Speed Up your Surfing

Do you ever feel like your high performance longboard feels slow and ridged. Having a board that feels slow and rigid is one of the worse things that happens to shortboards who don’t buy new boards very often. You get a high performance board surf it for about a year and then it starts to feel slow and dead. But there is a easy way to fix this problem. First off, clear the board of all the wax and dirt and repair all the dings. Then ride a classic longboard for a few sessions. Jump back on your high performance shortboard and it will feel brand new and super fast. If you want to revamp your board even more than invest in a new pair of fins. This should make you feel like you have a brand new board for very little $$$.

Has longboarding become to High Performance?

The Longboard was the first type of surfboard aside from Alaia’s. Classic Longboards were easy to ride. The paddled well and rode very smoothly. They were fun to ride and were all about just cruising on the wave. It wasn’t till many years later that the High Performance Shortboard came along. And that really jumped started the surf competition arena. It was the best thing that happened to surfing. But with the surfing world turning the eyes on high performance and radical maneuvers, I start to wonder if classic longboarding is a thing of the past. Where surfing was more creative and style was your way of expressing yourself. Because with high performance longboards I have seen airs being performance amongst many other “shortboard” maneuvers. I can’t help but think about the classic aspect of longboarding and what that will look like in the future.

Catch Surfboards

When I first heard of Catch Surfboards, I figured they had a great product but that they were just another softtop surfboard company. I couldn’t have been more wrong. There designs, technology and prices are 100% different than their competitors. Based out of San Clemente, CA Catch Surfboards currently has 5 different models ranging from 4′5 – 9′0. What sets them apart are two of their boards – The Beater & The One. The beater is short enough to be surfed at beach’s which are black balled, which is a huge advantage to Orange County Surfers. The One can be surfed, bodyboarded or skim boarded. It is a unique fin-less board which stands at 4′6. I am hoping to get my hands one of their boards soon to test it for myself and of course so I can write a review on the site.

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