HELP!NEW BOARD..

[doc1]

looking for a good strapless board,i weigh190 pounds and i have just started riding strapless.A friend of mine suggested that i should get this board(underground freewave 6,2).What are your opinions about it?Do you have any other sugestions?

[mattv]

My suggestion would be either to get a used surfboard, a used skim board, or make your own skim board, unless you have the money to spend. Kite specific surf boards tend to be very expensive and I am not sure the boards are really worth the extra cost. Lately I have been riding a homemade wood board that I but together for about $30, I live in Japan where the prices on the materials is higher, a used Rousch skim that I got for $200, and a regular surf board that I got for $400 new. Total cost for three boards, $630, which is less than you will pay for 1 kite specific surf board like the Freewave.

[Todd]

Hi Doc1,

What type of strapless riding are you planning to do? Surf? Flatwater? Here are my recommendations:

Light wind flat water - Skimboard
Waves - surfboard
Skate tricks - wakeskate

Thanks.

[doc1]

Hi Todd,small to medium surf,and i was thinking a 6,2 board and a 12,9,7 kites.What do you think?