Mini Longboard?

[SD_TO zone]

Thank you everyone for the suggestions, that diamond tail on the MPE is really nice looking, crescent tails on longboards look really cool too. I’ve always gravitated towards shorter boards so the longboard realm is new to me and I haven’t ridden one since I started surfing as a teenager.

Seems the general consensus is that under 8’ and you get too far away from a longboard feeling….

 

[SMUKES]

I'd say go with a wide point back of center aka pig template in 8'8" or therbouts depending on your car etc... Lynch style. Jim Phillips could do a Magic Ham or suchlike and you'd probably dig it.

 

[Old Dude]

Since I build my own version of CJ Nelson Colapintail, and Justino mentioned it too, I would go for the Original CJ Nelson Colapintail Midlength.

 

[Larcxthesurfer]

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[606venezia]

Seems the general consensus is that under 8’ and you get too far away from a longboard feeling….

What are your height/weight?

 

[SD_TO zone]

I’m 6’0 and a little under 180.

The colapintail looks really nice and very “longboardish” outline kind of like a shrunk down 9ft + board

 

[West81]

I have owned both the Takayama Scorpion in 7'2 and the 8'9 Colapintail

Scorpion is a weird board. Its extremely fast and I mostly took it out in bigger days as I would prefer proper longboards for smaller days. I surfed it as a quad and it has that really nice skatey feeling. For me it wasnt the best match as I found the huge nose to get in the way in the types of waves I used it in.

Colapintail is also a weird board. Front end is quite loggish but then you have this sharp pintail and hard edges in the back. I really liked it and still miss it somewhat. You can surf it very longboardy but in center trim it has that great midleghth feel. As soon as you hit center trim the board accelerates like crazy. Hang/cheater fives are a breeze and its very nimble. Unfortunately mine broke in half.

Personally I would go for the 8'3 Colapintail as the scorpion is just too much of a weird gimmick