Firewire 5'3 Seaside in bigger surf
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Over the weekend, we had a pretty decent swell. It wasn't huge but bigger than our usual surf.
I surfed Bolsa Chica on my Firewire 5'3" Seaside. I have wondered what the limits are for this board. And I think I have my answer although vaguely.
In terms of catching waves, the limit is the volume that you can paddle. Because it is wider, it will plane a bit so might get you in earlier than a gunny performance board.
In terms of hold, because it is a quad, it holds just fine. I think the biggest wave I caught was about 5' and the board was easy to bottom turn and line up.
In terms of maneuvers, this is where things change. I think if it is too fast of a wave, it will be harder to get performance out of the seaside due to its width. Obviously, skill matters. But generally speaking, when you get going too fast, it is harder to set the rail.
If I surfed this size constantly, I think I could fine tune my skills to get more performance out of the board but unfortunately, my waves are usually smaller and weaker. :(
Hope this helps give you confidence that the board will work in "bigger" waves. Bigger is relative of course. And if you are more skilled than me, it should be much easier in bigger steeper waves.
But for sure, this day was the biggest I have on film on the seaside. I have been out once before on a bigger day. It was much bigger, steeper, and closed out. But the board still held.
Thanks for watching
Man.. dont feel down.Clearly you know what your doing out there. Love your videos. They are very informativ and real. Stay with it. Best regards from Ronny
what's the old saying: it is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all. I think the real saying is "loved" but it's close enough. thanks for the kind words. I will definitely keep posting.
Ive surfed this board in Kauai in 5-7 ft middles on the south shore. Its one of my favorite boards of all time.
Dude!! I love this video, it shows some of the limits of a really fun board. I'm using this video to figure out a purchase and appreciate what you've done
Nice to watch that i m not the only one that miss good waves . Tha.t for the video ... Ghislain from France
honest video, love it!
Totally agree, super versatile board and probably the best I’ve ever bought, fun as a twin or quad and covers 90% of the regular surf I see, fun on a head high clean day, but any chop on bigger days can get a little challenging
I definitely need to try it as a twin at some point. that' sounds interesting.
Nice, you actually went out. I was there, all my picky friends backed out and from the looks of it 99% of everyone in the parking lot backed out to. I let them get in my head and I totally regret not going in. For years I tried my hybrid/fishy grovelers from Newport to Bolsa on bigger days and always got wrecked. It took me a long time to realize the extra width, float, deep concave and flatter rocker would either cause me to get hung up on the lip and if I did make it into the wave it was uncontrollable. Been riding user friendly shortboards with flatter rocker, curvier outline, rounded tail, thruster... and so much more confidence on the drops and actually easier to make it into the bigger stuff. My amateur advice is that I noticed that the surfers who buy the machado boards tend to only have those in their quiver, they are great for the majority of our surf but are skewed towards the lower end. Don't pigeon hole your quiver...
agreed. still searching for my top end board. I had a 5'8 Holy Toledo but because of the low volume, it too was only good to about 6'. But I had the two best barrels on it at bolsa on back to back waves on a good south swell.
Maybe a pyzel.
Cool video. Have been surfing the Seaside in OH waves recently. Love it for clearing sections with all the speed it creates. But definitely agree that in open faces all that speed can make it tough to set a rail
Stoked to find someone riding this board at the break I frequent most. I'm planning to get one this weekend and was hoping it would be a good all-rounder and daily driver for Bolsa Chica to Newport waves (with some Trestles now and then). Looks like it goes pretty well in the various waves you've had it in!
Thanks for the videos and reviews!
best all around daily driver I have surfed so far. My list over the last 10 years at bolsa is as follows:
6'1 Surftech Ratboy. 3 out of 10.
5'8 Firewire Dominator 6 out of 10
5'6 Firewire Dominator 5 out of 10, for some reason, the 5'8 surfed better for me.
