What to ride during really blown out choppy days?

[Chilly Willy]

Also boogie boarding with fins in rough conditions is an incredible work out for your legs and cardio....I am sore today from all the closeout action!

Agreed. On some of the blown out days that I'm picturing, it's nonstop kicking and duckdiving. An excellent workout, and it's also a nice way to throw in a "leg day" workout to mix it up from all the regular arm paddling while surfing.

 

[jrusso7881]

I’d probably just ride my motorcycle.

 

[takedown]

Go out and have a blast on a 4th gear flyer surfmat...

true! On a fairly big really disorganized day I took mine out, was completely out of control (I don't know how to ride it) and couldn't stop laughing. I wouldn't have caught much of anything on a surfboard that day and nearly everyone in the water was having a tough time.

 

[paipodude]

Weak & choppy small East Coast surf calls for a heavy long board without much rocker -- slices right through the chop.

When not many others out because of strong winds, pitching peaks, shallow reefs, etc., then grab the paipo or hand board

 

[Bruce Fowler]

George knows.
He loves windy blown days....... told me there are "power vectors out there".

 

[Tubr1der]

We kitesurf strapless on regular short boards on the big swell onshore days. Standing up in the lineup and towing into drifty peaks is a real good time on days you wouldn’t want to be paddling around out there in the current.

 

[Ebifurai]

'9 Andreini Epoxy Edgeboard

 

[Hullmaster]

true! On a fairly big really disorganized day I took mine out, was completely out of control (I don't know how to ride it) and couldn't stop laughing. I wouldn't have caught much of anything on a surfboard that day and nearly everyone in the water was having a tough time.

Exactly. Ya can’t help but laugh and smile !

 

[crabbit]

Go out and have a blast on a 4th gear flyer surfmat...

Damn they are expensive for a mat. It seems like an undersized blow up mattress. Maybe might try my hand on modifying one…..

 

[happyahab]

Damn they are expensive for a mat. It seems like an undersized blow up mattress. Maybe might try my hand on modifying one…..

Yes, not cheap. But Paul Gross makes a solid piece of work. I'm not exclusive to it so I don't have a ton of hours, but the construction is fantastic. There's a sweet spot between too much air and too little, and then pushing that air to form into a rail against the face of whatever your trying to ride it in.

I'm a long border who moved from San Diego to North Carolina, and still struggling with the inconsistency. The surf mat has made it way more fun at times, and also less serious so I'm not all pissed off at shitty blown out unorganized surf