First Name:

Doug

Age:

16

Height:

5″8

Weight:

125

Experience:

intermediate/advanced….no aerials

Type of board you’re interested in:

A small wave board with a quad setup. I still want it to be somewhat high performance so i can rip mushy waves up and not just glide through it.

Type of waves you will be surfing with this board

ankle-shoulder/head high…mushy east coast waves

The direction you want to go with your surfing

high performance/progressing

What boards are you currently riding?

JS Industries 5″10 Impact 5″11 Custom local shaper 6″

Hi Doug,

I received your online consultation request and read through your info….

The magic board for you would be a

5’8” x 18 3/8” x 2 1/16” Greased Pig

with a five fin set-up. This board is great cause is generates incredible speed in the small, weak stuff, yet it keeps all the responsiveness of a high performance board in the pocket. It is very versatile too speeding in everything from two foot to head high.

The quad goes unreal in pretty much everything,

but I think you feel the advantages of the quad

most in the smaller stuff due to the speed it

generates and the drive through turns it has.

It is nice to have the option to thruster it up for the days when the waves are a bit bigger or hollower…the thruster gives a bit more bite on the meatier days.

Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

I know you would be stoked on a magic Greased Pig (check out the website www.proctorsurf.com Greased Rascal section to see more about it).

Looking forward to your reply,

Todd

Todd,

That actually sounds good, but I was

also looking at the Lil’ Rascal with a quad setup,

like around a 5’6″…

do you think that would be a good way to go too?

Thanks,
Doug

Hi Doug,

A Lil’ Rascal would work great too….that is a super fun little board.

I would go 5’5” – 5’6” x 19 ¼” x 2 3/16”.

I do a five fin setup that allows you to ride it as a quad or thruster.

I have had some of my personal best sessions

of the last year on my 5’6” Rascal….

it is one of my favorites.

Well, feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

Looking forward to your reply,

Aloha,

Todd