5'4 Firewire Potatonator 6 out of 10
5'1 Baked Potato 8 out of 10
5'6 DHD Pistolwhip 5 out of 10
5'8 Sharpeye Holy Toledo 2 out of 10 (great board, bot not as a daily at Bolsa. I did catch my two best barrels of all time on this board on the same day back to back)
5'6 Sharpeye Modern2 6 out of 10
5'3 Firewire GoFish 8 out of 10
5'3 Firewire Twice Baked 6 out of 10
5'3 Firewire Glazer is a 7 out of 10 - great board, "daily" is the key word. I seem to have to work a bit. But on better waves at bolsa, easily an 9 of 10
5'7 Firewire Chubby Chedda 4 out of 10
5'7 Chas (not sure of model) 4 out of 10
5'3 Firewire Seaside 9 out of 10
IMPORTANT: "daily driver". the way I look at this is 9 times out of 10, I will have fun on this board if I showed up not knowing the conditions. This is specific to Bolsa.
@@ThomyeSurfs
Awesome. Thanks for the feedback. A couple of those were on my list to consider but based on all the reviews I've seen for the Seaside, its been highest on my radar.
Initially, I was looking for a fish with glide and flow that I could cruise in knee to shoulder high surf, but with the ability to do a little more top to bottom surfing without breaking loose. When I started to see there were some fish shapes out there that could be surfed a little more high performance, while still flowing like a twin fin, that really got me interested, especially in the Seaside as a potential 1 board quiver.
I've been fooling around on a Catch Surf Stump (5'0, 36L) in waist to head high, so I'm basing my specs off the liters on this board which has allowed me to get into most of the waves I want. Hopefully the 5'8" with 35L will do the same, and maybe the added length and width (over the Stump) will help it grovel a little better as well as give me more board to work with in bigger/better waves.
HSS has a few sizes of the Seaside to rent, so I can hopefully dial in the size, but its definitely the board I'm looking to buy.
Thanks for the insight and details!
@@raymonddabela8538 yeah, demo it for sure.
love seeing your videos dude.
I'm ridding the 5'9'', with 85kgs and 52 years old.. the trick is to keep yourself down on the board as the lower center of gravity really helps controlling the board..
How many liters? Because i surf a 5'7 with 25L but i actually need 29
Machado surfs it like that, thanks as i just bough one and ridden it 2x its what i thought
this surf is INsane!! beautiful!!
Awesome video! Loving my seaside up here in Alaska🙌🏼
Where do you surf in Alaska? and how cold is it?
@@ThomyeSurfs You can surf all over! But i mainly surf out of seward or Homer. and i would say year round it will be around 40 degrees F. We use a 4/5 mm
Feel your pain. You rip though, so good to know it happens to the best of us :)
Worst part about this, there were plenty of good, really good, medium waves. I chose to sit outside and wait for the bigger sets. Then, when one came, with no one around me for 100 yards, I couldn't gauge the distance and ended up not being able to catch it. I hate my weak arms. In that moment, I was wishing I had those webbed gloves. haha
hopefully next time. I feel really good about this winter, although I think it will be a cold one.
@@ThomyeSurfs I did the same thing week of 11/30. For once I timed a vacay/week off with some decent CA swell and proceeded to smoke my arms while choosing the wrong board for every surf. My arms were so burnt by the 5th day that i missed a lot of good waves. Your vid helped ease the pain so thanks for that. Also, i decided after putting it off forever that i should invest in a gun for those better days :)
@@Heximelt Yeah, that is probably what I should consider as well. I actually have an old surftech, 6'4", the kelly slater big wave board. Maybe I should wax that up one time. haha Thought i was going to just mount it since it has his signature on it but somehow I got a big ass pressure on it while it was in storage. :(
Love it!
