my Gintronic is epic in the chop and planes so early compared to anything else I've ridden! I would go for the King George for light wind. Put it this way, I will never buy another twin tip that is not made by Mr Shinn :thumb:
The KG does not share the CC rocker as the Monk, Luigi & Gin. Also as Plummet is not talking ultra low wind and he has a 15m Speed any 'larger' sized one of these will do the trick and if the wind picks up, unlike dedicated dorr style boards, it will handle the power very easily.

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby L0KI » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:51 pm

I like the roundish outline of the Luigi, makes it carvy and the fins are grippy.
135X42 planes pretty early and goes upwind very well.
As good or better in chop than my Makos.
Luigi provides the smoothest landings with jumping I've ever had.
The outline shape and rocker line suggests a nice shape for surf, but I am shit in the waves on any board. :oops:

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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby PBKiteboarding » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:59 am

When you round the ends and rails and put in rocker then you can stay upwind
as well... kind of a catch 22..

But the Ocean Rodeo Mako King would be best for that type with rounded rail... rocker.

In the place of rocker... good FLEXI tips are like an Auto Rocker in a way...
but you still have to get used to it... in some 3 ft chop here...

164 Glider but 147 could do fine...



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Re: Best light wind TT for chop, swell and waves

Postby plummet » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:15 am

ok that sounds like and interesting idea. a flatter but flexier board. .... interesting.


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