Smooth riding 9 footer that rides steep waves too?

[Sbbcc]

liddle pathfinder

 

[shadydave]

liddle pathfinder

I would love to try one around 9’ as my 10’-6” is magical.

 

[Sbbcc]

I would love to try one around 9’ as my 10’-6” is magical.

I’ve had a 9’, 9’6, and 10’6. The 9’6” and the 9’ were too similar so I sold the 9’ to a jammer. They are super fast but can turn still, I can’t get enough of it

 

[Glide&Flow]

liddle pathfinder

This one has my blood pumping, but price has my blood boiling...

11' Liddle Pathfinder – Mollusk Surf Shop

Greg Liddle's Pathfinder takes the design elements of his displacement hulls and scales up the length to that of a glider. The outline is beautifully elongated with a nice amount of curve; the nose and tail are both slightly pulled in. The bottom contour is heavily rolled for most of the board...

mollusksurfshop.com

 

[fluidworks]

Wow. Makes my andreini glider that's coming seem like a deal.

 

[DanSan]

Gonna go with this instead of the Venor

 

[WillieP]

Mitsven Miniglider

 

[Wax]

I agree about the nose on the Parallax, I’ve got a 9’3 (it was the first Thunderbolt I bought) great board - my only complaint is that the nose is a liability in Strong offshores. I actually prefer the 8’3” version- still a wide nose but the shorter length makes it easier to deal with the wind

To the OP, I just recently picked up a TJ Pro V. I’ve only had a single session on it (hooded suit, gloves , boots etc) it was about head high, hollow beach break- board worked really well. Might want to look at that as well.

BTW measuring the fin placements, I was really surprised to see how far up the sides are , about 17 inches IIRC. Really responsive!

+1 in the TJ Pro. I’ve owned two of them and they’re very capable boards. Can catch slop or handle big steep waves. I’ve not surfed the TJ Pro V yet which appears to have less rocker. Having a flatter board will make it tougher in the steep fast days the board shines in

 

[JTS]

Wax, I’ve never ridden the TJ Pro but have heard good things about it.

I know in the marketing stuff Taylor says they toned down the rocker in the Pro V to extend the range in more everyday waves, to be honest the session I had it was working fine in hollow beach breaks (1 session is hard to really determine) to my untrained eye it is not flat rockered. I actually was thinking it has more rocker than I expected. When I get some time I’ll measure and compare to my Proctor HPLB ,

It does have a lot of concave through the bottom which might’ve been added as a way to flatten the rocker while padding?

 

[Wax]

Wax, I’ve never ridden the TJ Pro but have heard good things about it.

I know in the marketing stuff Taylor says they toned down the rocker in the Pro V to extend the range in more everyday waves, to be honest the session I had it was working fine in hollow beach breaks (1 session is hard to really determine) to my untrained eye it is not flat rockered. I actually was thinking it has more rocker than I expected. When I get some time I’ll measure and compare to my Proctor HPLB ,

It does have a lot of concave through the bottom which might’ve been added as a way to flatten the rocker while padding?

Tj pro had a lot of rocker. You gotta work to get it moving, but once you do it’s very capable. I fiend of mine has had both. I think you’re right that the pro v is a better board for broader conditions and the original tj pro excels when there is some size