still really sad about missing those two waves. :(
Big days are alot of work...i remember when i was able to surf my 27 vol 5 8 subscorcher in everthing up to 6 ft...i wished i had taken out my dominator more on the big days cause instead of catching 5 waves i would have had 2 or 3 times as many rides...but i obsessed with performance of the board for a big carve...which I would rarely get on those days anyway. I would see these guys surfing boards that looked like mini longboards. i thought cant carve on that mini longboard but they were getting tons of waves and maybe they learned more on how to read and judge that size better and better with the many more opportunities they got...you still got some and charged...those waves were pretty much closing out... id enjoy the smaller leftover day if there were any. film look great ....do you see alot of quality get diminished after your upload...quality is never the same as the original video on my computer using 1080...but still looks ok. lighting is everything
For the surf I am using a very old camcorder period which I think even the 1020 on that is poor quality. I am thinking about upgrading to a 4K. I used to be into photography and therefore I'm looking at the z6 which would work with all my Nikon lenses. But it's between that camera and two surfboards. Hmmmm tough decision.
That first wave braaaah! Frothing to hear your thoughts on the glazer mate
4 in all. i had to paddle 40M to get to that point and just ran out of juice. :( I think I cried but the ocean's salt water masked my tears. haha
I've got a 5'10" and I've surfed this size and it's just a little too wide to really take advantage of for me, however as a daily driver best board ever
yeah, same, i could only really go straight or just pump. not real carves or turns just way too much speed for the thick front rail.
Really going for it in this video Thomye! You surf that board super well.
I’m picking up a used 5’11 seaside. Might be too big but got to start somewhere 🤙🏾
yeah, you have to have a starting point and no better way than to buy used. I bought my glazer used, reviewed it and figured out it was a tad too short to keep. sold it for only a small loss.
I tried my friends 5'10, he's like 100lbs heavier than me and it still worked. I got a nice turn on it.
@@ThomyeSurfs good to know the 5’10 worked well. I normally ride 5’8 so hoping someone will eventually want to trade. The seaside on your videos looks fun!
I've surfed my Seaside in very punchy 2' overhead waves and had a blast. It's not the ideal board for it but the challenge of riding it was fun, thing is fast.
yeah, I agree. I had run, wish I had not missed that first wave or the 2nd one. :(
Great vid! Fun to see Bolsa pumping like that. PS Hope your brother is doing well and recovered.
yeah, he's doing great. he paddles out and catches a few waves here and there. Nowhere near healthy or pain free but it's a good form of PT provided he doesn't break his neck again. :)
@@ThomyeSurfs I hate to hear about the pain but love that he's getting out. That has to help the spirit. His story has really stuck with me because Bolsa to me is such good vibes and easy waves -- but you never know. I can think of times I've gone down head first at low tide and by sheer luck didn't hurt myself. Wishing him all the best.
@@artichokeantigua what is really crazy is that the guy that saved his life just lost his best friend the week prior in an accident identical to my brother's. Also recently we were out and Noel was massaging his neck and a guy paddled up and they started to talk . It turns out he broke his neck the exact same way. Crazy
That last wave stretched on forever!
haha. yeah, my brother had to get out of his chair to turn the camera far enough to get it but the angle got all funky. they need a tripod that can compensate for that.
@@ThomyeSurfs nice. Great reviews and great surfing. I'm on east coast in Virginia. We're in a dry spell right now. Looking forward to getting wet again 🤙
@@robertwessells1850 hope it picks up soon. we were try for a bit but starting to pick up again. but it been coming with a lot of wind so that isn't helping at all. :(
Tuesday kicked my butt, those 8 ft waves were no joke down here in SD. I agree on the seaside and bigger waves. There is too much speed. Next time when it’s bigger which board would you take? Thanks for your honest review.
next time, i may take the Glazer just because of the rounded tail. It's narrow enough at the tail although the lack of rocker my be a negative. I need to figure out my quiver. I think this winter is going to be a good one.
@@ThomyeSurfs I picked up a Pyzalien 2 as my step up board, but works good as an all rounder. It’s definitely feels different than the seaside. I’m still figuring it out. Excited to see your Glazer review. Next week there should be something coming in, maybe a good time to try the Glazer.
Hey Thomye, I have a question for you. I know you love the Seaside and I do too. Have you ridden multiple sizes of it? I’m on a 5’11” and want to go down a size or two. I’m 5’10” 200lbs. I’m definitely leaning towards the 5’10” which would drop 1.7L. The 5’9” would drop 3.8L . I love the board and want to get more maneuvers out of it instead of just blistering down the line speed. Thanks for your time. Love everything you make!
yes, i've ridden the 5'2 Machado dims which is 24.2L or so. Then these: 5'3@28.2L, 5'4@29.8L, 5'5@31.5, 5'7@33.6, 5'10@39.4.
Since i'm only 140lbs, the ideal board for volume was the 5'2 Rob's dims. but the best length is the 5'4 for my height. Although i was able to surf all the sizes I tried and surprisingly well, the bigger I rode, the less maneuverable it become. so, having said that, I do know that the 5'7 was a tad tough so I would say this board should be ridden at least 2" shorter than your height.
In your case, that would put you on a 5'8 Seaside. The shorter you go the more maneuverable it will get but the volume might become difficult at your weight. mathematically equivalent to me, you should be on just under 35L. so in any case, the 5'8 might be the call.
@@ThomyeSurfs
Thanks for the detailed response, you’ve definitely convinced me to try to go down in size. I think I’ll try the 5’9” over the 5’10”. Now I just gotta find one! Thanks again!
@@tristanholsgrove7619 any time, and let us know how it goes.
Your so funny 😂🤣
But trust me, I wasn't laughing. Think I was crying, sobbing. Lol
Cool bro.... What's the sizes for your board? Thank you.. Greetings from Ecuador... I have my ancient firewire 5.9 20 1/2 2.5 and it goes cool I don't know how many liters it got.
my Seaside in this video is the 5'3" X 20 5/16" X 2 7/16" which is 28.2L I think.
i've seen surfers push the board in close to double overhead surf
Great video ! What’s your size and weight ? For the seaside dims ;)
I am 5'8 and 145 lbs. I ride the 5'3. I also like my brother's 5'4 seaside for smaller days.
Thinking of buying the seaside. You think I should buy the 5’6 or 5’5? I’m 175lbs and I’m about 6’1. I’m an advanced surfer and looking for a small wave board.
I'm 5'8 and weigh 145 lbs. My seaside is 28.2L but I ride it bigger than I likely should. Ideally, I should be on the 5'2 which is 26.5L.
If I were 175 lbs and taller, mathematically, I would be on a 34L board to stay on the exact same ratio as my 5'3 28.2L board.
If I wanted to ride the equivelant 5'2 26.5L board, I would be on the 5'5 31.5L board.
based on the numbers (mathematically speaking) you could go with the 5'5 and likely be happy. but you also need to consider rail and overall length. Since you are an advanced surfer, you should know if you have a wide or narrow stance. If you are wide stanced, go 5'6. the length will be better and you will have a liter more for better grovel.
The board is super user friendly and I found that being 1" off on sizing on this particular board makes little difference. Maybe that wide point forward, not sure. Anyways, hope that help a little.
Just consider your stance and the waves you will likely be surfing in. if small and softer waves, go 5'6. if punchy, then consider the 5'5 just to have a tad more flick.
Do not oversize this board. Its width will bite you if you do.
If it is holding that puts it ahead of most of my fish bigger waves. Curious if you have done a full review on the firewire seaside? Seems like it shows up in a lot of videos, but haven't seen a real summary of your thoughts on it. Is it as good as people say in terms of daily driver?
I haven't yet but you are right. I should since I have so much footage already. I will start on that one very soon.
@@ThomyeSurfs Do you have a quick 1-5 star rating? It seems to be one that gets used a lot but then you also picked up glazer and dominator 2 so maybe you're looking for more? I've heard good things about the fishbeard too from CI
Here are the ratings I did for someone in another comment. Please keep in mind that this is all subjective. The dominator two is probably a 4 out of 10 but I think it is because I should have gotten the 5'6. Teh 5'4 is great for certain conditions and so far, it is the board I get the most pop on when attempting an air. But for most that follow this channel, odds are, that is not what they are looking for. And to be honest, not really my cup of tea either. But I can see great potential. If I were to go to Waco BSR to surf the pool again, I would take the dominator2 as well as my 5'2 seaside vs my 5'3 seaside.
anyways, hope this helps. the seaside is at the bottom.
6'1 Surftech Ratboy. 3 out of 10.
5'8 Firewire Dominator 6 out of 10
5'6 Firewire Dominator 5 out of 10, for some reason, the 5'8 surfed better for me.
5'4 Firewire Potatonator 6 out of 10
5'1 Baked Potato 8 out of 10
5'6 DHD Pistolwhip 5 out of 10
5'8 Sharpeye Holy Toledo 2 out of 10 (great board, bot not as a daily at Bolsa. I did catch my two best barrels of all time on this board on the same day back to back)
5'6 Sharpeye Modern2 6 out of 10
5'3 Firewire GoFish 8 out of 10
5'3 Firewire Twice Baked 6 out of 10
5'3 Firewire Glazer is a 7 out of 10 - great board, "daily" is the key word. I seem to have to work a bit. But on better waves at bolsa, easily an 9 of 10
5'7 Firewire Chubby Chedda 4 out of 10
5'7 Chas (not sure of model) 4 out of 10
5'3 Firewire Seaside 9 out of 10
@@ThomyeSurfs Thanks for the reviews. I motivated to pick up the Seaside 5'7" I'd had my eye on and it is really wicked fun. Great paddler and still super fast and maneuverable for turns. They were out of Rob's fins, but NVS has a very similar set for cheaper that go great in it.
@@chucks222 Yes, the NVS fins are great. they also come in different sizes. Kestral or something like that from the top of my head. I especially like the material it is made out of. Be careful though, my NVS apex fins are very sharp. I took some sandpaper and dulled them a bit, the back edge that is.
Do u had hard time catching waves with this
no issues catching waves on normal grovely smaller days. I think the width and curve of the board as well as it being helium, makes it not great at dropping into steeper waves like in the video. The waves in this video are not the type of waves you would want to surf with this board. I did it only to see if it could.
love your videos! I want to get a seaside (or mashup ;)) and I need advice, I am 78kg, intermediate. I am struggling to decide between 5'07 (33.6L) and 5'08 (35.4). I want some extra puddling power for small days but on the other hand, I am concerned that since its eps it will be too buoyant.
what do you think? thanks in advance.
if its paddling you want, the seaside is the better choice. not only will it paddle better because of the foam concentration under your chest but it is wider so it will plane better, sooner, making it easier for catching waves. Since you said you were an intermediate, I would start with a seaside and then upgrade to a mashup once you start dialing in some good decent turns.
i have found my mashup to be very good for performance but I also went less liters than my seaside. One can go bigger on the mashup but to me, that seems counter intuitive since there is the seaside which is proven to be a great groveler.
In all honesty though, you can't go wrong. given supply issues, sometimes you have to go with what you can get your hands on.
@@ThomyeSurfs Thank you for the pragmatic response!!
Just seems a waste to take a 5'3 epoxy fish in waves like that. Just imagine the carves you could do on a 5'9 round tail shortboard. I too spent years wasting sessions on the wrong board. Makes me shudder to think of it now.
Unfortunately, It was the only board. Also, I wanted to see what the seaside could do. I would normally take a 5-8 holy toledo out on a day like this but I sold that board. I am eyeing the HT2 5'9" as my new step up. But I am planning a trip to Fiji and might need something a little bigger. Really stuck on what I should buy. Something more for here or something specific for the trip.
@@ThomyeSurfs just follow all the other sheep and get a Pyzel Ghost. They really work. If you need a FireWire the Slater Gamma is ok but I think Helium and LFT are not suited to waves much overhead.
Question: did you stay within your typical Liter range on the Seaside, or did you go with more Liters than you would on your typical shortboard?
hard to say. I was all over the place with liters. For example, i was riding a 5'8 dominator and a 5'6 dominator. I was also coming off of a 5'4 Ponatonator, and a 5'1 baked potato. all those boards were above a 27L with the 5'8 coming in at 31. I demo'd the 5'3 Seaside at camp shred and thought it was too big for me in terms of liters so I ended up buying the 5'2 seaside but in the machado dimensions, not the stock. The liters on that is like 24.5 vs 26.5. It wasn't the liters that bothered me, when I saw the footage on myself on the 5'2, it just looked too short. To be honest, the stock 5'2 liters would be ideal for me but I think it would still have looked the same under my feet as the Machado dim 5'2.
Anyway, this board is so versatile and forgiving, my brother's 5'4 seaside feels almost the same as my 5'3. I weight 145lbs on my heavy days. I float between 138 and 145. I personally think the size is more important than liters on the low end and liters become important on the bigger boards because the rails and width are too big.
Hope that didn't confuse you. Anyways, this board is middle to upper part of liter range. I would prefer it to be 5'3 and 25.5-26L. but having it at 28.2 makes it a better groveler for smaller days.
Good size & that last wave was a smoker! :)
What size would you recommend for someone who is 5’4” 142 pounds?
on the seaside, depends on the skill level and waves. you could go with the 5'2 machado dims which comes in at 24.2L or the stock 5'2 dims at 26.5L. you and I weigh the same so from that perspective, you can still go with a 5'3 or 5'4. but at your height, to get a good ratio between your board and stance, 5'2 to 5'3. Without knowing any of the other details, it is hard to recommend something specific. Having said that, the seaside is a very user friendly board. I have surfed several sizes and they all work, but the bigger I went, the less performance it had. it just got harder to push around.
once firewire stock is back I'm thinking about a 5'4. I'm an experienced surfer 5'5 155 but in FLA wanting some float. Since i haven't seen any in stock wondering your thoughts. Thanks!!
I think either the 5'3 or 5'4 would be good for you. If you are experienced and an advanced surfer, then 5'3 is the way I would lean. Just so you have a shorter board, unless you surf with a really wide stance. Then, the rail line on a 5'4 is better. I like both, 5'3 in most conditions and the 5'4 carries bettter on smaller days but if the waves get bigger, it is tougher and you feel it.
I'm 5'8 tall but my stance is more like someone to is probably, 5'4 or 5'6. So the 5'3 Seaside fits perfect for "most" conditions for me.
@@ThomyeSurfs Thank you. The shops around me only have it in 5'8 plus so its really hard to gain a feel of the board. Volume wise its a lot in the 5'4. I ride around 26-27 normally. Thank you for the info! 1 inch can be such a tough decision lol.
@@beachrunner428 agreed. I bought the 5'2 initially and don't ride it much anymore. then I bought the 5'3 which turned out to be the better call. Luckily, my brother has the 5'4 which gives me so many options.
My guess too is that the 50 cargo ships parked outside of long beach CA probably have a lot of FW's in them. haha It's a massive parking lot of ships.
@@ThomyeSurfs its crazy with the volume just an inch....lol i hope so
im 5'9 and 148 pounds inter surfer. What size would you recommend? 5'2 or a 5'3?
I am 5'8 145. I like the 5'3" cuz the 5'2 just looks small. I have some older videos surfing Church on the 5'2. Watch those and let me know what you think. Let me know which looks better.
Ever ridden the chumlee? How does it compare to the seaside ?
Yes. I did not like the chumlee at all. So comparing the two, seaside all day.
@@ThomyeSurfs appreciate your feedback 🙏🏾
Hi Thomye, could you please help with sizing? I am 6’2, 200Lbs, level intermediate in decent shape. I surf Bolsa mainly.
Thanks
what are you on now? and do you feel it too big or too small. the good thing about both the Seaside and Glazer is that you can size up. I have ridden the Seaside in 5'2 all the way up to a 5'8. the only thing I noticed was that as it got bigger, I could surf it in smaller and smaller waves but as the waves got bigger, it just got a little tough. too much board to set rail. Having said that, i'm 5'8 and 145 so for me to actually be able to surf the 5'7 effectively speaks a lot to the board. it's just a very user friendly controllable board.
@@ThomyeSurfs i surf a red dingo Maurice cole 7’6 and a Album soft top 5’7.
I feel the Album is slow and I am looking something to start turning more and surfing faster. I found a 6’0 Seaside, when I see the width so big I am wondering if I should get more like a 5’11? But then I am not really a good surfer more like intermediate. I guess if the 6’0 still turn well and go fast that would be great…
@@louisrouaze4723 at your height and weight, it should not be a problem. the board is loose enough to turn, width, especially with a quad or twin setup, actually turns easier. The rails thickness would normally be a concern but at 200lbs, you'll be fine. Early on in you progression, the best advise I can give you is, don't ride small boards. I made that mistake and ruined my surfing. I rode a buddies board which as small, thinner, etc. I caught one wave and felt like it surfed way better than my bigger board. So my next board, i ordered thin, narrow, small. The issue was, I went from catching 40 waves session down to like 10 waves and only 1 of those were good enough to progress and learn. slowed my progression down a lot, almost went backwards and like an idiot, I stuck to it rather than going back.
Anyways, in regards to your almond. All soft tops and foamies surf slow. you get on a good wave they move but on compared to a hard board, they don't feel right to me.
@@ThomyeSurfs thanks a lot Thomye, might see you at Bolsa one of those days
@@louisrouaze4723 definitely say hi.
Thanks for creating great contents. I enjoy your videos. I have a question. Do you think HE is more buoyant than LFT? I have Evo (5’7’’ 33.9L), Cymatic (5’9’’ 34.3L) and Sci Fi (6’ 33.9L). I am 6’ and 175-180lb and feel those sizes are right size for me. Right now I am thinking of getting Seaside, but I don’t know which size I should get, 5’7’’ 33.6L or 5’8’’ 35.4L. If HE is more buoyant than LFT and 5’7’’ is more like 34L, I want to get 5’7’’. So could you answer my question? Thank you.
For sure helium is more buoyant than lft. In fact a good way for you to test this is by floating the evo and your cymatic. Since you have both of them and the Evo is helium it should float like the cymatic if not a fraction better. Having said that if I'm not mistaken the 5'7 evo is 20" in wide. If you go with a 5'7 seaside I think you're adding over an inch of width. I would venture to say you're better off on a 5'6 seaside. Are you able to demo them. That would be your safest route.
Rethinking this based on your height alone maybe 5'7 is better for you. That way the 57c side could be a little groveler compared to your Evo and cymatic
@@ThomyeSurfs Thanks for your quick response. I appreciate it. My Evo is LFT too, so I cannot really test the difference between HE and LFT. I might try to demo them, but judging from what you are saying, I think I should go with 5'7'', not 5'8''. Again, thank you so much for your advice.
You gotta set your rail and get pumping
yeah, I just need bigger waves more often. not enough practice. :)
What’s your height and weight?
I'm 5'8, likely shrinking at this point (52 years old), and 145 in this video. I'm down to about 140 right now.
kook?
for sure.
Mine delaminated after 5 weeks anyone else?
hope you called Firewire. something like that I would think they would replace the board.
@@ThomyeSurfs the problem is i live in Mexico, it's ruined 80 percent of the bottom is completely delaminated. I'll see Monday thanks.
Seemed you lacked conviction on a few. It appears you need to pull up quicker off your feet IMO.
could be my ripcurl 4/3 which sometimes I think is more like a 5/4. Makes me feel like my joints locked.
@@ThomyeSurfs never thought of that but I can see now
@@ThePokersurfer nah. Making up excuses now to make myself feel better. Lol. I will try harder next time for sure.
Dayum you have a Seaside and a Glazer. Each costs 900 bucks that's about 2k"s total. You must be a doctor or something. Anyways thanks for the review....and by the way that's at Bolsa Chica? Insane.
Lol. I wish I was a doctor. I have a decent job but two kids in private school made me poor just not broke. Hehe but they are almost done. About to get paid. Lol